Italian

Caprese Sandwich

Name: Caprese Sandwich
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 ciabatta loaf; 12 oz fresh mozzarella; 3 tomatoes; 1 cup fresh basil leaves; 2 tbsp balsamic glaze; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 tsp salt

Marco @marco_bologna

Caprese Sandwich is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

10 min Easy Vegetarian Halal Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 ciabatta loaf
12 oz fresh mozzarella
3 tomatoes
1 cup fresh basil leaves
2 tbsp balsamic glaze
3 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Cut the ciabatta into four pieces, split each, and drizzle the cut sides with olive oil.
Layer the mozzarella, tomato, and basil on the bottom halves.
Season with salt and drizzle with balsamic glaze.
Close the sandwiches, press gently, and serve.

Watch how to cook Caprese Sandwich

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Easy Caprese Sandwich with Basil and Pesto Play the video

Serve it with

A Italian lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Caprese Sandwich, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something cool and fresh
- Insalata Caprese (Caprese Salad)
  
  10 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Caprese Sandwich carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Caprese Sandwich
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Cacciatore
Gluten	Yes	Butternut Squash Risotto
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 590 kcal
Protein: 26 g
Carbs: 52 g
Fat: 31 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 820 mg
Saturated fat: 12 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Caprese Sandwich takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.