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10 Simple Hacks to the Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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Grate the Cheese

Want to maximize the amount of cheese you can fit and still manage to melt fully through? Try slicing your cheese in very thin slivers, or – even better – grate it. Thinly sliced or shredded cheese will melt a lot more quickly than a massive block of solid cheese. And instead of melting rapidly on the edges before ever softening in the middle, small pieces of cheese will melt in a perfect, even balance all across your sandwich.


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Enjoy these super easy, cheesy, dumpling-style croque monsieurs!

Ingredients

  • 4 slices of bread
  • 4 slices of ham
  • 6 cherry tomatoes
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Flour
  • Egg yolk
  • Breadcrumbs

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. On a large piece of plastic wrap, press one slice of bread flat with a rolling pin.
  3. Add one slice of ham, cherry tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.
  4. Take the four corners of the bread, pull them in towards the center, pinch them together so that the bread maintains the shape.
  5. Envelope the bread in the plastic wrap. Gather and twist the ends on top to seal the sandwich dumpling.
  6. Repeat this step with the other slices of bread.
  7. Refrigerate.
  8. Remove the bread balls from the fridge and roll each one in flour, then egg yolk, then breadcrumbs.
  9. Bake for 15 minutes.
  10. Serve alone or with dipping sauces of your choice.