Pesto Grilled Cheese

If you're a fan of grilled cheese sandwiches, you'll definitely want to try this delicious Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe with Mozzarella & Bacon. This elevated take on the classic grilled cheese recipe features a flavorful tomato pesto spread, gooey melted mozzarella cheese, and crispy bacon, all sandwiched between two slices of bread and grilled to perfection. Not only is this bacon grilled cheese sandwich incredibly tasty, but it's also an easy recipe that you can whip up in no time for a satisfying lunch or dinner.

Course sandwich

Cuisine American

Keyword pesto grilled cheese, pesto grilled cheese sandwich, pesto grilled cheese sandwich recipe

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 6

Total Time 10

Servings

Calories 885kcal

Author Lauren

Ingredients

2 Slices Hearty Wheat Bread with seeds preferably I used Arnold's Whole Grains 12 Grains & Seeds
2 Tablespoons Butter or you can use Mayonaisse
2 Tablespoons Pesto I used homemade basil pesto
4 slices Smoked Mozzarella cheese I used BelGioioso
2 Slices cooked Bacon cooked (optional)
1/2 Tomato cut into 3 slices optional

Instructions

How to Make Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe

Cook the bacon by your preferred method.
Wash and slice your tomato.
Place a frying pan on the stove.
Butter one side of each of the pieces of bread. Place one slice, butter side down in a cold frying pan or nonstick skillet.
Spread pesto onto the exposed side of the bread in the pan.
Add 2 slices of Smoked Mozzarella, add the cooked Bacon and Tomato slices Then place 2 more slices of cheese on top of the bacon and tomatoes.
Add butter to one side of the second piece of bread and place it butter side up on top of the sandwich.
Turn the heat on the stove to medium heat and cook for 3 minutes.
Flip the sandwich using a flipper and cook the second side for 3 minutes until that side is golden brown and the cheese is melted.

Directions for Oveb Baked open-faced Pest Grilled Cheese sandwich

Cook the bacon by your preferred method. Wash and slice the tomato.
Preheat oven to 350F. Butter one side of each slice of bread and place it on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Spread the pesto onto the exposed side of the bread.
Place in the oven and cook for 5 minutes, remove from the oven and add optional Bacon and/or Tomato at this point then top with 2 slices of Mozzarella Cheese.
Put back in the oven and cook for 3 to 5 minutes until the cheese is melted and starting to brown.
To serve you can leave it open or make close sandwiches whichever you prefer.

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