Favorite salads are transformed into sandwiches.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
| Yield: | 2 sandwiches |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- ¾ cup diced tomato
- 1 tablespoon drained capers
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 4 slices sourdough bread
- ¼ cup prepared pesto
- 1 (6 ounce) package sliced mozzarella cheese
- sea salt and coarsely ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add tomato, capers, and pepper flakes; saute until tomatoes just start to break down, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in vinegar.
- Brush one side of each bread slice with remaining oil. Spread the other sides with pesto. Place 2 slices of bread, pesto sides up, on a work surface. Layer with mozzarella cheese and then tomato mixture. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and top with remaining bread, oiled sides up.
- Toast sandwiches in a large skillet over medium heat until golden, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Use a heavy skillet on top of the sandwiches to weigh them down as they cook.
- For a different flavor, use jarred roasted red sweet peppers in place of the tomato. Purchased pesto is fine here, but homemade is even better.
- You can use white or wheat bread in place of sourdough.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 648 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 64 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 15 g |
| Sodium | 1215 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 42 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It was a good sandwich but I wouldn’t add the vinegar, the capers are acid and it’s too much. Apart from that is great!
Good Sandwich! I used yellow tomatoes because I had them and I omitted the capers because we didn’t want the salt. Lots of ways to make it your own! Will make again!
I love this panini! I used roasted red peppers instead of tomatoes and it was delicious!