Open-Face Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Source of Recipe
Bernice
Recipe Link: ber List of Ingredients
Open-Face Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
cheese (options: you can really use just about any melt-able cheese you want but here's a list of some of my favorites: cheddar, swiss,
emmenthaler provolone, boursin, gruyere, pepper jack)
sliced, ripe tomato
onion slices, raw or sautéed
other basic ideas: avocado slices, pre-cooked bacon, guacamole,
mustard, mayo, thousand island dressing, coleslaw from the deli (you
know this list can go on forever & as far as your culinary imagination
will take you)
butter for your bread
Recipe
Preheat your oven to 400ºF.
First thing I do is, fry my bacon to a nice crisp & set that aside.
I also sauté a few onion slices for my husband's sandwich.
I get things like that done ahead, so I can assemble & bake the sandwiches in an organized fashion.
I melt a few tablespoons of butter (depends on how many sandwiches I'm making).
Spread a smear of butter on one side of the bread.
Then I take out a large sauté pan & brown the bread on the buttered side.
Transfer them, butter side down to a cookie sheet.
Let the bread slice(s) cool just long enough so I can handle them.
Then, I put on any kind of smear I want.
My husband gets his mustard.
I smeared some boursin cheese on mine.
Put on you presliced sliced items.
I added the tomatoes to mine & the onions & tomatoes to his.
Put on one layer of cheese.
Pop them in the oven until these items are hot.
That might take about 10 minutes max.
Then, I add the bacon & another layer of cheese.
Pop them back in the oven until the top layer of cheese melts.
I find if I try to do all of that in one trip to the oven the top cheese will melt off so doing it in two stages is a good idea.
Remove them from the cookie sheet, put on a plate & eat.
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