Caprese Grilled Cheese

Name: Caprese Grilled Cheese
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 slices sourdough bread; 150g fresh mozzarella, sliced; 1 tomato, sliced; to taste basil leaves and butter

Molten mozzarella, sweet tomato and basil between crisp buttered bread — using fresh mozzarella rather than the block kind melts far more evenly and stays gooey instead of turning rubbery.

Total time

13 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

8 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetariancomfort

Ingredients

4 slicessourdough bread

150gfresh mozzarella, sliced

1tomato, sliced

to tastebasil leaves and butter

Instructions

Layer the sliced mozzarella, tomato and basil leaves evenly between two slices of bread.

Butter the outsides of the bread generously, right to the edges.

Grill in a pan over medium heat until deeply golden, about 3 minutes per side.

Continue until the cheese has fully melted.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

168

Protein

12.7g

Fat

6.7g

Carbs

12.9g

Fiber

0.9g

Sodium

337mg

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