Caprese Sandwich • Two Purple Figs

Caprese Sandwich is certainly one of our ABSOLUTE Summer season sandwiches for picnics, seashore journeys, mild lunches and extra! We love the whole lot Caprese right here and the whole lot Burrata, and immediately we merged these collectively as soon as once more with shiny flavors of Basil Pesto, summer time heirloom tomatoes and extra! 

Can we speak for a minute concerning the easy but GENIUS mixture of flavors that make a Caprese? As primary as it’s, Tomatoes, recent Mozzarella and Basil together with salt, Olive oil and Balsamic. These make among the BEST recipes you’ll ever have!

At present’s Caprese Sandwich is one other addition to a few of our HIT Caprese Recipes and Burrata Recipes on the web site.

Caprese Recipes we will’t get sufficient of:

Burrata Recipes we will’t get sufficient of:

Caprese Sandwich Recipe

Impressed by the beautiful shiny flavors of the traditional salad, now we have used the identical components  and added further like Burrata cheese, a Basil Pesto Mayo to slather the bread, and many recent basil leaves! A closing drizzle of Balsamic syrup is just like the icing on the cake! 

For the bread, we used an Italian herb focaccia bread that was store-bought. It’s good to take note of the bread you begin with as it’s going to decide the ultimate texture of your Caprese sandwich recipe. So should you’re all for crunch, begin with a crusty loaf of Italian ciabatta as an alternative. And should you’re a baguette individual, go for that too. 

One of the best factor is to decide on bread that’s intact and makes a great moveable sandwich. 

Caprese Sandwich Substances

1. Heirloom Tomatoes. It’s summer time they usually’re completely in season, candy and wealthy in taste! You possibly can choose in your favourite sort of tomatoes as an alternative.
2. Recent Mozzarella. Use lactose free mozzarella if that you must like I do.
3. Recent Basil Leaves. Tons and many that!
4. Arugula. non-obligatory, however we love including greens to our sandiwches! 
5. Basil Pesto. It provides a richer basil taste to the sandwich
6. Olive oil. High quality Moroccan Olive oil from Mina is what we use on a regular basis!
7. Balsamic Syrup. For the sweetness and style of balsmic.
8. Bread. Focaccia or baguette or ciabatta are our TOP picks.

Basil Mayo Substances

Mainly two components are the bottom right here:

1. Home made BEST Basil Pesto.
2. Mayo
3. Extras: Lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic. These are all non-obligatory.

Make Caprese Sandwich

1. Begin with a beneficiant unfold of basil mayo over every half of your lower up bread. 
2. Layer some arugula on the backside of the sandwich together with some recent basil leaves. And now begin with the tomatoes. Slice them into 1/8 inch thickness and begin layering them.
3. Now it’s time for the cheese. Thinly sliced recent mozzarella cheese (sliced to about the identical thickness of the tomatoes) goes on prime. We love Burrata Cheese and that’s why we’re including it too! It’s non-obligatory , however critically WHY NOT?
4. Now it’s time so as to add heaps and many recent basil leaves over the cheese and a drizzle of balsamic syrup. You possibly can drizzle as a lot or as little as you want. A closing drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of chilli flakes and salt end off the filling for this phenomenal caprese sandwich recipe.
5. Now take the opposite loaf of bread that’s slathered with basil mayo and firmly place it over the filling. Press it down barely to have all of the sandwich elements stick collectively. Then it’s time to slice!
6. SERIOUSLY IRRESISTIBLE!!

What’s Caprese?

Caprese is an Italian dish from the island of Capri. It’s made utilizing recent mozzarella, tomatoes, and recent basil, seasoned with salt, balsamic vinegar and olive oil. 

What’s the Finest Bread for Caprese Sandwiches?

Our favourite bread to make use of for this recipe is focaccia. However any crusty bread will work like ciabatta or sourdough or baguette. Total you need to keep away from delicate white breads as they’re not sturdy sufficient to deal with the toppings.

Do I would like Basil Pesto?

We all the time make massive batches of our Basil Pesto and I share a full tutorial on freezing it and storing so that you by no means run out of basil pesto all 12 months spherical! So whereas we LOVE our do-it-yourself pesto, you should utilize retailer purchased. Total YES you want it for the recipe. 

What can I add to Caprese Sandwich?

Apart from the classics, add your favourite meats, roast veggies, and any components you want! remember to not over stuff the sandwich so it’s simpler to eat 🙂

Caprese Hen Sandwich

Whereas we could make this right into a separate submit, for now you can also make this by including some grilled rooster, rotisserie rooster tossed with basil pesto, or higher but Hen Caprese cooled and sliced up. Add it over the greens earlier than continuing with the tomatoes.