Garlic Mushroom Grilled Cheese Recipes

MUSHROOM MELT GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet set over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook 2-3 minutes, or until soft and fragrant. Add the mushrooms and cook 4-5 minutes, or until they begin to soften. Stir in the wine; cook until evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add a slice of mozzarella and cook until melted. Stir in the parsley and season with salt and pepper.
• Butter each slice of bread. Flip 2 slices of bread over (so the buttered side is down) and top each with one slice each of mozzarella and cheddar. Top with half of the mushroom mixtures and cover with the remaining cheese. Top with the remaining bread (buttered side up).
• Cook sandwiches covered over medium heat for 4 minutes on each side, or until bread is golden brown and cheese is melted.

GARLIC MUSHROOM GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the butter to the pan then add the mushrooms.
• Allow the mushrooms to fry until golden brown then add the garlic, chilli and oregano. Allow to cook for another minute then season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• To assemble the sandwiches, mix the mozzarella with the cheddar. Divide the cheese between four slices of bread. Top with mushrooms and sandwich with the remaining slices of bread. Generously butter both sides of the sandwich .
• Preheat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add the sandwiches and cook until the cheese has melted and the sandwiches are golden brown and crisp on both sides.
• Remove from the pan, slice and serve.

MUSHROOM GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Melt the butter and heat the oil in a pan over medium heat.
• Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
• Add the garlic and thyme and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
• Add the cremini 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, add the parsley and remove from heat and let cool a bit.
• Mix the cheese into the mushrooms.
• Butter one side of each slice of bread and place 2 in the pan buttered side down.
• Top each with 1/2 of the mushroom mixture 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.

GRILLED MUSHROOMS WITH GARLIC AND PARSLEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat a grill. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine butter, garlic, and 1/2 cup of the parsley, and mix well. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• To prepare the mushrooms, remove stems, lightly coat with olive oil, and grill until tender. Place a spoonful of the butter mixture on each mushroom, and bake until butter is melted, approximately 3 minutes.
• To serve, place on large platter, and sprinkle with remaining parsley.

MUSHROOM GRUYERE GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• For the truffle spread: Thoroughly combine the robiola, lemon zest, rosemary, truffle oil and some salt and pepper in a bowl. Reserve at room temperature.
• For the mushrooms: Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add just enough of the mushrooms to loosely cover the bottom of the skillet (you should be able to see the pan between the mushrooms). Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper. Cook for about 2 minutes, then gently turn the mushrooms over as they brown and soften.
• Add a little chopped shallot and garlic, some butter and some rosemary and thyme to the pan. Continue cooking until the mushrooms are tender, about 2 minutes more; transfer to a paper towel.
• Wipe out the skillet and repeat the process, cooking the mushrooms in small batches. Reserve at room temperature.
• For the grilled cheese: Preheat a griddle over moderately low heat to 350 degrees F.
• Brush one side of each bread slice with softened butter. Spread the opposite side with truffle spread (1/4 cup per slice). Top each with a slice of fontina and a slice of Gruyere Spoon 1/2 cup of the mushrooms onto each slice. Sprinkle with the herbs and season with salt. Close the sandwiches.
• Set the sandwiches on the hot griddle and press with a large baking sheet weighted down with cans. Cook until toasted, 3 minutes per side.
• Cut the sandwiches in half diagonally and serve hot.

GRILLED CHEESE AND MUSHROOM SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. Fry mushrooms in a single layer until golden and beginning to crisp, turning halfway through, 10-12 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Remove mushrooms; wipe out skillet., Spread 3 tablespoons butter on 1 side of each slice of bread. Place bread, butter side down, in same skillet over medium-low heat; toast until golden brown, 2-3 minutes; remove. In a small bowl, combine cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gruyere. In another bowl, mix together remaining 3 tablespoons butter, mayonnaise, Manchego cheese and onion powder., To assemble sandwiches, top toasted side of 4 bread slices with mushrooms; sprinkle with fresh thyme; add sliced Brie. Sprinkle cheddar cheese mixture evenly over Brie. Top with remaining bread slices, toasted side facing inwards. Spread the butter-mayonnaise mixture on the outsides of each sandwich. Place in same skillet and cook until golden brown and cheese is melted, 5-6 minutes on each side. Serve immediately.

GRILLED CHEESE WITH SAUTEED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a 12-inch heavy nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then cook mushrooms with salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated, about 8 minutes. Add wine and boil, stirring occasionally, until liquid is evaporated, about 5 minutes. Cool mushrooms to room temperature, about 10 minutes.
• Toss mushrooms with cheese and parsley in a bowl.
• Divide cheese mixture among 8 slices of bread (a scant 1/2 cup per slice), spreading evenly, then top with remaining 8 slices.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in cleaned skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides, then cook 2 sandwiches, without turning over, until undersides are browned, about 3 minutes. Transfer sandwiches to a cutting board. Heat 1 tablespoon butter in skillet until foam subsides, then return sandwiches, browned sides up, to skillet and cook until undersides are browned, about 3 minutes more, transferring back to cutting board as cooked. Make 3 more batches in same manner.
• Trim off crusts and cut each sandwich into 4 triangles. Top each triangle with a drop of truffle oil (if using).

GRILLED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS WITH GARLIC, CHEESE AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Trim the stems off the mushrooms.
• Using a moist paper towel, wipe the caps clean.
• Using a sharp object, such as the tip of a metal skewer, poke a series of holes in the gill side of the mushroom caps.
• Insert garlic slivers in some holes, cheese slivers in others, rosemary leaves in others, and pine nuts in the remaining holes.
• Combine 1/2 cup vinegar and the salt and pepper in a mixing bowl and whisk until the salt is dissolved.
• Whisk in the oil and the basil.
• Pour some of the mixture in the bottom of a nonreactive baking dish and arrange the portobellos in it, gill side up.
• Swish the mushrooms to coat the bottom with marinade.
• Spoon the remaining marinade over the mushrooms, cover and refrigerate for as little as 30 minutes or as long as 3 hours.
• Preheat grill to high.
• When ready to cook, remove the mushroom caps from marinade.
• Strain the marinade if the basil looks wilted.
• Whisk the remaining 2 tablespoons of vinegar into the marinade.
• Arrange the mushrooms on the grill grate, gill side down.
• Grill for 3 minutes.
• Turn over and spoon the reserved marinade onto the caps.
• Continue grilling until browned and tender,(reducing heat if necessary) 4 to 6 minutes, rotating the caps 45 degrees after 2 minutes to create a crosshatch of grill marks.
• Remove from grill and serve immediately.

GARLIC BREAD GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
• Combine butter, parsley, Pecorino Romano cheese, and garlic in a small bowl. Stir to combine.
• Lightly coat 1 side of each bread slice with the butter mixture. Flip bread and top 2 slices evenly with provolone cheese and mozzarella cheese. Cover with remaining bread slices, buttered-sides up.
• Place sandwiches into the hot skillet. Cook until golden brown on one side, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook until golden brown on the second side and cheese has melted, 3 to 4 minutes more. Cut each sandwich in half and serve.