French Onion Soup Grilled Cheese
"One of Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio's sandwich'es from his Wichcraft restaurant. Add lettuce, spinach or anything else you like but its great plain. caramelizing the onions takes time but worth it. (you can also do a double batch and freeze half for another time)"
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (147.8 g)
- Calories 376.4
- Total Fat - 18.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 9.3 g
- Cholesterol - 39.4 mg
- Sodium - 716 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 31.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2 g
- Sugars - 4.4 g
- Protein - 20.9 g
- Calcium - 667.8 mg
- Iron - 2.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Over a medium-high flame, heat the oil and add the onions. Cook them slowly (make sure the heat is high enough that they don’t steam) and allow them to gently caramelize, about 30 minutes. Add salt, pepper, and the butter at the end to season.
Step 2
Assemble the sandwich. On a slice of rye, layer cheese, onions, and a second layer of cheese. Cover with the second slice of rye. Place on a panini grill and press. Sandwich is ready when the cheese has melted.
Tips
- Sandwich Press or something heavy to press down the sandwich in skillet.