Grilled Cheese with Gouda, Roasted Mushrooms and Onions
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This Grilled Cheese with Gouda, Roasted Mushrooms and Onions recipe takes grilled cheese sandwiches to a new level of goodness.
A great classic grilled cheese sandwich is hard to beat. A grilled cheese sandwich jacked up with Gouda cheese and roasted mushrooms and onions? Well, that’s a grilled cheese sandwich that is even harder to beat.
I could go on and waste your time rambling on about how so wonderfully scrumptious this Grilled Cheese with Gouda, Roasted Mushrooms and Onions sandwich was that it didn’t even make it to the table. No joking. But I’d rather just tell you to get you some bread, gouda, mushrooms and onions, and get to it.
It’s really that good. Really.
I promise you’ll be pleased with this grilled cheese.
A few helpful tips for making this fabulous Grilled Cheese with Gouda, Roasted Mushrooms and Onions sandwich:
- Roasting vegetables is such an easy step that adds so much flavor to vegetables and makes this sandwich so wonderfully tasty. You’ll find easy instructions for roasting in this recipe for one of my favorite (and super light too) soups: White Bean and Roasted Mushrooms Soup.
- The mushrooms and onions can be roasted ahead of time and stored, covered in a refrigerator until ready to assemble sandwich. If desired, rewarm roasted mushroom and onions up a bit in a microwave for a few seconds (maybe 20 seconds or so) or toss in a skillet on the stovetop to warm.
- Choose your favorite mushrooms to use. Baby Bella mushrooms are lovely but any mushrooms you can find (especially the ones on sale) will work just fine.
- Even though any sweet or yellow onion will work for this recipes, if you can find a sweet Vidalia onion to use for this sandwich, get it!
- Although I think Gouda is just perfect for this grilled cheese, a Gruyere, Jarlsberg or your favorite softer cheese — even a brie (oh my!) would be fantastic. This article from Food & Wine describing different kinds of cheese may help understand the differences between cheese and assist in choosing some good options for the best grilled cheese.
Grilled Cheese with Gouda, Roasted Mushrooms and Onions Recipe
Grilled Cheese with Gouda, Roasted Mushrooms and Onions
This grilled cheese will please even the pickiest sandwich eater.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 1 medium onion, sliced (the sweeter the better)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 slices bread of choice
- 1 cup gouda, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400-degrees F.
- On a baking sheet toss sliced mushrooms and onion in olive oil. Sprinkle with a few pinches of salt and pepper. Bake in oven for about 20 minutes, or until roasted to preference.
- In a skillet stove top, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat.
- While butter is melting, assemble sandwiches. On one slice of bread, layer shredded gouda, the roasted mushrooms and onions, then more gouda. (Layering this way ensures that the melty cheese will hold the sandwich together.) Salt and pepper to taste. Top with the other slice of bread. Lightly press together.
- In the melted butter place one sandwich down for one second, then gently flip it over to the other side. Repeat with other sandwich. Cook for about 2 minutes, until lightly browned, then gently flip sandwich on other side, and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes, or until cheese is melted and sandwich is browned to preference.
Just made this two days in a row. My favorite sandwich from now on! So easy. I had it with a side of fresh sliced apples. Rganks so much for sharing
Uhhh, bacon?
I give my grilled cheese outside bread a thin coating of a Mayo/mustard mix (5 to 1 ratio) before putting it into the pan. The mustard variety depends upon what I find first in the refrigerator. Brings the sandwich to a whole new level.
Absolutely delicious! I was more limited in time, so I grilled the onions and mushrooms in a skillet with olive oil. Start with onions and then add mushrooms! Butter the sour dough bread to grill each side. Loved these sandwiches with a traditional tomato soup, of course! My husband enjoys a sharper cheese, so next time I will probably used a Cheddar. Thank you so much for a terrific winter meal from Lodi CA!
Smoked bacon Gouda is AHmazing on a grilled cheese!!
i am a vegitarian and this looks great thank you
Sounds DELICIOUS, can’t wait to make it 😋
I made this today. It was delicious. I’m new to Gouda but I loved it! Paired it with a bowl of tomato basil soup. Perfect for this brisk day in Pittsburgh!
I made this recipe for lunch today — it was fabulous!! Followed it exactly as written; I appreciate the times noted in when to flip the sandwiches. Just excellent and tasty! Thank you!