First time making grilled cheese. Used left over garlic butter (with coriander and hot pickled chillies), white sourdough bread and mature cheddar. Left was made on a frying pan and right was in the air fryer. Air fryer was better.

by Sharcman

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  2. Willing-Confusion-56

    In the UK it’s a cheese toastie

  3. i_live_by_the_river

    And you call them grilled cheese despite the fact they are obviously fried?

  4. The leftover garlic butter is an incredible idea, here’s me using normal butter. Thanks for the idea, also who cares – grilled cheese, cheese toastie, we know what you mean

  5. magaduccio

    I love the side-by-side, empirical approach. I wonder how the same sarnie prepared on cast iron might fare?

  6. cyanicpsion

    Panini press for the win

    (Or…. One sice of bread and put in under a real grill)

  7. Uncle_peter21

    Did you wrap in tin foil in air fryer or just place in carefully? Looks good! My old housemate took the foreman grill:(

  8. byjimini

    Why would you compare a frying pan to an air fryer, out of interest? The clue is in the name (GRILLed cheese), surely.

    Either way, looking tasty!

  9. Feeling_Novel_9899

    I love a cheese and ham toastie.I use a bit of, butter with some mayonnaise, it really adds a nice brownness to the bread when toasted in a pan.

  10. Luna259

    I’ve tried toasted sandwiches in an air fryer. The bread toasts too much and the filling doesn’t toast enough. What settings do you use?

  11. Boredwithitallnow

    What happened to just bread & cheese under the grill ?

  12. LottieWK

    Why call it a ‘grilled cheese’? Would you call a ham toastie a ‘ham’ or a tuna toastie a ‘tuna’?

  13. lordrothermere

    I note that neither Breville nor the funny little Kevlar bags that you put in the toaster were considered comparators in this trial.

    I would recommend the title of this research paper to be “A direct comparison of the two shittiest ways to make a toasted sandwich: a research based attempt to make air fryers sound less wank’

  14. TipsyPhippsy

    Doesn’t look grilled, just looks like a toastie to me

  15. ScrimmoBingus

    You should fry on a pretty low heat on a pan if you want an even toast, also press down on the bread a bit/ use a bread weight so the edges toast too.

  16. Dismal_Birthday7982

    No grilling there. It’s just a shit toasty 

  17. time_on_target

    They look good… needs a cross-section pic of both, showing the stretched cheese 😎

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