Caramelized Grilled Cheese

Grilled cheese is lovely, and one of my favorite quickie meals. It's even better with a crunch layer of caramel on the outside. The bitterness of the caramel cuts the rich flavors of the cheese providing a great counterpoint.

2 thick slices of crusty rustic raisin bread
1 teaspoon raw honey
1/2 teaspoon green peppercorn mustard
4 slices fontina
3 slices parmesan
1 tablespoon crumbled fiori de sardo cheese
good grind of pepper,
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon salted great quality butter

Spread one slice of the bread with honey and the other with mustard. Cover the mustard side with cheeses, grind pepper on top. Top the cheese with the honeyed bread, honey side out.

Heat a small cast iron pan over medium low heat. Add olive oil and butter. Once butter has melted, add the sandwich, honey side down. Place a weight like a foil covered brick or another pan on top of the sandwich to press it down a bit. Cook for about 10 minutes, until the honey on the bread has caramelized. Flip the sandwich, cook 5 minutes more, the other side will have caramelized now too. Cut in quick decisive chops so the sandwich doesn't fall apart.