Ok, I know grilled cheese sandwiches are very old
hat for most of you – but not for me. We
usually do cheese toasties which involve just one piece of bread covered with
cheese and cooked in a hot oven -
like my ham
& cheese toasties and my tic
tac toe toastie.
.
I decided
to give the American version a go. The
cheese melted ok and the outside was browned up but I felt that I should have
added more mustard and also something a bit sharp like chopped gherkin or
capers. What sort of cheese is best for
this?
Ingredients:
8 slices of
bread (I had wheatmeal on hand)
Butter –
softened
Mayonnaise
Dijon Mustard
Grated
cheese – mix of Colby and parmesan
Salt &
Pepper
Method:
Prepare
each sandwich by buttering each slice of bread and adding a smear of mustard. Season your cheese with salt and pepper. Pile your grated cheese onto half of the
slices.
I heated a
heavy pan on a moderate heat. The key
apparently is to get the heat right so that the outside crisps up while the
middle is all gooey cheese.
At the last
minute smear the upside of the bread with mayonnaise and put it into the pan,
mayo side down. While that side is
cooking smear the now upside with mayo.
Flip over and cook the other side and it was done.
I never heard of putting mustard on a grilled cheese sandwich
ReplyDeleteI always add dijon mustard to my toasties it gives it a nice zing!
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