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Grilled Cheese

Welcome back everyone! 
Today we have a pretty classic grilled cheese! Simple yet still flavorful, the ingredients are just bread, butter, and cheese. Fun fact about grilled cheese: they originated in the 1920s because that was when there was cheap bread and cheese to make them! They were also pretty commonly eaten in the wartime, and paired with tomato soup, the nutritional standards were met. That's why grilled cheese and tomato soup are inseparable! (except we served ours with a salad :P)

Grilled Cheese


Makes 1 serving

Ingredients:

  • 2 slices sourdough bread
  • 1 slice provolone cheese
  • 1 slice/shredded cheddar (enough to fill the piece of bread)
  • 2 teaspoons butter

Directions:

  1. Oil and heat up the pan.
  2. Assemble the sandwich, this is pretty straightforward.
  3. Now, put your sandwich on the pan and let it toast/cook until slightly browned.
  4. At this point, put 1 teaspoon of butter underneath the sandwich to give it more richness. This part is optional but makes the sandwich taste better.
  5. Repeat with the other side.
  6. You should now have a soft, cheesy grilled cheese!
Now that's a cheese pull!

Despite the simplicity of the recipe, there's actually a lot you can do with it! For example, you could experiment with the types of cheeses: in this one, we actually used habanero cheddar to give a kick. You could use a panini press to make the sandwich quicker. You could change the bread for other types, too, or even things that aren't bread!

-Chefpo

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