Ellen - Grilled Cheese - Scotto Family

The Scotto Family Grilled Cheese Sandwich (Mozzerella in Carrozza) as seen on Ellen 1/29/08.

Ok -- this was the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich I ever saw and I wrote down the ingredients and process as I watched the show.
Basically, this is the recipe as they presented it and a synopsis of the real recipe.
I jotted it down on the back of an envelope which, I misplaced and just found! Horray -- a blog post!

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Bread that has a texture
Mozzarella Cheese
Fresh Basil

Put the next three ingredients each in a shallow bowl or pie plate (3/three bowls or pie plates) big enough to dip and coat the bread easily:

Flour
Egg (raw and scrabbled) with a bit of milk
Bread Crumbs (plain or seasoned)
10 inch skillet with heated olive oil

Tomato Sauce (seasoned)

Make the sandwich with the bread, cheese, basil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Make sure the sandwich is firmly pressed together so it won't fall apart.

Dip both sides in the flour.
Dip both sides in the egg.
Dip both sides in the bread crumbs.

Heat olive oil in the skillet and heat the sandwiches turning with tong.
Heat till sandwich is brown and cheese is melted.

Make sure the olive oil is just hot enough but not so hot that the sandwiches scorch and the cheese is not melted.

Cut sandwiches in half. Dip sandwiches in the tomato sauce and eat. YUM!

Other Grilled Cheese Sandwiches: with tomato, with ham, with bacon.

I like cooking mine in my George Forman Grill. They come out nice. Don't put too much butter on the bread side that needs to be grilled or it will be very soggy not to mention the drippy mess!

The Scotto Family Original Recipe

Mr. Food's Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich -- triple YUMMY!