Grilled Tomato, Mozzarella, and Basil Sandwich

Name: Grilled Tomato, Mozzarella, and Basil Sandwich
Yield: Makes 1 Sandwich
Ingredients: 1 length (6 inches) Italian or French bread, whole wheat or white, split horizontally in half; Olive oil, to taste; 3 or 4 ounces mozzarella cheese, preferably fresh; A few small fresh basil leaves; 2 tomatoes, cored, sliced, and prepared as for The Best Ripe Tomato Salad (recipe above); freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Bonus Recipe

Preparation info

Makes
1
Sandwich

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Get in There and Cook

By Richard Sax

Published 1997

About

The now-ubiquitous insalata caprese—tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, from Capri—can be made as an open-face grilled sandwich. When summer tomatoes are at their peak, this is one of the best things imaginable—sometimes I call it dinner.

Ingredients

2 tomatoes, cored, sliced, and prepared as for The Best Ripe Tomato Salad (recipe above)
1 length (6 inches) Italian

Dinner
Vegetarian
Summer
Raw

Method

Prepare the tomatoes as for the salad.
In a broiler or toaster oven, toast the cut surfaces of the bread until only very lightly toasted. Place the bread on a baking sheet (if using the broiler) or on a sheet of foil (if using a toaster oven). Overlap slices of tomato and mozzarella on each piece of bread; tuck 2 or 3 basil leaves into the slices on each sandwi