The Borough Market Grilled Cheese
 
 
Ingredients
  • 8 ounces extra sharp cheddar cheese
  • 2 ounces Comte cheese (Gruyere, Jarlsburg or emmental would all make great substitutes)
  • 1 leek, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
  • 1 garlic clove, finely minced
  • 2 - 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 8 slices of day-old sourdough
  • 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
  1. Heat a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat. Cover the bottom of a slightly smaller skillet with aluminum foil and coat with nonstick spray. Grab a heavy can or jar to weigh down the smaller skillet when it is time to cook the sandwiches. Or, if you have a panini press, just skip this step.
  2. Take about ¾ of the cheddar cheese and all the Comte cheese and slice into ¼-inch thick slices. Shred the remaining cheddar cheese and set aside.
  3. In a small mixing bowl, combine the leek, red onion and garlic.
  4. Spread 1 to 2 teaspoons of mayonnaise over each slice of the sourdough bread. Flip over 4 of the bread slices, and evenly distribute with the sliced cheddar and Comte cheese. Sprinkle the leek-onion-garlic mixture over the cheese and top each sandwich with the remaining 4 slices of bread.
  5. Melt the butter in the skillet. Sprinkle 2 handfuls of the grated cheddar cheese into 2 small heaps of into the skillet. Take 2 of your sandwiches, and rest each one atop of a cheese heap. Place the smaller skillet on top of the sandwiches and weigh down with a large jar or can. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until the grated cheddar cheese is melted and crisped and the underside of the sandwiches are well browned. Remove the weigh down skillet and, using a thin spatula (I’ve found my fish spatula works best here), lift the sandwiches out of the skillet. Sprinkle 2 more handfuls of cheese into the skillet, flip the sandwiches over onto the cheese heaps, and cook - without weighing down - for another 3 to 4 minutes- until outsides are brown and crisp and the cheese inside is gooey and melted. Set sandwiches aside and repeat this process with the other 2 sandwiches. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Allons-Eat! at https://www.allonseat.com/the-borough-market-grilled-cheese/