Making Grilled Cheese Day Great
Monday is a big deal in much of the U.S. where a lucky few (and the thousands who have traveled by bus, plane, train, and automobile) will be thrust into the totality of a solar eclipse for 3 minutes. Others will glimpse it partially. Another big deal day is happening next Friday: National Grilled Cheese Day. Keep reading for ideas and grilled cheese tips featuring Sun-Maid and Orchard Choice California Dried Figs
Grilled Cheese Tips
The secret of taking cheesy sandwiches from good to grate (we couldn’t help the cheese pun) is time, heat, and fat.
- If you’re used to buttering bread before it hitting the skillet, try mayonnaise—it provides a golden crust that doesn’t burn as easily as butter.
- Then, we like medium heat as the temperature of choice.
- Finally, you want to see the cheese begin to soften along the edges of the bread crust as a marker that the middle is molten and all melty.
- Bonus tip: dried figs! Added as a jam or sliced onto cheese is a pro move to go gourmet at home. Here are some ideas below.
More Cheese, Please
Mozzarella, Swiss, American, Cheddar, Gouda, Gorgonzola, Brie—there are so many kinds of cheese to consider incorporating into your melty cheesy sandwiches. Here are a few of our favorites.
