CAPRESE PANINI, how to make Caprese Panini ( with a short video)

Caprese Panini....what is it? Pronounced as "kapreesi", is nothing but the classic and delightful combination of mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and basil with the bread of your choice, then these ingredients are grilled to a tasty and awesome panini.
This panini derives its name from Capris, an island in Italy.
This classic panini is my daughter's classic recipe....
Check out my Vegetable Panini & Roasted Beet Avocado Spinach Panini
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Ingredients

Sourdough bread or any bread of your choice - 1 loaf, sliced

Fresh mozzarella cheese slices - as required

Basil - 1 bunch

Basil pesto - 1 cup

Tomatoes sliced - as required

Recipe Cuisine: International/Italian; Category: Lunch/Dinner

Prep time: 10 mts; Grilling time: 10-15 mts for each panini

Yields roughly 12-14 paninis (depending on the size of your bread)

Mala's Video

All the ingredients that have gone into this delicious panini....look at the fresh basil leaves...and they are fresh mozzarella slices, that just melt away into your mouth...you will fail if you try to bite them...by then, it would have melted and glided into your throat

Grease the panini press, keep 2 slices, well smeared with basil pesto

Then, they are to be adorned with the tomato slices

Now, carefully place the soft mozzarella slices...see..it got torn..so soft...

Basil leaves form the top layer of the panini

Close them with 2 slices

Grill till done, served hot-hot

Serve these mouth-watering, tasty paninis with some baked chips and fresh home-made tomato soup.

Please check out the other 2 panini varieties: Vegetable Panini and Roasted Beet-Avocado Spinach Panini

This post first appeared in www.malpatskitchen.com

Notes

* Any kind of cheese, mozzarella, cheese slice can be used.

*Any bread, with slightly broad and thick slices will be appropriate.

Categories: Family contributions, International cuisine, Soups- Sandwiches-Salads