French Onion Grilled Cheese (from The Sandwich King)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 yellow onions
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon dry sherry
• 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme
• 8 slices american cheese
• 1 loaf of sliced sourdough bread
• butter, to butter the bread slices

Recipe

• 1 melt 1 t butter with 1 t olive oil in a heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat.
• 2 slice yellow onions 1/4" thick from root to tip and add to pot.
• 3 add salt and pepper.
• 4 spread onions in an even layer.
• 5 cover and turn heat to medium low.
• 6 sweat onions for 10 or 15 minutes.
• 7 uncover onions and cook until carmalized, 25 or 30 minutes while stirring frequently.
• 8 add sherry and scrape up bits on bottom of the pan.
• 9 stir in fresh thyme and salt and pepper.
• 10 preheat a griddle on medium heat.
• 11 butter both sides of bread.
• 12 put 1 slice of cheese on 4 pieces of bread.
• 13 add some carmalized onions to the sandwich.
• 14 close with other slice of bread.
• 15 place sandwich on griddle and cover with a metal bowl (or tent with tin foil). get sandwiches cooking a nice golden brown (2 or 3 minutes).
• 16 flip, cover again and cook until the cheese is melted and sandwich is golden brown (2-3 minutes).
• 17 cut on a diagonal.
• 18 serve with roasted tomato bisque!