Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe (2024)

This Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich recipe makes a simple and delicious gourmet grilled cheese sandwich with sourdough, pesto, ripe tomatoes, fresh basil, and melty mozzarella! It’s so good and it’s ready in minutes!

Caprese salads and recipes are always some of my favorites! I serve them often, especially when I have a bounty of garden ripe tomatoes and lots of fresh basil. And I think most people enjoy a hot, melty grilled cheese sandwich. Caprese freshness has met the grilled cheese and it’s absolutely a delectable flavor match! The crispy crunch of buttery sourdough bread filled with creamy, melted mozzarella, tangy pesto, and a fresh tomatoes is something incredible. This is Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich is one that everyone raves over and one you’ll want to make over and over!

How to Make a Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich

To make this gourmet grilled cheese sandwich, you’ll want the standard ingredients for a caprese salad, pesto, and sourdough bread.

Ingredients

Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full listing of ingredients, instructions, notes, and estimated nutritional information.

• Sourdough bread – It’s one of my favorite breads for a sandwich, especially grilled cheese sandwiches and it’s flavor goes perfectly with the other ingredients in this sandwich.
• Homemade Pesto – The pesto sauce is spread onto the bread as the base layer of the sandwich.
• Mozzarella cheese – Thickly sliced mozzarella cheese is layered on top of the pesto. Once grilled, it melts and combines with the pesto for incredible flavors.
• Tomato – Sliced ripe tomatoes top the mozzarella cheese slices on the sandwich.
• Fresh basil – Large, fresh basil leaves top the tomatoes for delicious flavor throughout the sandwich.
• Balsamic Glaze – A light drizzle of this on top of the other ingredients of the sandwich before topping adding the second slice of sourdough completes the caprese salad flavor.
• Butter – A bit of room temperature butter to spread on the outside of the sourdough gives a buttery, crisp taste to the bread.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Preheat. Heat a skillet or grill pan over medium heat.
2. Assemble. Spread the pesto onto one slice of sourdough, then layer next with mozzarella cheese. (The mozzarella and pesto combine into deliciousness as the cheese melts.) Next layer with tomato slices, then basil leaves. Drizzle a small amount of balsamic glaze over the layered ingredients. Top with other slice of sourdough bread.
3. Butter the bread. Spread butter onto the outside of bottom slice.
4. Grill. Place buttered side down into the heated skillet or grill pan. Grill on this side for 3-5 minutes at medium heat until golden. Spread the top slice of bread with softened butter, then flip once the first side has reached golden brown. Cook until this side reaches a golden brown too, another 3-5 minutes.
5. Serve. Remove the golden grilled cheese from the skillet or griddle once done. Cut it in half and serve.

This recipe gives the ingredients needed for one sandwich so it is easy to multiply the ingredients to make the amount of grilled cheese sandwiches you need.

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Here’s my Caprese Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe. I hope you love it!

Enjoy!
Robyn xo