Corned Beef Grilled Cheese

This year for St. Patty's day I went the easy route and bought corned beef from the local deli.  Along with corned beef sandwiches we had a Irish themed movie marathon that included Snatch, Shrek, The Departed and Boondock Saints (these were watched over a two day span).  If you fail to see the ties to St. Patrick's Day I would be happy to explain. Anyway, back to the sandwiches.  As much as I love a plain corned beef sandwich on rye with a little mustard I also wanted to try out something a little different.   I went with a corned beef grilled cheese which I must say was quite good.  This would be good to make with the left over corned beef you might still have hanging out in the fridge.

Corned Beef Grilled Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 a small onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• salt
• pepper
• 3/4 cup Guinness
• 2 ounces deli-sliced corned beef, cut into strips
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard
• Dubliner cheese
• 4 slices rye bread

Instructions:

1) Melt 1/2 tablespoon butter in a pan. Add the onion and sprinkle with the sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 

pepper.  Cook until the onions are soft.

 2) Pour in the beer and keep cooking until the onions are tender and the liquid is kinda syrupy.

3) Remove from the heat and stir in the corned beef, Worcestershire sauce and mustard.

3) Spread butter on 2 slices of bread.  Lay the first one, butter side down, in a skillet.  Top with slices of cheese and beef mixture.  Cover with remaining slice of bread, butter side up, and cook until golden brown.