These were sooooooooooo good! I really surprised myself and my guests! I was doing some research on vegetarian dishes to broaden my knowledge base and came across a
"grown up grilled cheese" recipe. Being a cheese lover my mind quickly filled with different ideas of how to make this my own creation and add more depth to my meal. This was a part of another Vegetarian meal with broiled Parmesan tomatoes and stuffed vegetable pitas with a light lemon yogurt sauce. Those recipes I'll post up later on, but for now here's what I did! I hope you enjoy these as much as we all did!
You Will Need
1 - 1 1/2 cups smoked Gouda; shredded
1 - 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese; shredded
6 slices thick bread; I used Texas toast from Fresh & Easy Market
1/4 cup softened, salted butter
1/4 of a brown onion; diced
2 green onion; minced
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoons of the following:
Hot sauce - I used Chalula
Sweet paprika
Salt
Pepper
Red Pepper Flakes
Sea Salt; freshly ground
1/8 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
- Add brown onions and green onions to 2 separate bowls
- To the brown onion add 1 teaspoon sugar; mix and set aside
- To the green onions add 1/4 teaspoon of sweet paprika, hot sauce, red pepper flake, salt, pepper and 1/8 teaspoon of Cayenne
- Mix onions and spices well; set aside
- Spread softened butter evenly to each piece of bread, only on one side for now
- Toast or grill the buttered side of each of the pieces of toast; I stuck them on a wire rack under the broiler until they browned
- Add a generous amount of smoked Gouda and Mozzarella cheese to the untoasted side of each piece of bread
- Place back into the broiler until the cheese is bubbly and browning
- Serve immediately from the oven and garish with the sweet & spicy onion mixtures
- Serves 6