Today I am sharing my secret recipe.
Homemade Bread is key to making the perfect grilled cheese sandwich. Two slices of swiss cheese and two slices of provolone cheese, layered. Lots of unsalted butter and a hot, to medium-hot skillet. At the finish a sprinkling of salt on either side as it grills.
You start off with a medium to hot skillet and put the butter into the pan. Move it around so it is covering the bottom of the skillet. Place your sandwich into the pan and coat one side of the bread with the butter. Remove from pan. Add more butter. Now coat the reverse side and reduce heat from high to medium-high. Take your spatula and press down on the top of the sandwich. Turn the sandwich over, but add more butter before placing the sandwich back into the skillet. Press down with spatula. Let it cook for about 1.5 minutes. Add butter as you are flipping the sandwich over. Wait and allow to cook. Lower the heat to medium-low.
Your goal here is to evenly brown the bread and the edges of the crust, plus you want the cheese to be perfectly melted. Lift, add butter, flip over. Press down. Now … cut the sand
wich in half and return it to the pan, and this time place some butter in the middle, between the divided sandwich. Flip over while adding just a little more butter in the center. Sprinkle with salt and repeat for the other side. Make sure you are not burning your bread and that the cheese is all warm and melting. Eat immediately. You will not believe how much you want to wrap your lips around this perfect grilled cheese delight.
Variations: Tomato slices, fresh basil, crisp fried bacon as a garnish, olive oil and butter if using cibiatta bread. Consider serving it with a little apple chutney on the side.