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Make these Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches when you’re feeling a bit gourmet and want to take a basic grilled cheese sandwich to the next level.
(Post modified on 9/12/22.)
Start with freshly sliced Tangy Sourdough Bread, coated in a Parmesan butter. Fill the sandwiches with one or a combination of Havarti, Gouda, or Provolone Cheese. Cook sandwiches on a hot griddle until both sides are a delightful, dark golden brown, with cheese oozing from the middle. Oh my! So good!
Ingredients for Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
(See full recipe at the bottom of this post.)
- butter, softened
- Parmesan cheese
- dried parsley
- sourdough bread
- Havarti cheese, Provolone, or Gouda (or a combination of cheese)
Instructions for Making This Recipe
Gather all your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table.
Prepare the Parmesan Butter
In a small bowl, mix together the softened butter, Parmesan cheese and dried parsley.
Make the Sandwiches
Slice pieces of sourdough bread 1/4″- 3/8″ thick.
Spread prepared butter on one side of each piece of bread.
Place 2-4 bread slices, butter-side down on a preheated griddle. Add approximately 1 1/2 ounces of sliced cheese to each piece of bread.
For this recipe I have paired a soft and hard Havarti cheese on the sandwiches, and also Provolone and Gouda Cheese. Both ways are quite delicious.
If you want to take this recipe a step further, try lightly spreading a homemade pesto on the cheese before closing the sandwich. Oh my!
Top with remaining pieces of bread, butter-side up.
Grill until one side is lightly brown.
Turn with a spatula and grill the other side until golden brown and cheese has started to melt along the edges.
If desired, cut sandwiches in half with a sharp knife before serving. Serve warm with your favorite soup, such as Homemade Tomato Soup with Tortellini.
This recipe will make 4 large sandwiches.
Wine Recommendation – Your favorite Riesling, Pinot Noir or Merlot. If using the pesto suggestion above, you might try a Pinot Grigio.
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Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 8 slices sourdough bread
- 6 ounces Havarti cheese or 3 oz. ea. Provolone and Gouda
Instructions
- Gather all your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table.
Prepare the Parmesan Butter
- In a small bowl, mix together the softened butter, Parmesan cheese and dried parsley.
Make the Sandwiches
- Slice pieces of sourdough bread 1/4"-3/8" thick. Spread prepared butter on one side of each piece of bread.
- Place 4 bread slices, butter-side down on a preheated griddle.
- Add approximately 1 1/2 ounces of sliced cheese to each piece of bread. Top with remaining piece of bread, butter-side up. Grill until one side is lightly brown.
- Turn with a spatula and grill the other side until golden brown and cheese has started to melted along the edges.
- If desired, cut in half with a sharp knife. Serve warm with your favorite soup. 4 servings.
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