Chef That! Frenchy Grilled Cheese!
Dave Beran makes Pasjoli’s “Croque Matthieu” — the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich, with a Gruyère cheese crust and gooey Mornay sauce.
Watch Pasjoli’s Dave Beran make the sandwich that Times restaurant critic Bill Addison .called “
a grilled cheese for the ages” and that columnist Jenn Harris called the
best grilled cheese in the universe. At Pasjoli, the sandwich — served only on the bar menu — is named the Croque Matthieu for former chef de cuisine Matthew Kim. Find the full
recipe for the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich at L.A. Times Food.
Note that Beran and his team will serve samples of Pasjoli’s food for VIP ticket holders on Friday, September 20 at the
L.A. Times Food Bowl. Limited tickets are still available.
Laurie Ochoa is general manager of Food at the Los Angeles Times.
Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.
Stephanie Breijo is a reporter for the Food section and the author of its weekly news column. Previously, she served as the restaurants and bars editor for Time Out Los Angeles, and prior to that, the award-winning food editor of Richmond magazine in Richmond, Va. Born and primarily raised in Los Angeles, she believes L.A. to be the finest food city in the country and might be biased on that count but doesn’t believe she’s wrong.
Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.
