Tomato Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich
One of my favorite summer lunches is this tomato pesto grilled cheese sandwich. It has all of my favorite summer flavors combined into one delicious sandwich served on slices of sourdough sandwich bread. Perfect served alongside a lettuce salad straight from the garden. This is also one of those meals where most of the ingredients are produced on our homestead, making it a very inexpensive meal to eat.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Quick and Easy – this is the perfect quick and easy meal for those busy summertime days.
- Flavorful – this grilled sandwich combines the flavors of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes from the garden and homemade pesto.
- Uses Up Garden Produce – this is a great way to use up basil (pesto) and garden fresh tomatoes. We usually always have some sourdough sandwich bread in the freezer, and lots of milk from our milk cows means plenty of fresh mozzarella all summer long.
- Inexpensive – made with ingredients produced or grown on our homestead makes this the perfect from scratch meal.
Ingredients
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How to Make This Tomato Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe
Make the basil pesto, mozzarella cheese and sourdough sandwich bread or purchase store-bought alternatives.
Preheat your cast iron skillet over low to medium heat.
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Spread butter on one slice of bread and place it in the skillet.
Cover the slice of bread with fresh basil pesto.
Add some slices of fresh mozzarella and fresh tomatoes to the bread in the skillet.
To another slice of bread spread pesto on one side and butter on the other side. Add this slice of bread, butter side out to your sandwich.
Repeat for as many sandwiches as you need to make for your family for a meal.
When the bottom side of your sandwich is toasted and golden brown, flip it over using the spatula. Cook it on the other side until it is also toasted and golden brown. Sometimes I also put a lid on the skillet for just a few minutes to help melt the cheese.
These steps are all shown in our tomato pesto grilled cheese sandwich video shown above. The video is on our YouTube channel as well.
And that’s it – simple as that and so delicious!! Serve alongside a garden fresh salad and you have the perfect summer meal.
Store any leftovers (although I bet you won’t have any) in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
These grilled cheese sandwiches are also perfect for a summer BBQ and are easy to make over the campfire or on your Blackstone grill.
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Tomato Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Equipment
- 1 cast iron skillet
- 1 Spatula
- 1 Bosch mixer – for making sourdough sandwich bread
- 1 Food processor – for making basil pesto
Ingredients
- 2 slices sourdough sandwich bread
- 1/4 cup basil pesto
- 1-2 slices tomato depending on the size of your tomato
- 2 slices fresh mozzarella cheese
- 2 Tbl butter
Instructions
- Make the basil pesto, mozzarella cheese and sourdough sandwich bread or purchase store-bought alternatives.
- Preheat your cast iron skillet over low to medium heat.
- Spread butter on one slice of bread and place it in the skillet.
- Cover the slice of bread with fresh basil pesto.
- Add some slices of fresh mozzarella and fresh tomatoes to the bread in the skillet.
- To another slice of bread spread pesto on one side and butter on the other side. Add this slice of bread, butter side out to your sandwich.
- Repeat for as many sandwiches as you need to make for your family for a meal.
- When the bottom side of your sandwich is toasted and golden brown, flip it over using the spatula. Cook it on the other side until it is also toasted and golden brown. Sometimes I also put a lid on the skillet for just a few minutes to help melt the cheese.
- These steps are all shown in our tomato pesto grilled cheese sandwich video shown above. The video is on our YouTube channel as well.
- And that's it – simple as that and so delicious!! Serve alongside a garden fresh salad and you have the perfect summer meal.
- Store any leftovers (although I bet you won't have any) in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
- These grilled cheese sandwiches are also perfect for a summer BBQ and are easy to make over the campfire or on your Blackstone grill.
