Comments on: real life test kitchen: grilled cheese fest

By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » late-night gourmet: grilled cheese with heirloom tomato and basil

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:26:05 +0000

[...] My husband and I work nights — most often until midnight — so when we are home from work, I immediately retreat to the kitchen to make a quick bite. More often than I’d like to admit, it’s cereal or frozen pizza from Trader Joe’s, but the other night, my late-night culinary skills really shone. I had this gorgeous organic heirloom tomato I had to use before it was overripe, so I threw it on some sliced crusty french bread with some grated Italian cheeses (I used a pre-grated Italian four-cheese blend) and some basil from the yard, slapped em on the cast iron skillet, and voila — an amazing late summer supper in less than 10 minutes! The extra-delicious secret was adding a light dusting of cheese to the outside of the bread and then grilling it, which creates a mouth watering browned cheese crust. I’ve been making these ever since, and will continue to until the very last tomatoes of summer are gone! –Megan B. More grilled cheese goodness: big apple grilled cheese, grilled cheese fest [...]

By: mim

mim — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:52:30 +0000

You gotta try good sourdough bread spread with quince paste (you can find it at upscale whole foods places for $$ or hispanic bodegas for pennies. I like La costena brand) then either spanish manchego or a really good cheddar and grill that. YUMMY, but I will try these combos ….your never too old for grilled cheese!

By: MCaplan

MCaplan — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:30:19 +0000

Yum! I wish it was Sunday and I could sit in the hammock and have one of these! Gonna have to get that book!

By: Lavanotes

Lavanotes — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:22:56 +0000

Yum!! To the kitchen with me.