Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Caprese Grilled Cheese




You are gonna need a few components for this sandwich.

Butter tomato jam (recipe below)
Pesto - make your own or get some in a jar
sliced fresh mozzarella
bread
butter

Quick butter tomato jam


  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 2 tablespoons butter divided
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • salt and pepper



  1. place cherry tomatoes into a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat. 
  2. once they start to get a little charred on the outside drop in 1 tablespoons of the butter and stir
  3. reduce heat and mash up the tomatoes with a spoon or potato masher
  4. add garlic, balsamic and the remaining tablespoon of butter, stir and simmer until thick like jam
  5. season with salt and pepper to taste.

Now it is time to build your sandwich

  1. grab your bread and layer on the pesto, tomato jam and cheese
  2. butter the outsides of the bread
  3. drop some butter into a skillet over medium heat and put the sandwich in the pan and cover
  4. after a couple minutes flip the sandwich to brown the other side returning the cover to the pan.


all that is left to do is eat!

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