I had a novel breakfast idea this morning which turned out to be pretty yummy. It was also a big hit with the over-90 crowd:
Ingredients
- fresh Italian bread
- mozzarella cheese
- sweet onion (Vidalia-type)
- Parmesan cheese
- American cheese
- Penzey’s Justice spice blend
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to broil.
- Pre-heat your skillet on the stove-top to medium high.
- Slice on the diagonal as many servings of bread as you would like.
- Finely grate 3–4 Tablespoons of Parmesan and mozzarella cheese per slice and evenly arrange atop the bread slices.
- Slice several paper-thin slices of onion for each piece of bread and layer these atop the cheese.
- Sprinkle the slices liberally with Penzey’s Justice spice blend.
- Cut one slice of American cheese into pieces and arrange to cover the onion/spice/cheese layers below and carefully arrange in a cast iron skillet.
- Broil the slices for 4 minutes until perfectly browned (see photos).
- Serve alone or accompanied with fresh fruit and coffee for breakfast or French Onion Soup for…