March 8, 2013

Grilled Cheese with Bourbon Melted Onions and Homemade Bread

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Grilled Cheese with Bourbon Melted Onion and Homemade Bread

Today the weather was mild and it made me think about spring. I love spring and I am so ready to start my garden and enjoy the warmer weather. One of the other things i love about spring are the vegetables. In my house spring vegetables means one thing, ramps. Haven grown-up in Seattle I had never heard of a ramp before moving to West Virginia. Then I happened to marry someone from the edge of the Monongahela National Forest and the heart of ramp country. The first year we were married his mom brought us a large bag of dirty roots, I thought she was crazy. Then my husband explained that they had to be cleaned first and then could be used the same way as a onion or leek. I feel in love with them. Now every March I start asking my mother-in-law if the ramps have started to appear. With the warmer weather and start of March I am busy thinking about all the dishes that I will make this spring. Onions in general are a big spring item in my household and this week I tried a new recipe for Grilled Cheese with Bourbon Melted Onions from Redbook Magazine.

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Gluten Free Grilled Cheese with Bourbon Melted Onions

This recipe has 9 ingredients. It takes 33 minutes of total time, all of which is active and makes 4 sandwiches. I made two versions of this sandwich, one for my husband and two boys and one for me. For my version I used gluten free bread, which I made from scratch and for the version for my family I made homemade crusty bread using the Dutch oven. For the cheese I followed the suggestion and used Gruyere and Sharp Cheddar. Instead of grilling the sandwiches on the stove I used my indoor electric griddle. I love using my griddle, it reduces the chance of burning and the crust always comes out even.

I served the sandwiches with tomato soup and the combination was delicious. The recipe for the tomato soup will be up on my blog tomorrow night. My boys ate their servings without the onions. They aren't fans of onions, but love grilled cheese sandwiches so they loved them none the less. My husband absolutely loved the sandwiches with the homemade bread and ate three for dinner. This recipe was definitely a hit and can be modified to use whatever type of cheese you prefer.

For the recipe go to Grilled Cheese with Bourbon Melted Onions.

19 comments:

  1. I love homemade bread...thanks for sharing..

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  2. I have never heard of ramps! Sandwich look and sounds absolutely wonderful.

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  3. You had me at homemade bread. I do love a good grilled cheese sandwich, but I've never tried it with onions. Yum.

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  4. When you said 'ramp' I thought of a boat, lol. I haven't heard of them for eating either.

    This looks delicious.

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    1. Thanks :) I hadn't heard about the either until I moved here!

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  5. Wow, this looks amazing!
    Stopping by from Share Something Saturday :)

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  6. I learned about ramps watching the Emeril cooking show few years back. A good sandwich with tomato soup cannot be beat.

    Here in north Florida we are just starting to plant our spring/summer garden. Would you be jealous if I wrote that I planted the tomato seedlings today? (smile)

    Here is to Spring.

    Velva

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    1. Ramps are popular with a lot of chefs. They pay a lot more than we do here though :) I am super jealous that you are already planting your tomatoes, we still haven't had our last freeze, probably another month!

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  7. Every time, I visit your site, you have something amazing. I can not wait to try this. I love grill cheese so I am looking for to one with a little twist. Hope you are having a great Sunday.

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    1. Thanks for the sweet comments :) If you try it tell me how it turns out! Have a great sunday also!

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  8. Homemade bread and grilled cheese? I just drooled!

    Great lunch!

    Phil
    www.blog.theregularguynyc.com

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  9. This looks yummy. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!

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