Goat Cheese Grilled Cheese with Tomato
Take grilled cheese to a new level using goat cheese, caramelized onions, and tomato. This goat cheese grilled cheese recipe includes rosemary, roasted garlic, and balsamic glaze.
Servings: 1
Equipment
- Aluminum Foil
- Skillet
- Knife
- Cutting board
- spatula
Ingredients
Caramelized Onions
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- salt and pepper to season
Roasted Garlic Rosemary Butter
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
Goat Cheese Grilled Cheese
- 2 slices sourdough break
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2-3 tablespoons goat cheese
- 2-3 slices tomato
- salt and pepper to taste
- caramelized onions
- rosemary garlic compound butter
- balsamic glaze (optional)
Instructions
Caramelized Onions
- Preheat olive oil in skillet. Chop onions into slivers and add to the skillet on medium low. Season onions with salt and pepper. Add a dusting of sugar to help them caramelize. Let the onions simmer, stirring occasionally.
- Once the onions have simmers about 10 minutes and are soft and translucent, add chopped rosemary. Continue simmering and stirring until the onions are a golden brown, about another 5 or 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.
Roasted Garlic Rosemary Butter
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. To roast garlic cloves, remove the skins, drizzle with olive oil then place in an aluminum foil pouch. Cook about 13 minutes, until the cloves are soft and golden.
- Soften 4 tablespoons of butter. (Do not microwave it to soften it! Allow it to soften to about room temperature.) Add chopped rosemary herb and roasted garlic cloves. Mix well with a fork.
Goat Cheese Grilled Cheese
- To assemble the goat cheese grilled cheese, drizzle two slices of sourdough bread with olive oil. On one slice, place clumps of goat cheese and gently spread to coat. Remember, unlike other cheeses like cheddar cheese, goat cheese has a strong flavor. Use less cheese than you would with traditional grilled cheese, but a generous coating.
- Add a layer of sliced tomatoes. Season tomatoes with salt and pepper. Top with caramelized onions.
- Wipe out the skillet you used to make the caramelized onions. Add another drizzle of olive oil and a dollop (about 1 tablespoon) of roasted garlic rosemary butter. Once the butter has melted, dip the side of your slice of sour dough that does not have the cheese, tomato and onions. Coat the side of the bread that does not have the olive oil drizzle. Briefly set aside.
- Add more butter and olive oil to the pan if necessary. Then, gently lay your sourdough bread with the ingredients onto the melted butter. Top with the remaining slice that you first dunked with butter. Place the second piece of bread on top, butter side up.
- Allow your goat cheese grilled cheese to cook for about 3-4 minutes on medium low heat, peeking underneath until it is golden brown. Then, using a spatula, flip the sandwich and cook on the other side, about another 3-4 minutes.
- Cut in half diagonally and serve with some optional balsamic glaze.