Caprese Sandwich • Two Purple Figs

Caprese Sandwich is one in all our ABSOLUTE Summer season sandwiches for picnics, seaside journeys, mild lunches and extra! We love every thing Caprese right here and every thing Burrata, and right now we merged these collectively as soon as once more with brilliant flavors of Basil Pesto, summer season heirloom tomatoes and extra! 

Can we discuss 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 a few of 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 attractive brilliant flavors of the traditional salad, we have now used the identical elements  and added further like Burrata cheese, a Basil Pesto Mayo to slather the bread, and plenty of recent basil leaves! A remaining 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. You could take note of the bread you begin with as it is going to decide the ultimate texture of your Caprese sandwich recipe. So if you happen to’re all for crunch, begin with a crusty loaf of Italian ciabatta as an alternative. And if you happen to’re a baguette individual, go for that too. 

One of the best factor is to decide on bread that’s intact and makes a very good transportable sandwich. 

Caprese Sandwich Components

1. Heirloom Tomatoes. It’s summer season and so they’re completely in season, candy and wealthy in taste! You’ll be able to choose to your favourite sort of tomatoes as an alternative.
2. Contemporary Mozzarella. Use lactose free mozzarella if it’s essential like I do.
3. Contemporary Basil Leaves. Heaps and plenty of that!
4. Arugula. non-compulsory, 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 Components

Mainly two elements are the bottom right here:

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

Learn how to 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 high. We love Burrata Cheese and that’s why we’re including it too! It’s non-compulsory , however significantly WHY NOT?
4. Now it’s time so as to add heaps and plenty of recent basil leaves over the cheese and a drizzle of balsamic syrup. You’ll be able to drizzle as a lot or as little as you want. A remaining 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 parts 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 Greatest 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 wish to keep away from comfortable white breads as they’re not sturdy sufficient to deal with the toppings.

Do I want Basil Pesto?

We at all times make giant 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 yr 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?

Except for the classics, add your favourite meats, roast veggies, and any elements you want! take into accout to not over stuff the sandwich so it’s simpler to eat 🙂

Caprese Rooster Sandwich

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