Grilled Kumato tomatoe cheese sandwich
Sauteed mushrooms and onions all covered in melted cheese in a grilled cheese sandwich. I got a panini press for my Birthday, I was over joyed a metallic jaws of death created to crimp sandwiches. Due to its massive size and limited purpose, I was certain it would find no place in either my kitchen or my regular cooking regimen. With some trial and error and a lot of food blog trolling, however, I have amassed a collection of dishes that makes the appliance nearly indispensable, now.
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Ingredients:
| 1 Tablespoon | butter |
| 1 Tablespoon | olive oil |
| 1 | small onion |
| 2 cloves | garlic |
| 1/4 cup | white wine |
| 1 package | sliced baby portobello mushroom |
| 1 package | Kumato Tomatoe |
| 6 slices | munster cheese |
| 1 package | TradeJoes Marinated Fresh mozzarella cheese |
| 4 slices | sourdough bread |
| butter spry or stick | |
| truffle oil spry | |
| pepper to taste | |
| salt to taste | |
Directions:
Melt the butter and heat the oil in a pan over medium heat.
Add the onion, garlic and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
Add the baby portobello mushrooms and saute until the start to caramelized and turn golden brown, about 10-15 minutes.
Add the wine, deglaze the pan and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 2-3 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper, and remove from heat and let cool a bit.
Spread or spray Truffle oil (butter) on the inside of your bread.
Use a spray, brush or butter knife to distribute a small around of Truffle oil over the inside surface of your bread. You want to achieve a thin coating here, so make sure not to glob a lot of Truffle oil onto the bread.
Back in the old days I just heated up 2 cast iron pans to 375° and I got brick from Home depo for $.45 covered with Reynolds Wrap Heavy-Duty Aluminum Foil or use the panini press.
Each slice of bread is placed in the pan buttered side down.
Add your favorite cheese. Put one to two slice of cheese on each piece of bread, against the oiled side. Adding a piece of cheese to each side of the sandwich helps it stick together better while cooking. You can use grated cheese too. If you prefer, you can put cheese just on one side I used TradeJoes Marinated Fresh Mozzarella Cheese a second layer of Munster cheese
Top each with 1/2 of the mushroom mixture, 3 to 4 slices of the Kumao tomatoes and finally the remaining slices of bread with the buttered side up.
Grill until the cheese has melted and the bread is golden brown, about 2-4 minutes per side.