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arguchiki just want to rave about my new favorite kind of grilled cheese sandwich, and to give instructions in case anyone is interested in trying this at home. (i know, i know...it's a fucking grilled cheese sandwich. everyone knows how to make that.) i have been loving the grilled cheese and soup (tomato basil) combo at cafe solstice lately--and am pretty much blown away by how yummy the sandwich tastes. it's like the perfect grilled cheese, IMO. so i asked them...what kind of cheese do they use? the answer: they use 3 cheeses--cheddar, swiss, and provolone.
i tried it at home--with one slice of each kind of cheese--and it is soooooooo yummy. at solstice they grill their sandwiches in a panini iron, but i did it using a cast iron griddle on the stove. i also used a nice, crusty, toothsome bread (it would be good with any kind of peasant bread, sourdough, pain au levain, etc. i don't think spongy supermarket bread would hold up to the cheese, though, nor to the heat needed to melt the cheese. just my opinion, take or leave.) then you just grill it--except...normally i would butter the bread before grilling, but this time i tried buttering the griddle, and it worked great. i have this idea that the bread absorbs slightly less butter when you do it that way. not like this will ever be a "healthy" sandwich or anything, but i see no need to make it greasier than necessary. "necessary" exists, of course, in the eye of the beholder.
i tried it at home--with one slice of each kind of cheese--and it is soooooooo yummy. at solstice they grill their sandwiches in a panini iron, but i did it using a cast iron griddle on the stove. i also used a nice, crusty, toothsome bread (it would be good with any kind of peasant bread, sourdough, pain au levain, etc. i don't think spongy supermarket bread would hold up to the cheese, though, nor to the heat needed to melt the cheese. just my opinion, take or leave.) then you just grill it--except...normally i would butter the bread before grilling, but this time i tried buttering the griddle, and it worked great. i have this idea that the bread absorbs slightly less butter when you do it that way. not like this will ever be a "healthy" sandwich or anything, but i see no need to make it greasier than necessary. "necessary" exists, of course, in the eye of the beholder.
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