Do you enjoy a good grilled cheese sandwich?

[ChrissyRyan]

Do you enjoy a good grilled cheese sandwich?


I had one made with a croissant and it was way over the top good.


Chrissy

[Devlyn]

I make the best one! But I have to call it a toastie now. Because British wife. 

[D'Amalie]

Of course!  How not!  Especially with at least 2 types of cheese using butter or mayo as the frying media.

[Devlyn]

I tried the mayo, it cooked the sandwich fine, but it turned into shellac on the pan. I cook 'em low and slow, so maybe that has an effect?

[big kim]

Love them with red pesto on both slices of  wholegrain brown bread and mature  cheddar in the toasted  sandwich  maker

[Northern Star Girl]

My favorite variation of a Grilled Cheese Sandwich is made with
lots of Sharp Cheddar Cheese, a slice of Ham, and a Tomato slice. 

I usually have a grilled sandwich with soup, or maybe a side salad.
 
            Delicious
       

[ChrissyRyan]

I make the best one! But I have to call it a toastie now. Because British wife. 

Smiles!

[Sephirah]

I don't think I've ever had a pan-made sandwich, the way you folks across the pond make them. But I do have a deep-fill sandwich toaster and it gets a lot of use.

One of the best things I ever made in it was a cheeseburger toastie. Good quality burger, some nice white Cheshire cheese, and a rasher of smoked bacon. Just make sure the burger and bacon are pre-cooked and drained on kitchen paper first. Found that out the hard way, lol. Oh, and using garlic butter on the outside of the slices of bread, to make it crispy and golden, takes it to another level.

Blob of mayo on the plate at the side, for dipping purposes and... yum!

[Devlyn]

I don't think I've ever had a pan-made sandwich, the way you folks across the pond make them. But I do have a deep-fill sandwich toaster and it gets a lot of use.

One of the best things I ever made in it was a cheeseburger toastie. Good quality burger, some nice white Cheshire cheese, and a rasher of smoked bacon. Just make sure the burger and bacon are pre-cooked and drained on kitchen paper first. Found that out the hard way, lol. Oh, and using garlic butter on the outside of the slices of bread, to make it crispy and golden, takes it to another level.

Blob of mayo on the plate at the side, for dipping purposes and... yum!

Those are made by the same people who make the center fill sandwich makers for Tesco and Sainsbury's, right? 

[Sephirah]

Those are made by the same people who make the center fill sandwich makers for Tesco and Sainsbury's, right? 

Not sure. Maybe? I got mine from Amazon. Some of the ones you get can be kind of awful. Really shallow fill to the point you can only get like a handful of baked beans in the middle and the toastie gets smooshed down into basically a large wafer, lol. But some have deep fill plates that let you really pack a ton of filling into them so you can do what you like.

The most well known brand name for them is Breville, and it's become kind of a thing to just call any sandwich toaster a Breville, in the same way we call vacuum cleaners a "Hoover" because it's the most well known brand. But they are kind of unreliable and overly expensive. This is the one I have:

[ChrissyRyan]

Do you use mayo when making your grilled cheese sandwich?

[Maid Marion]

I used to enjoy Panera Bread's grilled four cheese sandwich but they no longer offer that.
You can now buy an extra cheese for a two cheese sandwich.

[Lori Dee]

I used to enjoy Panera Bread's grilled four cheese sandwich but they no longer offer that.
You can now buy an extra cheese for a two cheese sandwich.

I loved their Panini sandwiches!

I love grilled cheese sandwiches.

[ChrissyRyan]

Some of their overpriced food can be good, others are not.

There are better values elsewhere.  Prices have spiked over the last five years very noticeably.

I like their baguettes and would always choose that bread for any sandwich.  At times, one of their bagels too.

[Lori Dee]

Some of their overpriced food can be good, others are not.

They don't have them here in the Black Hills, so I haven't eaten there in ten years or more.

[ChrissyRyan]

I usually have one about once a month.

[ChrissyRyan]

Slices of bacon added to the cheese sandwich is yummy!

[Sephirah]

Do you use mayo when making your grilled cheese sandwich?

No... that's, I can't imagine that would taste good. I have recently discovered a sort of inverted grilled cheese sandwich, done in the air fryer, lol. Well.. invented rather than discovered. It's yummy.

Ideally you want a scuffler. For non-Brits, and probably even non-Northern Brits, it's... this. But any bread roll will do, as long as it's fairly large. Cut it in half, and spread butter or margarine on the halves. Butter is best, but margarine can be much healthier. Slice up some mature cheese. Mature is better for melting, I find, because mild cheese just ends up tasting like molten rubber. Spread the slices out on each half, trying to cover as much as you can. But leave a gap between them.

Gently fry some mushrooms until soft and yummy, then scoop them into the gaps between the slices of cheese. Add a dash of Worcester Sauce, or Hendos if you have access to the superior product. And place both halves in the air fryer, on 200 degrees C (392 Fahrenheit if US air fryers have that scale instead), for 5 minutes. Once cooked, the cheese will be crispy on the top and melted underneath, and will have combined with the mushrooms. Place one half on top of the other half, slice in two portions, and enjoy! The crispiness comes from inside the sandwich rather than outside. The outside will be only very slightly toasted, yet floury and yummy.

Can highly recommend. They are very moreish.