Ruth Reichl’s Diva of a Grilled Cheese Recipe on Food52 (2024)

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How to make a grilled cheese like Gordon Ramsay? ›

Using a cast iron-pan, add a touch of olive oil and get pan hot over medium-high heat and add sandwich. After about 30-45 second push sandwich so it crisps and cheese melts. Flip after about 2 minutes, once slices are nice and crunchy. Keep flipping and pushing down until cheese is melted.

Finally, it's a matter of taste: Sometimes, butter's richness feels a little too heavy and can overpower the cheese. Mayonnaise's light, tangy flavor means your tastebuds can fully appreciate the flavors of your cheese and bread choices.

Ramsay used a combination of Romano and asiago cheeses (perfect for upgrading lasagna) on thick-cut country bread. He slathered the outside of the bread slices with butter to ensure the perfect crispy cook, then seasoned the outer bread with salt.

Divide cheese evenly on both slices. Top with remaining slices, buttered side up. Heat a large skillet over low heat until warm. Add sandwiches and cover; cook, turning once with a spatula, until the bread is golden-brown and the cheese has just melted, 5 to 8 minutes per side.

If you don't have a lid, Archibald recommended cooking grilled cheese “low and slow, turning and flipping often to really give a chance to get a full melt on the cheese and to get the bread evenly toasted and golden brown.” Pressing the sandwich down gently will help ensure that all the cheese inside melts and gets ...

For good measure: While most recipes today call for unsalted butter, often so the cook can control the amount of salt in the recipe, the grilled cheese sandwich is clearly one place where salted butter belongs. It adds more flavor and helps turn the bread more deeply golden.

Shred Your Cheese: Do not, we repeat, do NOT use sliced cheese for grilled cheese. First, it is best to bring your cheese up to room temperature before cooking your sandwich. Then, shredding the cheese will help ensure that it melts faster and more evenly. Keep in mind, certain cheeses melt easier than others.

The cheese dream, an open-faced grilled cheese sandwich, became popular in the U.S. during the Great Depression. U.S. government cookbooks describe Navy cooks broiling "American cheese filling sandwiches" during World War II.

Ramsay explained that instead of eating the traditional three meals of breakfast, lunch and dinner, he instead enjoys five small meals a day. He continued: “I like to keep on my toes and eat small bits. Almost like in Hong Kong - four or five times a day, small bowls of food.”

What is the world's most expensive grilled cheese? ›

New York City's Serendipity3 holds the Guinness World Record for the most expensive sandwich. It is a decadent grilled cheese that will cost you $214, and it is back in honor of National Grilled Cheese Day.

Lay one slice of bread butter side down onto the George Foreman Grill. Add both cheeses. Top with the remaining slice of bread - butter side towards the grill plate and cook for 4-5 minutes or until bread is toasted and cheese is melted. Serve with a side salad if you fancy - enjoy.

Sharp cheddar, Gouda, Fontina, Monterey Jack, Gruyere, Pepper Jack, and brie are all good options. The amount of cheese you use will depend on the size of your bread. You can do a mix of cheeses. I love sharp Cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Gouda together.

Add enough butter to coat the bottom of the pan. Then, add the sandwich, and COVER the skillet. The lid will trap steam in the pan, helping melt the cheese as the bread toasts. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the bread is golden brown.

Condensation builds up beneath the sandwich, undoing all your careful crisping and giving you a sandwich that might still be crisp on one side but is limp and unpleasantly moist on the other.