There are two types of cheese. There’s cheese that you nibble off a platter, while saying things like, “Hmm, quite nutty.” And then there’s cheese that you melt and stretch and pull and gaze longingly at. But what's the best melting cheese? What varieties get you that gratuitous cheese pull you're after?
Generally speaking, younger, fresher cheese is going to give you a better melt. You know, the softer stuff. Within that broad distinction we have some preferences. These are our 8 favorite cheeses to melt on top of sandwiches baked pasta, toast, and chili.
BA's best breakfast sandwich is, well, the best.
American
Yeah, American is on this list, and yeah, we’re calling it cheese, and it’s the meltiest there ever was or will be. We don’t love this one-noted, creamy cheese on everything, but if you see us making a burger or a breakfast sandwich, we’ll be melting American all over it.
Brad's eggplant parm is all about the mozzarella.
Mozzarella
You know the deal with mozzarella. It’s pizza’s best friend, the champion of the cheese pull scenario. Mozzarella, whether fresh or low-moisture, is extremely tame in flavor, so it makes a quick, clean, creamy hit to everything from meatball subs to roasted vegetables.
