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Grilled cheese

This is the classic American pan-fried sandwich, the "grilled cheese".

The French have their own, slightly different speciality: croque-monsieur.

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Last modified on: June 8^th 2016

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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

Change these quantities to make: 2 Grilleds cheese 4 Grilleds cheese 8 Grilleds cheese 12 Grilleds cheese

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
13 min.	8 min.	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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 4 Grilleds cheese : 3.08 €
Per Grilled cheese : 0.77 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Croque-monsieur complet, Hamburgers, Potato and cheese pie, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, Langres-style spinach, ... All
	Mozzarella: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Quick flaky pizza, Pumpkin and red-bean tortillas, Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, Harvest Gratin, Mozzarella pasta bake, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gâteau Basque , Jam doughnuts, Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , Marchand de vin sauce, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, ... All
	Sandwich bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Pain perdu, Croque-monsieur, Comtoise apple charlotte, Fried egg in bread, ... All

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