Make the mac and cheese sauce: While whisking slowly pour in milk, add in mustard and garlic powder. Make a roux: while pasta is cooking, in a large saucepan (4 quart) or medium pot melt butter over medium heat then add flour, cook 1 minute whisking constantly. Below, she ranks her favorite cheeses for melting from “good enough to use” to best, based on both flavor and melt-ability. Drain pasta and reserve 1/2 cup pasta water. While Cheatham is always up for a debate about the best type of bread and spread to use in the perfect grilled cheese sandwich, the cheese is obviously the foundation…so let’s start there. “Whoever was the first person to make a cheese sandwich, slather it with butter, and toast it until the bread is GBD (golden brown and delicious) and the cheese melts into a pull-able mass should be canonized as the patron saint of all things awesome.” “Grilled cheese, to me, is one of the most perfect foods ever created and is truly a gift to mankind,” she says. It’s all in the ingredients.Ĭheese lover Adrienne Cheatham-who also just happens to be a chef at the Institute of Culinary Education-was more than ready for the challenge of ranking the best cheeses for melting in a sandwich. But this classic isn’t just for youngsters! There are ways to elevate it, to make your grilled cheese sandwich truly amazing. There’s nothing quite like a grilled cheese sandwich to simultaneously satisfy your lunchtime hunger pangs and make you feel like a kid again. Share on Pinterest Illustration by Maya Chastain
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