April ended, May wormed its way in under a blanket of snow and announced the official end of Grilled Cheese Month. Sigh.
While many blogs are moving on to Mother’s Day celebrations—all pretty and lacy with flowers and sweets galore—I have just one more grilled cheese to share with you. Just because I can’t help myself.
And because I couldn’t bear it if you missed out on the chance to win some crazy, great prizes by simply creating your own grilled cheese sandwich, I really needed to remind you just one last time about your chance to wow the world with your cheeseness.
I’ll be one of the judges of the Grilled Cheese Academy’s Grilled Cheese Recipe Showdown next month, eating my way through toasted bread and gooey middles to choose the finest cheese sandwich of 2013.
The entries have been rolling in but I couldn’t resist giving you one more prod, one more push to enter for yourself because the prizes are just too good to not give it a go.
If I could enter, I oh so would. But I can’t, so you need to.
You only have until May 12 to enter the contest, and here are over 5,000 reasons you should…
Gold Skillet Award will go to 1 Winner
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$4,000 Gourmet Kitchenware including:
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10-piece Copper Core Cookware Set (a serious brand name I totally covet)
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7-piece Knife Block Set (from THE German knife maker)
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10-piece Cast Iron Cookware Set (and more serious names)
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$1,000 MasterCard Gift Card
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Wisconsin Cheese Basket
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Inclusion in the 2013 Grilled Cheese Academy Recipe Book
Silver Spatula Award will go 2 Winners
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$500 Williams-Sonoma Gift Card
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Wisconsin Cheese Basket
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Inclusion in the 2013 Grilled Cheese Academy Recipe Book
Bronze Butter Knife Award will go to 8 Winners
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$100 Williams-Sonoma Gift Card
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Wisconsin Cheese Basket
I’ve had a cadre of different grilled cheese sands I’ve created for the blog and this is probably the most stripped down I’ve done yet. Although you can hardly call it uncomplicated.
My inspiration was to create a grilled cheese that embellishes the cheesiest treat around: Fondue. A sandwich that combines the essence of that popular 70’s group noshing fest with the centerpieces nutty gruyere and melty baby swiss.
The bread is toasted and Parmesan crusted, brushed with garlic butter and layered with cheese and pepper jelly. I couldn’t help myself in keeping it cheese only. Will I ever find my simplicity again?
Parmesan Crusted Fondue Grilled Cheese with Pepper Jelly
PrintIngredients
- 8 slices sourdough bread
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 large cloves garlic thinly sliced
- ⅓ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 8 ounces baby swiss cheese sliced
- 8 ounces gruyere sliced
- 4 teaspoons pepper jelly
Instructions
- Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat with sliced garlic. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until butter begins to brown and garlic becomes fragrant then remove from heat and discard the garlic slices.
- Brush garlic infused butter on one side of each slice of bread, then flip the bread buttered side down and repeat with the remaining bread slices. Stack the bread slices, buttered sides together and press a sprinkling of grated parmesan into each of the buttered bread slices.
- Stack the baby swiss cheese then a teaspoon or so of the pepper jelly and then the gruyere cheese onto the bread slices.
- Place the cheese topped bread, parmesan and buttered side down, in a non-stick fry pan over medium-high heat and top with the other slice of buttered bread. Cover with lid and let cook for 3-4 minutes or until golden.
- Reduce heat to medium and flip sandwich to the other side and cook for 2-3 minutes or until bread is toasty golden and the cheese has melted. The second side will cook faster than the first so watch carefully. Repeat process with the other sandwich ingredients to make the rest of the grilled cheese sandwiches. Enjoy hot.
Can’t wait to see what grilled cheese you come up with to enter in the Grilled Cheese Recipe Showdown,
Trisha Jones
Looks delicious – never heard of pepper jelly before, sounds awesome though.
This is such a great idea for Sandwich week. I am thinking of doing a banana and caramel sandwich for mine! x
Threemealsaday
Great picture. Nice post and well rich in calories it does look amazing.
Cookie and Kate
Those are some crazy amazing giveaway items! This grilled cheese looks and sounds spectacular, Heidi.
Kevin (Closet Cooking)
That is one really nice looking grilled cheese!
kelley
Good thing you can’t enter because you’d win with this sandwich! Uh-maze-ing. That jam shot had me all but licking the screen.
Azzina
I had never seen such type of recipe before, I really admire the way you narrate so keep it up.
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Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious
Oh man. Best grilled cheese ever! I think you need to publish a grilled cheese e-cookbook, Heidi!
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
Omg. I just had lunch and now i’m hungry again.
Emily
I really need to NOT look at your posts during lunchtime when all I’ve had is a bowl of Cheerios and a cookie.
Stefanie @ Sarcastic Cooking
Another stunner! That pepper jelly with the smooth creamy cheese!!! Amazing!
Lauren@ Climbing Grier Mountain
Whoa. Now, this is a grilled cheese sandwich!! I need action this bad boy for dinner!
Betty Ann @Mango_Queen
I just got hypnotized by all the gorgeous cheese photos and that food spread? Oh my goodness. If there’s a giveaway, I’m in! Love this post. Thanks for sharing!
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious
Ahh lady, you’re pushing me to enter again! I think ill have to fall to you’re wish (I feel hypnotized by the above GC creation!)
Jamie @ green beans & grapefruit
OMG this looks insane. Much like our little cheese/jam combo at the last brunch. I’m so in love with your photography.
Tracy @ Peanut Butter and Onion
LOOOOVE grilles cheese, so many combos. This one looks great
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
That parmesan crust… yes please!
Heather | Farmgirl Gourmet
I can’t even imagine how exciting it would be to eat your way through a grilled cheese contest. I am salivating just thinking about it. This recipe gets my vote though…there’s nothing about it that I am not totally pining for right now. Who cares that it’s 9 AM. YUM!
Katie
Ooohhh…I do a “DIY Grilled Cheese” night where I lay out all the goodies for everyone to pick and choose. New addition: pepper jelly. Great idea.
Cassie | Bake Your Day
You know I share your love of sandwiches. This is amazing, Heidi!
Erika-Southern Souffle
Ha.. 70’s group noshing fest… Pepper Jelly on grilled cheese is seriously brilliant!!
Ali | Gimme Some Oven
Parmesan-crusted bread? Brilliant. And anything with cheese and pepper jelly is a winner in my book.
Don’t stop with the grilled cheeses! :)
Kathryn
That melty cheese is seriously hunger-inducing.
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
Now this is my kind of grilled cheese! Yum!
ashley - baker by nature
I know what I’ll be doing all day… grilled cheese brain storming!!! I’m beginning to think you’re the Queen of Cheese… I love that about you! xx
Jen @ Savory Simple
Wow, that’s quite a contest. And this might just be one of the most seductive grilled cheese sandwiches I’ve ever laid eyes on. I need it!
Tieghan
Oh I love it!! The pepper jelly with the cheese sounds so amazing!!!
You are so lucky you are a judge. I mean you get to eat grilled cheese all day!!! Yes!! I need to think up a good sammie to enter! Does a melty crepe count by any chance!?
Averie @ Averie Cooks
70’s group noshing fest with the centerpieces nutty gruyere and melty baby swiss. <– Lol and I love it! Have you ever been to that chain restaurant, The Melting Pot? All of a sudden I have a craving for fondue :)
And I looooove pepper jelly. I started canning my own after getting hooked on TJs that was seasonal, but now they carry it year round at my store. I would love this sammie!