How To Make Caprese Panini
Bites of soft mozzarella, sweet basil, and juicy tomatoes makes up this cheesy and gooey caprese panini sandwich, for the perfect light lunch meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- baguette,or hoagie roll
- 4slicesfresh mozzarella cheese
- 5fresh basil leaves
- ½tomato
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
Instructions
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Grab the bottom half of the bread and drizzle on about 2 teaspoons of olive oil.
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Sprinkle the bread with as many basil leaves as desired , plus fresh mozzarella, tomato slices, and a dash each of salt and pepper.
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Top the ingredients with another teaspoon’s worth of olive oil, drizzled all over. Put on the top piece of bread.
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Pour just enough olive oil into the skillet to lightly cover the pan. Heat over a medium burner until the oil is shimmering, but not smoking.
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Put the sandwich in the skillet and weigh it down with the heavy pot or pan. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
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Remove the heavy pot or pan, flip the sandwich over, and weigh it down again. Cook for another 3 to 4 minutes until the cheese is melting and oozing out the sides.
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Serve hot and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 394.26kcal
- Fat: 30.46g
- Saturated Fat: 17.97g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.74g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.20g
- Carbohydrates: 5.59g
- Fiber: 0.91g
- Sugar: 2.77g
- Protein: 25.13g
- Cholesterol: 100.75mg
- Sodium: 807.05mg
- Calcium: 663.85mg
- Potassium: 245.12mg
- Iron: 0.54mg
- Vitamin A: 255.58µg
- Vitamin C: 8.88mg
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