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This Cheese Crusted Pizza Grilled Cheese is my favorite way of making grilled cheese and my favorite grilled cheese combination. When you also put cheese on top of grilled cheese sandwiches, something wonderful happens. The cheese melts into the bread and creates a crispy cheesy crust. I hope you enjoy!
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
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 you want instead of mozzarella. You can also use shredded cheese instead of sliced.
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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
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Cheese Crusted Pizza Grilled Cheese
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!
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 8 min
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
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.
2 comments
My family loves pizza grilled cheese – so much so that I can’t even make regular ones anymore. I add another layer of toppings on top of the grilled sandwich then throw it into the oven for a few minutes to melt the cheese. It’s almost like a double decker pizza.
That’s an awesome idea that I’m going to have to try!