Cold Cuts Sandwich
Looking for a satisfying and flavorful sandwich that's easy to whip up? Try this cold cuts sandwich with homemade pesto. It's a fantastic combination of creamy buffalo mozzarella, delicious cold cuts, and homemade pesto tucked between slices of fragrant focaccia bread.
Ingredients
For the Pesto:
- 20 g Pine Nuts alternatively, walnuts or pistachios can be used
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 75 ml Extra virgin olive oil
- 50 g Fresh Basil leaves
- 15 ml Lemon juice
- 30 g Arugula
- 30 g Parmesan cheese grated
For Assembling the Sandwich:
- Focaccia bread sliced in half
- 100 g Buffalo mozzarella sliced
- 50 g Mortadella
- 50 g Honey smoked ham
- 50 g Salami
Instructions
- In a saute pan toast the pine nuts then remove from the heat.
- Add the toasted pine nuts, garlic and a pinch of salt into a mortar and pestle then smash together.
- Add the extra virgin oil olive and basil and smash together until you get a nice rustic pesto.
- Add the lemon juice and arugula and smash together.
- Finally, mix in the grated Parmesan cheese until everything is well combined into the pesto.
- To assemble the sandwich, spread the freshly prepared pesto evenly on both slices of focaccia bread.
- On the bottom slice of focaccia, lay the sliced buffalo mozzarella. Season it with a bit of salt and pepper.
- Layer the mortadella, honey-smoked ham, and salami on top of the mozzarella.
- Close the sandwich with the top slice of focaccia and cut the sandwich in half.
Nutrition
Serving: 2 - Bread not includedCalories: 828kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 33gFat: 75gSaturated Fat: 21gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 40gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 1626mgPotassium: 481mgFiber: 1gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 3271IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 1386mgIron: 3mg
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