Grilled cheese
This is the classic American pan-fried sandwich, the "grilled cheese".
The French have their own, slightly different speciality: croque-monsieur.
The French have their own, slightly different speciality: croque-monsieur.
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Last modified on: June 8th 2016
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 Grilleds cheese, you will need:
- 1
150 g cheese - 2
150 g mozzarella - 3
8 slices Sandwich bread - 4
60 g butter - Total weight: 680 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 13 min.
Cooking: 8 min.
All in all: 21 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Grate 150 g cheese (Cheddar here) and 150 g mozzarella.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Lay 8 slices Sandwich bread out on the worktop and use a brush to coat one side of each slice with the melted 60 g butter.
Stage 3 - 4 min.
Turn one slice of bread buttered side downwards and cover with grated cheese...
Stage 4 - 1 min.
... then sit the other slice of bread on top, buttered side outwards.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Put the sandwiches into a hot frying pan...
Stage 6 - 3 min.
...and brown on both sides.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Turn down the heat, cover the frying pan and leave for 2 or 3 minutes to melt the cheese in the middle.
Stage 8
These fried sandwiches are tradionally served cut into triangles and fried to brown the edges as well (but this is not essential.
Stage 9
Serve piping hot, crusty on the outside and melting in the middle.
Remarks
For the cheeses, the ideal combination is Cheddar with mozzarella, but you can try any other combination - be adventurous!
Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,258 Kcal or 9,454 Kj | 306 gr | 1,361 gr | 310 gr |
| 113 % | 118 % | 128 % | 47 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 332 Kcal or 1,390 Kj | 45 gr | 200 gr | 46 gr |
| 17 % | 17 % | 19 % | 7 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 565 Kcal or 2,366 Kj | 76 gr | 340 gr | 78 gr |
| 28 % | 29 % | 32 % | 12 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 Grilleds cheese : 3.08 €
- Per Grilled cheese : 0.77 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Cheese
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