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Ultimate Grilled Cheese
Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten
Total: 55 min
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Level: Easy

Ingredients

12 slices thick-cut bacon, such as Nodine’s applewood smoked
1 cup good mayonnaise
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 white pullman loaf or sourdough bread, sliced 1/2 inch thick (12 slices)
6 tablespoons salted butter, at room temperature
6 ounces aged Gruyere or Comte cheese
6 ounces extra-sharp Cheddar, such as Cabot or Shelburne Farms

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the bacon on a baking rack set over a sheet pan in a single layer and roast for 20 to 30 minutes, until nicely browned. Drain on a plate lined with paper towels and cut in 1-inch pieces.

Meanwhile, combine the mayonnaise, mustard, Parmesan, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Lay 12 slices of bread on a board and spread each one lightly with butter. Flip the slices and spread each one generously with the mayonnaise mixture. Don’t neglect the corners!

Grate the cheeses in a food processor fitted with the largest grating disk and combine. Distribute the bacon evenly on half the slices of bread. Pile 1/3 cup grated cheese evenly on top of the bacon and top with the remaining bread slices, sauce side down.

Meanwhile, heat an electric panini press. When the press is hot, cook the sandwiches for 3 to 5 minutes in batches until the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted. Allow to cool for 2 minutes. Cut in half and serve warm.

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Ina Garten’s Ultimate Grilled Cheese | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network

Photographing an article for Food Network Magazine and it’s all about cheese making lots of recipes with cheese so I thought what’s the quintessential cheese recipe it’s grilled cheese sandwiches I’ve got just a very simple Pullman loaf good bakery loaf not like the stuff from the grocery

Store so we need 1 cup of mayonnaise quarter of a cup of mustard here’s good Dijon mustard and this is the unusual ingredient Parmesan cheese 1/4 of a cup of Parmesan cheese I think that works best and just whisk it all together and I’m gonna spread this on

The bread before I even put the cheese in I mean how bad could that be okay that’s done but first I’m gonna spread some butter on the bread that’s gonna make sure it’s gonna be nice and brown and crisp when it goes into the grill pan or the press okay so that’s the

Butter now I’m just gonna flip them all over you want the butter on the outside of the sandwich and then I’m gonna spread the inside with the mustard and mayonnaise mixture I find a spoon for this an easier way to spread it on so inside of this I’m gonna put really good

Cheese some crumbled bacon and put it in a panini press if you don’t have a panini press you can always do it in a saute pan just like classic grilled cheese sandwich okay now for the bacon I think the easiest way to cook bacon is

In the oven on a rack 400 degrees 20 to 30 minutes it comes out perfectly every time okay I’m just gonna put it on the board and just dice it up every sandwich gets just a little bit and just give this a big dice little big pieces like

That it’s easier to distribute on the sandwiches okay that’s the bacon I’m just gonna put a few pieces on each sandwich it’s a cheese sandwich not a bacon sandwich just adds a little extra flavor now we need cheese I need 6 ounces of cheddar it should be about 6 ounces right here

And I need 6 ounces of Gruyere I love career for this cuz it’s got this really nutty flavor for the fastest way I know to grate cheese in the food processor watch this so fast I love it just put it right in the feed tube I can’t get it all in

And that’s the cheese so I’m just gonna put lots of cheese on each one just pile it up remember it’s all gonna melt together and only on half the bread slices then I’m just gonna take the tops and put them on the bottoms these are major grilled cheese sandwiches so I’m

Gonna do two sandwiches at a time takes about three to five minutes would be nice and browned on both sides love the sizzle and when I’m done with this I’m gonna take them all outside I’m gonna photograph them in the garden let’s grab that one branch and pull it

Across that way leave it there you guys that way that’s it that’s good