A simple Caprese sandwich needs only four main ingredients: bread, tomatoes, mozzarella and basil, and turns your lunch into a gourmet feast! Just hold the vinegar!

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. 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.

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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.

You’d pay anywhere from $8 to $15 for the same thing at a sandwich shop here in LA. I can assure you, if you use top quality ingredients, yours will taste even better!

Simple Caprese Sandwich

makes one sandwich

Ingredients:

• 2 slices of bread, or a roll (baguette is very good-see pic at bottom)
• good quality tomato slices, preferably heirloom
• fresh mozzarella slices
• 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 version for my son’s high school debate tournaments when I was in charge of feeding the judges. These always disappeared first!

Yield: 1 sandwich

Simple Caprese Sandwich

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A light and delicious vegetarian sandwich that pleases almost everyone!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread, or a roll (baguette is very good-see pic at bottom)
• good quality tomato slices, preferably heirloom
• fresh mozzarella slices
• Kosher or sea salt
• extra virgin olive oil
• fresh basil leaves

Instructions

1. Arrange the tomato slices on the bottom bread slice and drizzle with a little extra virgin olive oil. Sprinkle with salt. 
2. 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.
3. Finally, place the other slice of bread on top and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

1

Serving Size:

1 sandwich
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 434 Total Fat: 23g Saturated Fat: 6g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 16g Cholesterol: 18mg Sodium: 1178mg Carbohydrates: 45g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 5g Protein: 13g

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