TastyDays

Grilled Cheese

A grilled cheese sandwich / toasted sandwich is heated until the bread crisps and the cheese melts, sometimes combined with an additional ingredient such as peppers, tomatoes or onions. The bread is sometimes buttered before cooking. A variety of different names denote the same sandwich, such as cheese toastie or toasted cheese sandwich; in the UK and New Zealand it goes by toastie, in Australia it is, in some areas, called a cheese jaffle. The sandwich is then toasted in a sandwich press or pan fried. Additions may consist of tomato, mushrooms, bacon or ham. A grilled cheese sandwich is an open sandwich placed under a hot grill until the cheese melts.