Tips for a great gilled cheese? In "Grilled Cheese, Please!," Laura Werlin insists on grating the cheese for better melting, and going for a ratio of thick cheese to thin bread. Butter the bread instead of melting it in the pan, and flatten the sandwich during grilling. Some of her creations: burrat
I substituted jarred piquillos, which worked great. Laura Werlin, author of "Grilled Cheese Please!," says you could use smoked paprika as I did, or use sweet, medium-hot or spicy paprika. I liked her idea of mixing the spice into the butter and plan to try that on some grilled-cheese creations of m