Grown-Up Grilled Cheese w/ Caramelized Onions & Pear

Name: Grown-Up Grilled Cheese w/ Caramelized Onions & Pear
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 27 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced Kosher salt 8 slices crusty bread, such as French batard 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1 cup shredded fontina cheese 1 cup shredded Gruyère cheese 1 firm but ripe pear, thinly sliced; 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard

5 steps

Prep:5minCook:22min

Cooking a grilled cheese sandwich on the Skinny Grill creates a perfectly crisp crust with enticing grill marks. In this adult version of a childhood favorite, we stuff artisanal bread with two cheeses, caramelized onions, and slices of sweet pear.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:35:46 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

4 tablespoonsolive oil

1yellow onion

Kosher salt

8 slicescrusty bread

1 cupfontina cheese

1 cupGruyère cheese

1pear

thinly sliced

4 teaspoonsdijon mustard

Instructions

Step 1

Cook In a small frying pan, warm 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and a pinch of salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are soft and caramelized, 10-15 minutes.

Frying Pan

Step 2

Prep Brush one side of each bread slice with the remaining oil. On a work surface, turn 1 slice of bread oiled-side down. Spread 1 teaspoon of the mustard on the bread, then top with one-fourth of the caramelized onions, and one-fourth each of the fontina, Gruyère, and pear slices. Top with another slice of bread, oiled-side up. Repeat the assembly using the remaining ingredients.

Step 3

Heat Warm the Skinny Grill over medium-high heat. As soon as you see a wisp or two of smoke rising from the surface, the grill is ready to use.

Step 4

Sear Carefully place 2 of the sandwiches on the grill and cook until bread has good grill marks on the first side, 2-3 minutes. Using a metal spatula, flip the sandwiches over and cook until the second side has good grill marks and the cheese is melted, 2-3 minutes more. Repeat with the remaining 2 sandwiches.

Step 5

Assemble Cut each sandwich in half and serve right away.