Caprese Sandwich (the Authentic Italian way)
A Caprese sandwich needs only four main ingredients: bread, tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, and turns your lunch into a gourmet meal! Learn more about the authentic Caprese salad loved around the world!
Originally published April 25, 2012
If you’re tired of the same old sandwich everyday, here’s a fresh, summery alternative to jazz up those lunchtime blues.
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A simple Caprese sandwich tastes heavenly. My daughter brings this to school and takes along a tiny bottle of olive oil to drizzle on the inside just before eating it, so the bread doesn’t get soggy or make a mess in her lunch bag. Here’s another option for making a Caprese style sandwich: pinwheel sandwiches!
If you want to add vinegar, obviously you can, and you will. However, to taste the ingredients the way an authentic Caprese is made, just hold back. I’m a vinegar fiend and still prefer my Caprese without it.
I used my homemade no-knead bread but you can use any bread, or roll you like.
If you want to make it warm, put it in a sandwich grill for a few minutes.
A twist on a Caprese salad that kids love!
You’d pay anywhere from $10 to $18 for the same thing at a sandwich shop here in LA. I can assure you, and if you follow my advice, yours will taste even better!
Caprese Sandwich (Authentic Italian Style)
by Christina Conte makes one sandwich
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Ingredients:
- slices of bread, or a roll (baguette is very good-see pic at bottom)
- good quality tomato slices, preferably heirloom
- fresh mozzarella slices (preferably mozzarella di bufala, if you can source it)
- Kosher or sea salt
- extra virgin olive oil
- fresh basil leaves
Arrange the tomato slices on the bottom bread slice and drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil.
Sprinkle with salt. You could actually stop here and eat this delicious open faced tomato sandwich!
Next, place the mozzarella slices on top of the tomatoes along with some torn pieces of basil leaves (or whole leaves) on top, and drizzle with a little more olive oil and salt.
Finally, place the other slice of bread on top and enjoy!
Here’s a very old photo that I took before I even had this site! I used to make the baguette Caprese sandwich version for my son’s Loyola high school debate tournaments when I was in charge of feeding the judges. These always disappeared first!
And here’s that pinwheel sandwich.
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Simple Caprese Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 slices bread or a roll (baguette is very good-see pic at bottom)
- 1 tomato sliced, good quality like heirloom
- 2 oz fresh mozzarella slices, preferably mozzarella di bufala, if you can source it
- ¼ tsp sea salt (a couple pinches)
- ½ tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Arrange the tomato slices on the bottom bread slice and drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil. Sprinkle with salt.
- Next, place the mozzarella slices on top of the tomatoes along with some torn pieces of basil leaves (or whole leaves) on top, and drizzle with a little more olive oil.
- Finally, place the other slice of bread on top and enjoy!
Notes
- You can use a toothpick to hold the sandwich together if you're serving a crowd and want to keep them in place.
- Remember, an authentic Caprese salad, sandwich or similar creation will never include any sort of Balsamic vinegar or glaze.
Nutrition
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This is now my favorite sandwich!
Made it again today; second time in a week!
The combination is perfect and I enjoy it more in a sandwich than a salad!
Happy to hear it, Devra! I do love it, too! Grazie!