Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, caprese pesto grilled sandwich. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Grilled caprese sandwich stuffed with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil pesto! This grilled caprese sandwich is one of my favorite lunch recipes. It's quick, easy and tastes absolutely delicious.
Caprese pesto grilled sandwich is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Caprese pesto grilled sandwich is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have caprese pesto grilled sandwich using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Caprese pesto grilled sandwich:
- Get Ingredients for making basil & sun-dried tomato pesto:-
- Make ready 1 cup fresh basil leaves
- Get 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- Make ready 1/8 cup parmesan cheese
- Get 2 tbsp chopped almonds
- Get 1/4 cup olive oil or as required
- Make ready 2-3 garlic cloves
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready Ingredients for making caprese sandwich:-
- Make ready 1 cereal sandwich bread
- Make ready 1/2 cup basil & sundried pesto
- Get 8-10 fresh mozzarella slices
- Prepare 2 riped tomatoes
- Make ready 2 tbsp blasmic vinegar
- Get as needed olive oil
A favorite salad in grilled cheese form with crispy, crunch, buttery sourdough bread filled with creamy, melted mozzarella, tangy pesto, and a crisp slice of tomato. This pesto caprese grilled cheese is an Italian twist on the traditional grilled cheese sandwich. Did you know that April is national grilled cheese month? As a food blogger, I've got to get better at keeping up with obscure food holidays. 🙂 They give me an excuse to make yummy food!
Steps to make Caprese pesto grilled sandwich:
- Steps for preparing basil & sun-dried pesto:-
- In a mixer jar add 1 cup of washed basil leaves,1/8 cup of parmesan cheese, 2tbsp of chopped almonds,2 tsp of garlic cloves blend for 2-3 minutes.
- Scrape the sides of the jar add 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes, salt to taste, and 1/4cup olive oil, blend all the ingredients once again.
- Scrape the sides of jar on regularly intervals and blend until you get the desired consistency.
- If you feel it is difficult to blend, add 1-2 tbsp more of olive oil and blend again.
- Remove pesto in a clean glass jar and keep aside.
- Steps for assembling sandwich:-
- Slice tomatoes into thick slices, place them in bowl, pour 2tbsp blasmic vinegar over them and keep aside.
- Place 1 piece of cereal bread on the chopping board then apply pesto onto a slice of bread. Then layer the cereal bread with 2 pieces of fresh mozzarella cheese and 2 pieces of sliced tomatoes.
- Then cover it with another piece of cereal bread.Same way assemble all the sandwiches.
- Preheat the grill pan over medium heat.
- Once the pan is hot apply olive oil on the grill pan.Then place the assembled sandwich.
- Now grill the sandwich for 2-3 minutes, until it's golden brown in colour and the cheese is melted.
- Gently with the help of a spatula flip the sandwich to other side.Drizzle some more olive oil on pan if required and grill again for 2-3 minutes.
- Once the sandwich is done remove it from the pan.Let it cool down a bit.
- Finally cut the sandwich from the centre with a sharp knife and serve it hot.
So I am squeaking in the tail end of April with this. Brush the insides of each roll with olive oil and grill the pieces, oiled side down, until the bread is toasted. Tips & tricks for making the best caprese grilled cheese sandwich: Make the tomato mixture ahead of time. This caprese sandwich is a perfect twist on the caprese salad. The soft chewy bread that is coated in fresh pesto is the perfect platform for the sweet tomato and mozzarella.
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