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Grilled Cheese Sandwich II

Name: Grilled Cheese Sandwich II
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: Mild cheddar cheese; Butter; Sturdy low-moisture bread

Sandwiches :See: Grilled Cheese Sandwich A toasted cheese sandwich works well as an everyday lunch. It goes well with soda (pop) or tomato soup. Quality greatly depends on ingredient selection and cooking temperature. A good toasted cheese sandwich has a crispy outside and is not mushy.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich II prepared recipe

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Before you start

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Preparation checklist

Read all 7 method steps from beginning to end.
Measure and arrange all 3 listed ingredients.
Keep the recipe open and follow each step in order; the source does not state a total time.

Recipe notes & preparation tips

Use low-moisture cheese. When buying cheese, most likely you will find that the cheeses are labeled for fat, protein, and total weight. Consider the unmentioned part to be moisture, and choose the cheese which minimizes this. For any given amount of protein per weight, choose the cheese with the highest fat content. Likewise, for any given amount of fat per weight, choose the cheese with the highest protein content.

Multi-grain bread tends to work well. Sourdough and English toasting bread should also work okay.

Add relatively dry tuna, bacon, or pastrami. After cooking, you may pry open the sandwich to add sauerkraut, pickles, or sweet chilli sauce.

A bit of Worcestershire Sauce poured on the cheese before cooking also works well.

Instead of butter/margarine on the outside of the bread, you can substitute mayonnaise for a tangier sandwich.

Thinly-sliced tomato is a nice addition to the sandwich, as are wilted spinach or roasted red peppers. You can also add sliced onion with the tomato to give a more exotic feel.

Remember to cool the cooking device a bit before cooking another sandwich.

Adapted from the source recipe's notes.

Step by step

Method

01
Slice the cheese ⅛-inch thick.
02
Butter the two slices of bread on one side each.
03
Cover a bread slice with cheese, over the unbuttered side. If you leave gaps, distribute them evenly throughout the middle.
04
Finish the sandwich with the other slice of bread; again, buttered side out.
05
Place the sandwich into a cool 2-sided contact-based cooking device, like a sandwich-iron, waffle iron, or a grill intended for cooking burgers. Heat the sandwich.
06
Remove the sandwich when all the cheese has melted and the outside is medium-dark brown and crispy.
07
Eat immediately. If you must set this sandwich down, use a heated plate or a loose paper towel to avoid letting condensation ruin the surface.

Ready to serve

Serve the dish as directed and enjoy it while it is at its best.

Bon appétit — enjoy your meal!

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Source & licence

This recipe was adapted and reformatted from Wikibooks Cookbook . Text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Image: CC BY-SA 2.0, credited to Willis Lam; view original image record .