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Kale Pesto Caprese Panini

May 11, 2015 By Marci Lutsky

A few weeks ago I posted a recipe for tortellini with kale pesto.  I keep hearing from people near and far telling me how much they have enjoyed this recipe.  I agree, it’s a keeper!  While the kale pesto is delicious on tortellini, I decided to make a panini sandwich out of it and the result was amazing.

My panini maker gets a lot of use.  It takes ordinary sandwiches to the next level.  For this recipe you start with a batch of kale pesto.  One of the best things about this pesto is that you don’t cook the kale first, you just combine everything in the food processor.

Pesto Ingredients

Next you build your sandwich with sliced tomato, fresh mozzarella and kale pesto.

Caprese Ingredients

Put that in the panini maker for about four minutes and it will be perfect.  This is such a delicious sandwich to make that looks complex but is really quite easy.  Enjoy!

Kale Pesto Caprese Panini

If you like this recipe you may also like the recipe for brussels sprouts & gouda panini.

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Kale Pesto Caprese Panini
 
Ingredients
  • 8 slices of bread
  • 1 batch of kale pesto (see link above)
  • sliced tomato (I used 2 large tomatoes)
  • sliced mozzarella (I used 8 slices of cheese)
  • grape seed oil
Instructions
  1. Heat panini maker on medium.
  2. Brush 2 slices of bread with grape seed oil. Turn bread over and then spoon kale pesto on each slice and add tomato and then mozzarella. Close sandwich and put in panini maker for 4 minutes or until cheese melted. Remove from panini maker and repeat to make a total of 4 sandwiches.
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Comments

  1. Jessica @eatsleepbe says

    May 11, 2015 at 13:24

    Kale pesto sounds amazing. This might be the best lunch EVER>
  2. Julia says

    May 11, 2015 at 13:54

    Oh I'll have to try this next time I make this.
  3. reesann723 says

    May 11, 2015 at 14:52

    This is one of my favorite types of summer sandwiches! Never tried Pesto with Kale. I just tried Kale a few weeks ago and loved it. Now I want one of these!
  4. Sarah Honey says

    May 11, 2015 at 17:49

    Looks delish! I love pesto on anything!
  5. Rachée Fagg (@sayitrahshay) says

    May 12, 2015 at 07:11

    I am not a pesto fan but this looks amazing! Yum!
  6. Jennifer @NourishedSimply says

    May 12, 2015 at 16:41

    Love pesto, but not too sure about Kale. I think I could give this a try!

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