Grilled Cheese

By bronxie

Ingredients

• 2 slices French or Italian bread
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 ounce mozzarella cheese, sliced or grated
• 2 slices ripe tomato
• 6 basil leaves
• Kosher salt

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 12mins
Cooking time 12mins
Adapted from seriouseats.com

Preparation

Step 1

Serious Heat

Makes 1 sandwich

Heat one teaspoon butter and one teaspoon olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat until foaming subsides. Add both bread slices and cook, swirling occasionally, until pale golden brown on bottom side, about 2 minutes.

Heat one more teaspoon each of butter and oil in the skillet and reduce heat to medium low. Add sandwich and cook, swirling occasionally, until deep, even golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove sandwich using a flexible metal spatula. Add the remaining butter and oil. Return sandwich to skillet cooked-side up. Season with salt. Cook, swirling occasionally, until second side is deep, even golden brown and cheese is thoroughly melted, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

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