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- Hey, guys, it's Inga.
And today, I'm gonna be testing out
five celebrity grilled cheese recipes
to find out which one is actually the best.
On today's lineup, we have Martha Stewart, Chrissy Teigen,
The Game, Antoni Porowski, and Kylie Jenner.
I measured out all of the ingredients
exactly as the recipes stated, and since I'm home alone,
I will also be acting as taste tester,
and I will be as fair and as impartial as I possibly can be.
So, which celebrity has the best grilled cheese?
Let's find out.
Okay, so first up, we have Martha Stewart.
She spreads on a generous amount of butter
to each slice of white bread,
making sure that it's evenly coated,
and then on the other side, she spreads on some fig jam,
again, making sure that everything is covered.
And then she puts on some Gruyere cheese,
as well as some sliced pear, which is pretty interesting,
and then tops it off with more cheese
before sandwiching it all together.
Then she just goes ahead and throws it in the pan,
making sure that it's perfectly golden brown on both sides.
And slice it in half.
And there you have it, Martha Stewart's grilled cheese.
In this one, there's a lot of not
cheeselike ingredients inside.
There's that sweet jam and pear.
I'm gonna give this a try
and try to get both the jam and the fruit in.
It's a little different, but it's not bad.
It's almost like a sweet treat, like a jammy sandwich.
I also feel a little bit like I'm eating a cheese plate,
like in bread.
You know, when you have the cheese and the fruits
and the crackers.
It's just that in the form of grilled cheese.
I don't know if I would call this grilled cheese.
Maybe I should have put more cheese.
But this is what Martha said to do.
This is definitely different, though, I think,
from what most of us would think grilled cheese is,
but it's not bad.
Next up, we have Chrissy Teigen.
She uses two slices of sourdough bread
and spreads some softened butter on each side.
Then she arranges some sliced jalapeno onto each slice,
making sure to press down so they stay there.
And then she presses each side down
into some finely grated Parmesan-Reggiano cheese.
Then she flips them over
and adds some shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
before closing it up and dropping it in a pan.
Once one side is golden brown and extra crispy,
she flips it over and repeats the same process.
Take it out of the pan, slice it up, and boom.
There you have it: Chrissy Teigen's grilled cheese.
This one smells so different from the other ones,
because you smell the Parmesan.
You know those Parmesan cheese crisps?
I feel like you get that smell instead of the butter.
Lots of cheese in there too.
I'm gonna give this a bite now.
It's still buttery.
I feel like for this one, the part, woo.
The jalapeno just hit me, and it's spicy.
Hoo.
I do like the heat that it gives, though.
It definitely adds a kick to it
that you normally wouldn't expect,
and I think if you like Parmesan,
this is definitely the grilled cheese for you.
Texture-wise, I do feel like it has that extra crisp,
maybe because of the Parmesan,
but mostly, I think it's the jalapenos
that make this one stand out.
We have never thought of this idea.
Pretty genius, huh?
This next one is a fun one by The Game.
He starts off by putting some Takis in a molcajete
and smashes them up.
I didn't have that, so I just put them in a Ziploc bag
and crushed them with a rolling pin.
He also said to shape the crunched chips into a heart,
so I did that too.
Then he dips each slice of bread in some egg,
making sure that all of it is coated
before dropping it in the Takis
and covering the entire slice of bread completely.
That's a lot of Takis.
Then he puts some sliced American cheese in between
and deep fries the whole sandwich to get it super crispy.
Once it's done, take it out, slice it up, and that's it:
The Game's grilled cheese.
This is the one that looks the most different.
It is bright red.
I've never had Takis before,
and I think the red is a little intimidating.
It smells really good.
It smells like carnival food.
And I think the cross-section looks pretty cool.
That coating of Takis.
Really cool.
I feel like 'cause there's so much flavor in the Takis,
it definitely translates to this
when we kind of coat the bread with it.
I don't really taste the cheese anymore.
Mostly I just taste the chips
and the taste of fried bread.
It's good in that kind of like
you probably can only eat this once every month
kind of way.
Very, very loaded.
But again, I would say this is a pretty creative idea.
So kudos to The Game for coming up with this idea.
Pretty cool.
Antoni is up next.
He uses brioche in his recipe,
and he starts off my covering each slice
with a lot of mayo, both for flavor
and to make sure that the cheese sticks.
Then he adds some grated extra sharp cheddar cheese,
a slice of prosciutto,
and covers it all up with some more cheese.
Then he tosses that into a very well-buttered pan,
making sure to press it down
to help give it that golden brown color
and extra amounts of goodness.
Flip it over.
Do the same thing again.
Don't remove it from the pan.
Slice it diagonally, he insists,
and here we have Antoni Porowski's grilled cheese.
It looks very neat and tidy.
It's like a little pocket.
So I'm gonna try this bite.
Hmm.
I feel like for this one,
the cheese didn't have that much time to melt
before the bread got a little too brown.
Brioche also just soaks up butter a lot easier, I think.
I wish the cheese was a little more melty,
and I think overall it has a more sweeter taste to it.
Brioche is just a type of sweeter bread,
and it definitely comes out in this one.
I like the prosciutto.
I don't think that it's necessary, but it's a good sandwich.
But it's just, I think, not a crispy grilled cheese sandwich
that I would normally like.
And last but not least, we have Kylie Jenner.
Kylie starts by melting a very generous amount of butter
in the pan.
Then she drops two slices of sourdough in,
and adds a couple slices of American cheese,
and seasons them up with some salt and pepper
for extra flavor.
Then she combines the two pieces,
making sure the cheese gets gooey and starts oozing out,
and then she slices it up,
serves it up with some hot sauce and some hot Cheetos,
and that's Kylie Jenner's grilled cheese.
I feel like this grilled cheese
looks like the most common one that I see.
This looks closest to probably what I would make at home.
So I'm gonna give it a try.
Hmm.
I like that it's very buttery and crispy on the outside,
and I just got a hit of spice,
which I think is from the hotsauce.
And I don't normally put salt and pepper
in my grilled cheese, but it's pretty good.
Also, this is sourdough bread,
which I think is perfect for grilled cheese
because it's like chewy and it holds up.
There's some bite to it.
It doesn't just soak up all the butter.
Yeah, this combination totally works.
After trying all five of these
celebrity grilled cheese recipes,
I think my favorite out of the five
is actually Kylie Jenner's grilled cheese recipe.
It's so simple and so straightforward.
It's like minimal ingredients,
but it has that beautiful crisp on the outside.
It uses sourdough bread.
It has that chew.
There's a lot of flavor in the cheese.
The salt and pepper was a nice touch.
I don't normally do that,
but it does give it a little bit more flavor.
And also the hot sauce.
I liked that it gave a little bit of kick to it.
And obviously, the hot Cheetos
actually go together really well.
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And there you have it.
Kylie Jenner has the best grilled cheese recipe.
What do you think?
And also, what other celebrity recipes
do you want us to test out next?
Let us know in the comments below,
and we'll see you guys next time.
Bye.
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