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Let me introduce you to my favorite way of making grilled cheese and my favorite grilled cheese combination! Cheese Crusted Pizza Grilled Cheese. When you put cheese on TOP of grilled cheese sandwiches, something wonderful happens. The cheese melts into the bread and creates a crispy cheesy crust on the outside.
By combining pizza sauce, cheese and oregano you get a flavor that tastes like homemade pizza. If you haven’t tried cheese crusted pizza grilled cheese before, you definitely should. And if you haven’t tried putting dried oregano on top of pizza before either, you definitely should!
The classic version has no extra toppings but feel free to add your favorite pizza toppings to the sandwich for example:
Pepperoni
Ham
Pineapple
Fried bacon
Mushrooms
Onions
Olives
Anything you can think of…
Whatever your favorite grilled cheese combination is, let me tell you the cheese crust makes ANY grilled cheese sandwich better.
And for a little extra pizza sauce try using it as a DIP for your sandwich.
Bread Note:
You can use any type of bread. White sandwich bread, whole grain, seeded, bakery style bread, sourdough bread etc.
Cheese Note:
You can use any type of cheese that you have instead of mozzarella. You can also try using a mix of cheeses and shredded cheese works great as well instead of slices.
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I hope you enjoy this cheese crusted pizza grilled cheese recipe as much as I do. And if you make it be sure to leave a comment and/or give it a rating! I’d also love to hear from you on Instagram and see what you make. So if you do, don’t forget to tag @alaingablog
Items Used In This Recipe:
Le Creuset Tri-Ply Nonstick Frying Pan
Products I Recommend:
Cheese Crusted Pizza Grilled Cheese
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 8 min
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Description
Cheese crusted pizza grilled cheese is the ultimate comfort food for grilled cheese lovers. Pizza and grilled cheese in ONE. Plus with a crispy cheesy crust on the outside. You can even add your favorite pizza toppings and DIP the sandwich in pizza sauce. Enjoy!
Ingredients
2 slices sandwich bread, any type
Pizza sauce
3 slices mozzarella cheese
Dried oregano
2 tbsp salted butter
Optional: Toppings of choice (pepperoni, ham, other)
Instructions
Spread pizza sauce on both slices of bread.
Top with 2 slices of the cheese.
Sprinkle with dried oregano.
Top with remaining slice of bread and 1 slice of cheese.
Melt butter in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. (cast iron also works)
I put 1 tbsp of butter to fry one side of the bread and the other tablespoon of butter when flipping.
Place the sandwich in the skillet cheese side up and cook until golden brown for 3-5 minutes. Flip the sandwich to the cheese side and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes until cheese is crispy golden. Serve right away!
Notes
You can also use a sandwich grill/panini grill to grill your sandwiches.
Keywords: Cheese Crusted Pizza Grilled Cheese