It’s National Grilled Cheese Month! This month is all about cheese, bread and butter. And lots of it. My 
So, I busted out my 
This macaroni and cheese added into this grilled cheese sandwich was heaven on earth. SO GOOD.
Like, so good. . . I wanted to eat TWO.
So, grab some Swiss cheese, or enter the giveaway below and join me in celebrating National Grilled Cheese Month!! You must try this!
Macaroni and Cheese Grilled Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried elbow macaroni COOKED to al dente
- 1 cup grated gruyere
- 1 tablespoon butter
- pinch of salt
- 1-2 tablespoons chives or green onions; finely diced
- splash of heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon butter for the skillet + more for spreading on your bread slices
- 4 slices bread any kind (I used a multigrain bread)
- ½ cup freshly grated Emmentaler cheese; split
- Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Cook elbow macaroni according to package instructions. Drain, rinse and immediately add the pasta back into the same pot. Over low heat, immediately add the gruyere, butter, salt, green onions or chives and the heavy cream. Mix thoroughly until the macaroni has come together and the cheese has melted. Turn off the heat and set aside.
- Butter one slice of bread on both sides and set aside. Using a cast iron skillet or non-stick skillet, heat one tablespoon of butter in your skillet over medium heat. Let the butter melt completely and then lay your slice of buttered bread into the skillet and top with a ¼ cup of the grated Emmentaler cheese. Cover the skillet with a lid and let the cheese melt until it's almost entirely melted, for about 2-3 minutes.
- Next, lift the lid and top the melted cheese with the macaroni and cheese and cover again with the lid for a minute or two. Butter one side of the second slice of bread and spread dijon mustard on the other side. Place the bread, dijon mustard side down onto the macaroni and cheese and flip your grilled cheese to begin toasting the other side. You do not need to cover the pan again since your cheese is already melting nicely. You can flip your grilled cheese sandwich a couple more times if desired until you have nice, golden brown toasty bread on both sides.
- Repeat everything for your second grilled cheese sandwich.
The Giveaway!
One lucky reader will win the Emmentaler and Le Gruyère cheese shown above. To enter, simply leave a comment below answering this question: What would you make if you won this fabulous cheese?
Giveaway only open to residents within the United States. Giveaway ends on Tuesday, 4/15 at 12 am EST. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond, otherwise another winner will be selected.
Disclosure: I received the cheese shown above for review and recipe development purposes. I was not compensated for this post. All opinions expressed here are 100% my own.
I believe I would make a seriously jacked up chicken cordon bleu
Oh my gosh Alice. Can grilled cheese get any more wonderful than this?! I adore mac n’ cheese but never would’ve thought to add it to a grilled cheese sandwich. Fabulous idea, love the crispy golden bread and that oozy cheese deliciousness. Definitely going to try this… and celebrate whilst eating it! I think I should personally try and make ‘national grilled cheese month’ international instead! xx
Laura, that would be great!! Would love to see it!
I would make this recipe if I won, sounds awesome!
I would make mac and cheese, of course! To not do so would be criminal!
Alice, I am drooling so much looking at this gorgeous sandwich! I am a total sucker for a big bowl of mac and cheese (I mean, pasta a cheese? What’s not to love!) and must try it in grilled cheese form 🙂 As for this cheese, I think I would turn it into a lovely spring quiche!
I am thinking my grandmas stuffed peppers.
I would definitely make a tuna melt. I AM DROOLING.
First a taste of the cheese by itself. That is the best. Then my stuffed green chiles.
Now that you mentioned it, a mac and cheese, or a quiche.
Oh my gosh Alice this grilled cheese looks incredible!! If I won the cheese I would make this exact recipe. I mean, how could I not?!
I love the carb on carb love! I need some of THAT!
I’d make cheese toast, grilled cheese, mac n cheese, and eat it plain with crackers 🙂
Your grilled cheese recipe and fondue!
Definitely Mac n Cheese!! Your grilled cheese looks awesome, but I will be satisfied with even mac n cheese by itself. 🙂
Gruyere is my FAVORITE kind of cheese for m&c- I love the nutty, kinda funky flavor. So good! That sandwich is totally over the top! The bread looks so buttery and crisp, and I love that you added green onions too. Pinned!
My Mouth is watering! This looks so good! I would make this grill Mac and cheese sandwich!
Alice, this is definitely go big or go home!! I love everything about this. So dang good. My carb loving son (and me) will be making this very, very soon.
Thank you so much, Maria!
I would make this recipe-looks delicious
I’d do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time…A pizza covered with Mac & Cheese, broccoli and bacon!
I would make a ham grilled cheese.
I would luse it in a veggie lasagna
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I don’t know if you have heard of Jansson’s Frestelse. Its a Gratin dish with cream, potatoes, anchoives and succulent cheese! I would use these cheeses to pop up the ooey gooeyness!
If I won this cheese I would have to make macaroni and cheese. Your sandwich looks delicious cant wait to make it.
Seriously! Wow! This is ultimate comfort right there…I am in love and I have to try this asap!!! Yummy idea, and pictures…
I would make an awesome cheesey pasta dish!
I’d make quiche!
I was going to say I’d make a grilled cheese sandwich with it, plus a few other ingredients like carmelized onions, but the more I look at this the more I want to make your sandwich! It just looks incredibly decadent.
The only thing to make would be the Mac and cheese grilled cheese ?
I could do so much with that cheese but I think I will make this mac and cheese grilled cheese! YUM!
Hooray! Hope you try it!