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Grilled cheese

Name: Grilled cheese
Prep time: 13 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 4 Grilleds cheese
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 150 g cheese; 150 g mozzarella; 8 slices sandwich bread; 60 g butter

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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Duration

23 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 30^th 2026

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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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

15 min.

Cooking

8 min.

All in all

23 min.

Preparation 15 min.

Cooking 8 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Grate 150 g cheese (Cheddar here) and 150 g mozzarella.

Step 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.

Step 3 - ⌛ 4 min.

Turn one slice of bread buttered side downwards and cover with grated cheese...

Step 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

... then sit the other slice of bread on top, buttered side outwards.

Step 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Put the sandwiches into a hot frying pan...

Step 6 - ⌛ 3 min.

...and brown on both sides.

Step 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.

Step 8

These fried sandwiches are tradionally served cut into triangles and fried to brown the edges as well (but this is not essential.

Step 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: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	13 g RDI=21 %	23 g RDI=9 %	21 g RDI=29 %	338 kcal RDI=17 %	1,416 kJ RDI=17 %
Per piece	23 g RDI=35 %	40 g RDI=15 %	36 g RDI=49 %	575 kcal RDI=29 %	2,407 kJ RDI=29 %
Whole recipe	91 g RDI=140 %	158 g RDI=60 %	144 g RDI=197 %	2,300 kcal RDI=115 %	9,630 kJ RDI=115 %