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Anonymous
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OK. I am writing this with the full awareness of how dumb it sounds. However.
Since so many of you recommend it, I want to try melting cheese over veggies to tempt my 2 yo into eating more. But, I am a cheese-melting virgin. What type of cheese do you use? Do you put it in a pot on the stove? In the microwave? I'd like to avoid any super synthetic chemical-y cheeses if at all possible. |
Anonymous
| I just use shredded whatever cheese, stick it on top of the broccoli that's been boiled/steamed and microwave for something like 30 seconds. |
Anonymous
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If you steam your veggie in a microwave or on the stove, you can sprinkle shredded cheese on it as soon as you remove it from the oven/pot. The veggie will be hot enough to melt cheese.
I wouldn't put the cheese in the microwave because sometimes it doesn't melt well--depending on the type you use. |
Anonymous
| Broiler! Put the veggies on a sheetpan, sprinkle with whatever cheese you want, and then shove it under your broiler for 4-5 minutes. The cheese will melt and, if you're lucky, get a little golden and bubbly. |
Anonymous
| Just be sure to use full-fat cheese, not lowfat or <shudder> non-fat cheese. They'll get rubbery and hot, but won't melt (as you're thinking of the term). |
Anonymous
| awesome. thanks, guys. i'll try it tomorrow night! |
Anonymous
| It's not such a dumb question since different cheeses melt differently. |
Anonymous
| IE-good meltable cheese-raclette, good quality brie, Cheez Whiz, your shredded Provolones that come in bags at the supermarket. Not so good meltable cheese-crumbly cheddars and any blue cheeses (blue cheeses-who cares if they melt well, they taste like shit, most of 'em.) |
Anonymous
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everything you ever wanted to know about melting cheeses:
http://www.finecooking.com/articles/how-to-melt-cheese.aspx 1. shred the cheese 2. let it warm up to room temp before putting it on the veggies 3. I would choose cheeses from category 2 (in the above article). Cat 1 makes a stringy cheese which would annoy my kids, or maybe just me! |