Oh what's that? You want the most delicious hot sandwich of your life? You want the sandwich to be simple to make? You want to eat like a former Beatle? Look no further. I finally bought the Meat Free Monday, the cookbook from, you guessed it, the Meat Free Monday campaign, headed by one of my all time favorite people, Sir Paul McCartney.
While browsing through what may be one of the best cookbooks I've ever read, I found a recipe called Hot Mozzarella Sandwich. And yes, it is exactly what it sounds like, and yes it is amazingly delicious. I made one alteration, I took out the slice of tomato that the recipe recommends and and instead spread the roll with pasta sauce with basil, oregano and of course, garlic. It was quite possibly one of the most delicious things I have ever had the joy of eating.
However. It MUST be served HOT.
Enjoy.
Ingredients
1 ciabatta roll
2 T pesto sauce
2-3 T tomato sauce OR 1 tomato, sliced
2-3 Slices of mozzarella cheese
3 t. olive oil
1 t. balsamic vinegar
a pinch of red pepper flakes
Directions
1. Preheat the broiler. Cut the ciabatta roll in half and lightly grill the roll. Spread one half of the roll with the pesto sauce. Layer the other with the tomato sauce (or tomato slices) and then lay the cheese on top.
2. Place the tomato + cheese half under the broiler until the desired level of melted cheesiness (I can't believe spell check didn't correct cheesiness, that it's a real word, but moving on). Then place the two halves of the sandwich together.
3. In a dipping dish, whisk together the balsamic vinegar, olive oil and red pepper flakes.
4. Dip the sandwich into the vinegar-olive oil-red pepper flake sauce and enjoy.
Katie's Notes: I used more balsamic vinegar than olive oil in the dipping sauce.
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