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I never made too much real grilled cheese growing up. I do remember constructing a sort of haphazard grilled cheese in my boarding school dining hall, using the conveyor belt-style toaster to toast the bread and the microwave to melt the cheese, but that was nothing compared to this.

I like my grilled cheese with real cheese and lots of mustard, kind of like a Croque Monsieur, but this technique would work the same way for a grilled cheese with the traditional Kraft singles and Wonder bread as well.

Grilled Cheese
1 tbsp. softened butter
2 slices white bread (I like the pre-sliced boule from my grocery store: I use the center pieces)
1 tsp. mayonnaise
2 tsp. mustard
2 oz. cheddar cheese
1 tsp. Tabasco sauce

Spread the butter evenly over one side of each slice of bread. Place the pieces, butter side down, on a plate. Spread one slice with mayonnaise and the other with mustard. Arrange the cheese slices over one side of the bread, and close the sandwich.

Preheat a skillet over low heat until warmed. Place the sandwich in the skillet and cook covered. (I like to use a lid that’s a bit too small for my pan so that I can press the sandwich down, panini-style, at the same time.) When one side is browned (after about two-three minutes… keep checking because all bread does not toast the same), flip the sandwich over and repeat on the other side. Sprinkle the finished sandwich with Tabasco sauce and serve.