Apple Grilled Cheese
This Apple Grilled Cheese is an irresistible combination of sautéed apples, sweet caramelized onions, brie and white cheddar cheeses, Dijon mustard and walnuts. It’s the best toasted sandwich you’ve ever made at home!
Ask me about the best foods I’ve ever eaten, and I guarantee you the answer will involve a dish that is a combination of several of the five basic tastes: sweet, savory, sour, salty, bitter.
You know how when you watch TV cooking competitions, and the judges will often refer to a contestant’s dish as “one note”? That means that the dish they’ve prepared is overwhelmingly sweet, or JUST sour, or way too salty.
These TV judges (and smart home cooks) know that balancing flavors is the key to making people want to take another bite of a dish. And another. And another.
About this Apple Grilled Cheese:
This Apple Grilled Cheese is also all about balance. The sweet caramelized onions and Gala apples (also my fav for making stuffed apples) balance with the savory blend of white cheddar and brie cheeses.
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The bitter Dijon mustard and crunchy walnuts provide even more flavors and textures that make this the best toasted sandwich you’ve ever made at home.
Tips for Making this Apple Grilled Cheese Sucessful:
Steps 1 and 2 take a little bit of time, because properly caramelizing onions can’t be rushed. But it’s not active time where you’ll have to stand at the stove.
Relax with an apple cider old fashioned, and just come back to the kitchen once in awhile to give everything a stir, kind of like with my savory oatmeal for dinner.
You can also do Steps 1 and 2 up to 3 days in advance, and refrigerate the mixture until you’re ready to build your sandwiches.
And if you have extra apples left over, try an apple mug cake or apple rose tart for dessert!
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Apple Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter divided
- ½ medium white onion thinly sliced
- 1 Michigan apple thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
- ½ cup water
- 8 slices raisin nut bread
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ½ cup shredded white cheddar cheese
- 8 slices brie cheese
- ¼ cup finely chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter in large skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion and cook 30 minutes or until dark golden brown, stirring occasionally.
- Add apple, thyme and water; cook 10 to 15 minutes or until apple is very soft and water has evaporated, stirring frequently.
- To build sandwiches, place bread slices on work surface. Spread mustard on 4 slices of bread, and drizzle honey on remaining 4 slices of bread. Divide apple mixture over honey-drizzled slices of bread, and make sure mixture is evenly spread. Divide cheddar cheese over apple mixture; place brie slices over cheddar. Sprinkle brie with walnuts. Place mustard-spread slices of bread on top, mustard side down.
- Heat remaining 2 tablespoons of butter on griddle or in large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches if necessary, add sandwiches to griddle and cook 8 to 10 minutes or until bread is very toasted and cheese is melted, turning frequently. Cut sandwiches in half to serve.
Notes
- Steps 1 and 2 take a little bit of time, because properly caramelizing onions can’t be rushed. But it’s not active time where you’ll have to stand at the stove.
- Relax with an apple cider old fashioned, and just come back to the kitchen once in awhile to give everything a stir, kind of like with my savory oatmeal for dinner.
- You can also do Steps 1 and 2 up to 3 days in advance, and refrigerate the mixture until you’re ready to build your sandwiches.
Very fancy for a grilled cheese sandwich! And very intriguing. I just may have to try this one.
Thanks so much, Susan. And welcome home! Your trip looked amazing from your e-mail newsletters.
It sounds delicious! Love the mix of ingredients! Fabulous!
Thanks so much, Vonda!