All Grown-Up: Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Basil Leaves and Stramato

Anupama is inviting bloggers and non-bloggers alike to get slicing and to bring on their sandwich masterpieces to her Food-n-More’s The Sandwich Festival. My submission is the classic grilled cheese sandwich, with an added “grown-up” twist. I assembled my version using thick-sliced french bread,
provolone cheese, fresh basil leaves and slices of sweet stramato. Perfect with a bowl of piping-hot tomato soup!

Makes 2 Servings

4 pcs of thick french bread slices
4 slices of provolone cheese
fresh basil leaves
stramato, thinly sliced
balsamic vinegar
olive oil
salt and pepper

Brush one side of the french bread slices with melted butter. Place one provolone slice on the un-buttered side. Arrange fresh basil leaves on top of cheese. Layer stramato slices on top of basil leaves.

Drizzle lightly with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Season with a dash each of salt and pepper.
Place another cheese slice. Top arrangement with the other slice of french bread with buttered side up.

Meanwhile, heat a wide pan over low heat. Place sandwich on pan with buttered side down.
Toast, flipping once, until both sides are lightly browned and cheese is melted to liking.

TIPS:
1) Other filling combinations include mozzarella and pepperoni, swiss and bacon, gruyere and smoked salmon… the possibilities are endless!
2) You can substitute roma tomatoes if stramatos are not available. However, finding these hybrid tomatoes is certainly worth the search as they are indeed very sweet and juicy!

 

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