Description
Caprese Sandwich – a delicious caprese sandwich recipe made with pesto, grilled bread, arugula and all the classic flavors!
Ingredients
Scale
Grilled Bread:
- 2 slices foccacia bread or sourdough bread
- 1–2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
Sandwich Fillings:
- 2–4 tablespoons pesto
- 2 thick slices fresh mozzarella
- 2 thick slices fresh tomatoes
- 4 fresh basil leaves
- small handful arugula
- 1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon balsamic glaze
- sea salt
- fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
Grilled Bread:
- Ensure grill grates are clean and preheat grill to medium-high heat.
- Using a butter knife lightly spread butter on both sides of the bread slices.
- Place the slices on the grill over high heat, butter-side down. You may have some flare-ups, but you can actually keep the grill lid open and let the flames char the bread. Leave the bread over direct heat approximately 30-60 seconds (or until slightly charred). Flip for an additional 30-60 seconds. Transfer to plate.
Build Sandwich:
- Add pesto to one piece of bread (be generous).
- Top with two slices of mozzarella, tomato, fresh basil, arugula and then drizzle with olive oil and balsamic glaze. Season with sea salt or kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper.
- Top with the other piece of grilled bread (feel free to put some pesto on that side too for good measure). Cut in halve and enjoy!
Notes
- Melted: feel free to build your sandwich and then place on a baking sheet and place in the oven at 400 degrees F for 5 or so minutes or until the mozzarella cheese just starts to melt – you could also use a panini press or grill pan, if you wanted!
- Gluten-Free: feel free to use gluten-free bread here!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 407
- Sugar: 4.3 g
- Sodium: 1203.9 mg
- Fat: 16.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 24.6 g
- Protein: 40.7 g
- Cholesterol: 35.6 mg