A grilled cheese is a grilled cheese is a grilled cheese. Well, not necessarily. Last night I took an opportunity to make it a little bit more. I used fresh spinach, along with pesto sauce and roasted red peppers. It sounded like the perfect sandwich verse.
And a grilled cheese by any other name would taste as delicious.
Pesto Grilled Cheese with Spinach and Roasted Red Peppers
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Whole grain sandwich bread
Pesto sauce
Cheddar cheese slices
Roasted red pepper slices, blotted dry
Kosher salt
Fresh cracked black pepper
Fresh spinach
Swiss cheese slices
2 tablespoons olive oil
For each sandwich, spread pesto sauce on one slice of bread. Add cheddar cheese. Top with roasted red pepper slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with fresh spinach and a slice of Swiss cheese. Spread second bread slice with pesto and place on top of Swiss cheese.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add sandwiches, and cook until golden brown. Gently flip sandwiches to brown other side. Add more olive oil as necessary. Transfer to oven and cook for 5-7 minutes.
Note: Use any cheese/cheese blend you like. I had cheddar and Swiss on hand for my sandwiches.
