Grilled Veggie Sandwiches
Ingredients
- your choice of vegetables, for grilling: eggplant, portobella mushrooms, red bell pepper, red onion, zucchini and/or yellow squash
1 loaf
ciabatta bread
- Kowalski's Extra Virgin Olive Oil
½ cup
basil pesto
12 oz.
Kowalski's Signature Fresh Mozzarella Cheese, sliced into 12 rounds
Directions
- Clean and prepare your choice of vegetables as follows:
Eggplant: Trim ends; cut eggplant crosswise into ½" planks.
Portobella Mushrooms: Clean out most of the gills with the tip of a spoon.
Bell Peppers: Remove seeds, membranes and stems; cut pepper into 1" strips.
Onions: Trim ends and peel; cut onions into ¼" slices.
Zucchini or Yellow Squash: Trim ends; cut lengthwise into ¼" thick planks. - Completely but lightly coat vegetables with oil; season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Grill veggies directly over medium-high heat, covered, as directed below until browned and tender when pierced with a fork, turning several times until done.
Eggplant: 6-10 min.
Portobella Mushrooms: 6-8 min., gill-side down first.
Bell Peppers: 4-6 min.
Onions: 8-10 min.
Zucchini or Yellow Squash: 3-4 min. - Remove vegetables from grill; keep hot. Reduce heat to medium.
- Slice ciabatta loaf in half horizontally; brush lightly with oil.
- Place bread cut-side down on grill; cook over medium heat, covered, until dark grill marks form.
- While bread is still hot, spread pesto on the top ciabatta half.
- Lay cheese on the bottom ciabatta half; top with hot veggies.
- Put halves together and cut into thirds; cut each section diagonally into two servings.
Find It!
- Find ciabatta bread on the Artisan Bread Table in the Bakery Department.
- Find Kowalski's Signature Fresh Mozzarella Cheese in the Specialty Cheese Department.
Tasty Tip:
- You can grill fruits, too! Try our recipes for Tropical Grilled Pineapple Dessert, Grilled Stone Fruit, Grilled Bananas and Grilled Strawberry Shortcake Kebabs.