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Pesto, Olives & Tomato Grilled Cheese

by on May 25, 2011 in Main Courses, Sandwiches May 25, 2011 Main CoursesSandwiches
See post on Jennifer (Savor the Thyme)’s site!
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This is a less-guilt comfort food because you gain nutrients from the tomatoes and olives (but don’t tell anyone). Hal-le-lu-jah!

Ingredients

  • 2 slices Ciabatta/Bread
  • 1 Tablespoon Pesto
  • 1 Tablespoon Olives, Chopped
  • 2 slices Tomato
  • 5 slices Fontina Cheese

Preparation

Plug in/turn on your indoor grill or panini press.

Slice the ciabatta (or your favorite bread) into approximately 1/2-inch slices. Spread the pesto (make your own or use your favorite prepared pesto) all over one slice of the bread.

Chop up the olives (or buy them already chopped) and scatter them over the pesto. Lay the tomatoes on top of the olives and finish up the sandwich by placing the cheese over the tomatoes and top with the remaining slices of bread.

Spritz one side of the sandwich with olive oil spray, flip carefully and repeat. Place the sandwich on the grill/press and let the magic happen. Allow to cook until the bread gets all crispy and brown and the cheese is gooey. Flip and repeat if not using a panini press.

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ClaireS on 6.30.2011

And now I must acquire a panini press! Thanks for this delicious sounding and gorgeous recipe!

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ac007 on 6.29.2011

This looks delicious!

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jimmye on 6.21.2011

We always look forward to garden fresh tomatoes in the summer, but now I have one more reason to want our green tomatoes to hurry and ripen up!! This looks yummy! Will be trying this as soon as those tomatoes get ripe…..

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katie2002uk on 12.13.2011

These are delicious! The second time I used some leftover sauteed mushrooms instead of the olives & it too was great! A great go-to quick meal!

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pressed4time on 8.17.2011

I have been looking forward to harvesting tomatoes and basil (to make pesto) for this. I added some left over rotisserie chicken and grilled the sandwich on my very small George Foreman grill. Delicious!

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heidimay18 on 7.19.2011

I thought this was pretty good, but the flavors all seemed kind of muted to me. I think I would have liked it better if there was at least one stronger flavor in there.

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hiswife on 7.6.2011

We had this for lunch yesterday and man! It was good! We had to use jack cheese as our grocery store told us they don’t sell fontina (which is crazy, who doesn’t sell fontina?!) and we didn’t have time to go to another store. It was still wonderful and we can’t wait to try it with the actual fontina, too.

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Courtney Legenhausen on 6.30.2011

I made this for lunch today and it was so yummy! I didn’t have any pesto in the house so I substituted for basil leaves and garlic powder and it was darn tasty! Can’t wait to have it with actual pesto, bravo!

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