A Simple Caprese Tartine with Jarred Pesto
I asked my friend Sheri Silver to join me today for Tartine Tuesday. Sheri always has the best recipes and techniques and has a way of making everything beautiful! Her tartine today uses Halloumi cheese, which, if I’m being honest, I didn’t even know what it was until I met Sheri.
For Tartine Tuesday, I made a very simple Caprese tartine that will only get better as we slide deeper into summer. I’ll have enough basil to make fresh pesto and pick the tomatoes warm off the vine from our garden just before making the tartine.
Why Use Jarred Pesto?
Well, it’s late June, and my basil in the garden is not enough to provide enough for pesto without using the entire plant. While I am always looking to use less processed foods, I did need jarred pesto this time. I found this article extremely helpful in deciding which one to buy. Who knew that Trader Joe’s pesto contained potatoes?
The Ingredients You’ll Need to Make a Simple Caprese Tartine
- Sourdough bread
- Butter
- Pesto (made fresh or jarred pesto)
- Fresh tomato
- Burrata cheese
- Fresh basil leaves
- Good olive oil
- Salt and pepper
What’s the best bread to use for this type of sandwich?
You could really use whatever you have on hand. But if you’re going out, choose a bread like sourdough and buy it unsliced for this particular tartine or open-faced sandwich.
You will fry it with a spread of butter, then add a spoonful of oily pesto, thick slices of fresh tomatoes, and finally, the Burrata. So you need a slice of bread that can hold up to that! So that is why I sometimes buy it unsliced, so I can slice it a little thicker.
Why I prefer using Burrata cheese over fresh mozzarella
Fresh mozzarella is usually made from cow’s milk and has a delicate, milky flavor. It is not aged and is eaten shortly after being made. I often buy it at my local Stew Leonard’s, where it’s still warm when I purchase it at the cheese counter. It’s that fresh! You can also buy it in containers of different sizes. The mozzarella pearls are great to use in pasta salads!
But our Caprese Tartine, Burrata cheese is what we want to use. Burrata translates into butter, which makes it perfect for an open-faced sandwich like a tartine. When a ball of Burrata is cut open to expose the inside, it spreads beautifully on top of the toast layered with pesto and tomato.
A Simple Caprese Tartine with Jarred Pesto
A simple and delicious sandwich that can be made in less than five minutes, especially if using jarred pesto!
Ingredients
- 2 thick slices of bread like sourdough
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons basil pesto
- 4 thick slices of large ripe tomatoes
- Tw0 4-ounce balls Burrata
- salt and pepper
- good olive oil
- fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Spread butter on both sides of each slice and fry in a cast iron skillet until golden brown.
- Spread pesto on each slice.
- Add two thick slices of tomato to each piece of toast, and salt the tomatoes.
- Add one ball of cheese to each slice and carefully cut it open to expose the inside, and gently spread it a little to cover the tomatoes.
- Drizzle with good olive oil and salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle on some fresh basil leaves.
- Enjoy!
Let’s visit Sheri’s blog to find out more about her tartine!
Sheri Silver
Looks so good Annie! And I love the use of pesto as it’s often easier to have on hand than fresh basil!