Grilled Cheese With Melted Onion Mix

By mhyde

Ingredients

• Cheeses (or anything comparable):
• Sourdough bread, thickly sliced
• Red Dragon cheddar, grated (or other cheddar)
• Gruyère, grated
• Big John’s Cajun, grated
• Melted Onion Mix
• 3 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic
• 6 medium yellow onions, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 red onion, peeled and sliced
• 1 large leek, sliced
• 5 shallots
• 4 oz dry white wine
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• Freshly ground pepper and salt, to taste

Preparation

Step 1

For The Melted Onion Mix
1. In a large pan, melt the butter until it’s brown, then add olive oil.

2. Add in your garlic until fragrant, then your thinly sliced yellow onions with a sprinkling of salt. Cook for 5 minutes, until onions are translucent (don’t let them burn).

3. Add leeks and shallots and continue to cook for about 5 minutes. Finally, add in red onion and continue to cook for another 5 minutes (again, don’t let the mixture burn).

4. Add in the wine, cayenne pepper, ground pepper, and salt and simmer until it is reduced, about 15 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, grate all your cheeses and mix together in a bowl.

6. Add salt and pepper to taste to the onion mixture and remove from heat.
For The Sandwich
1. Butter both sides of the bread slices and heat a skillet over high heat.

2. Stack one slice of bread, the onion mix, grated cheeses, and another slice of bread in the skillet and allow the sandwich to toast and cheese to melt.

3. Flip over the sandwich with a spatula, so that both sides are toasted.

4. When bread is browned and cheese is melted, serve immediately.