4 german grilled cheese Recipes

german style rye bread or 4 slices any hearty type bread, red onions, sliced thin, cheddar cheese, preferably old, butter , for spreading on the bread, pepper

rye bread , german rye, the lighter type with grains, black beans, drained, purple onion , chopped rather fine, monterey jack pepper cheese, the hot kind, butter or 2 tbsp margarine, softened

sharp white cheddar, shredded (about 2 1/2 cups), gruyere, shredded (about 2 cups), smoked gruyere or swiss, shredded, scant tbsp cornstarch, strained cooking liquid from beer-simmered bratwursts , recipe follows, spicy brown mustard, plus more for serving, a few drops hot sauce, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, slab bacon, rind removed, sliced about 1-inch thick, cremini mushrooms, caps only, canola oil, six to eight 2-inch-thick slices high-quality german rye bread, beer-simmered bratwurst , recipe follows, sweet and hot german mustards , for serving, special equipment : fondue pot and skewers, german light ale, caraway seeds, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, onions, unpeeled, roughly chopped, whole cloves garlic , smashed, fresh ginger, peeled and chopped, precooked bratwurst , pricked with a fork, canola oil