• a pan
• a knife and cutting board
• a fork (is easiest for spreading the jelly)
• a spatula

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• 2 slices bread
• slices of brie sufficient to cover the surface of 1 slice - sliced to no more than (about) 1/8 inch (4 mm) thick
• a good quality pomegranate jelly
• if your cheese is too thick it will not melt properly (lowering temperature and extending cooking time may compensate for thicker sliced cheese). Experiment and learn. It's only a cheese sandwich!
• butter or margarine

Method:

1. Heat pan to medium/medium-low.
2. Butter both pieces of bread.
3. Place the first slice of bread in the pan - buttered side down.
4. Using the fork, mash the jelly to a thin layer on the bread in the pan.
5. place the cheese, in an even layer, over the jelly; and place the second slice on top - buttered side up.
6. Butter/margarine goes on the outside of this sandwich.
7. Fry the sandwich until the lowest slice of bread turns golden.
8. Flip the sandwich and fry the other side, squeezing the sandwich in the pan to flatten it slightly, until the other side is golden.

Tricks & Tips: cheese sandwich tips and cooking options: While they are usually fried in a pan or on a griddle, Grilled cheese sandwiches can also be cooked on a grill/barbecue or on a sandwich/panini press.
We found a cast iron press for a grill which, coincidentally, fits our favourite pan perfectly, however, it would work equally well on any larger pan, grill or griddle.

• To help reduce fat a little, melt some butter in the bottom of the pan and wipe the top of one slice in the buttered pan and set it aside.  Add butter back to the pan and, when melted, wipe the bottom of the other slice in the bottom of the pan. Leave that second slice in the pan and build the sandwich right there in the pan.  Put the first piece of bread on the top (butter side up) and finish frying.
• To add a fresh taste to your grilled cheese sandwich, try adding a slice of tomato (up to, about, 1/8 inch [3.5 mm] thick). Stack it, first piece of bread (buttered side down), the slice of tomato, the cheese and then the last piece of bread buttered side up.