The Perfect Grilled Cheese: A Mini Class to Master the Sandwich | Learn with Plated (Skillshare)

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The Perfect Grilled Cheese: A Mini Class to Master the Sandwich | Learn with Plated (Skillshare)

Join Plated’s Head Chef Elana Karp for a fun and informative mini class on everyone's favorite comfort food: grilled cheese! You'll learn about the perfect cheeses to use, how to blend them to create the best flavor, what breads to work with, and finally, how to optimize for cheesy gooeyness in your own sandwich. You'll come away with your own custom recipe (with a secret ingredient!) and a surprising trick to getting the perfect brown crust.

Cook the perfect grilled cheese with a custom ingredient.
Your assignment is to cook your own custom grilled cheese sandwich.
I know, it sounds simple – just cheese and bread, right? Well, you have three different opportunities to customize the recipe and make it your own:

  1. Choice of bread
  2. Type of cheese (or cheeses), and combination ratio
  3. Add your own special ingredient!
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