Oh, hi.
Remember me? The blueberry balsamic sauce from this salad?
Well I’m back!
Hooray! I was just too yummy to only be featured once.
OK, I am going to stop speaking as the sauce now before things get too weird.
Basically, I had leftover sauce from the blueberry burrata salad and it was only natural to pursue something amazing to do with it. If only to force myself not to eat it all off a spoon, because I really wanted to do that.
And so this panini came to be. It wasn’t exactly a leap from the salad, with mozzarella and basil, but this has the added benefit of carbs.
Its so simple. Mozzarella, blueberry sauce and basil. A little cream cheese on the inside of the panini gives it extra creaminess and a brush of olive oil on the outside makes it crispy.
Sometimes fruit and cheese combos can be so unexpectedly good. This is sweet, tangy, creamy and stringy, all at once.
I won’t lie, I felt pretty darn good pulling this leftover blueberry sauce out and making these for a weekend lunch. Like, how domestic goddess is this? “Well, it’s Saturday and it’s been a long week in the office and I just need to make something simple but oh look, we’ve got some leftover blueberry balsamic sauce and some fresh mozzarella and some fresh panini, I guess I’ll just whip up this gourmet-like panini for lunch, I HOPE THAT’S OK.”
But whether you’re going to schedule this in, or you’re at a loose end with some leftover blueberry sauce (such a common problem right?), I hope this will hit the spot and bring some unexpected yumminess to your weekend lunch too.
Blueberry Mozzarella Panini
Ingredients
- 1 panini
- ½ a ball of fresh mozzarella, sliced
- A little cream cheese, or butter
- 2-3 Tbsp blueberry balsamic sauce, link is in the notes
- A handful of fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Spread your cream cheese on the panini.
- Cover with slices of mozzarella.
- Spoon blueberry balsamic sauce on top.
- Arrange basil leaves over the sauce.
- Brush a little oil on the outside of the panini.
- Grill in your panini maker, or on a frying pan, until the mozzarella is melted.
- The blueberry sauce will be scorching hot so leave it for a few moments before slicing into it and taking a bite!
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I was up north at a cottage and looking for some way to use all the blueberries we picked when I came across this recipe. Being up north, I didn’t have great bread or a panini press. I did have flatbread which I used with the ingredients & pressed another pan on top of the sandwiches to get a nice crisp crust. They were delicious and oh so gourmet – the family loved them and were super impressed! Thank you!
Yay that is so wonderful to hear! Thank you so much for the feedback!
I was up north at a cottage and looking for some way to use all the blueberries we picked when I came across this recipe. Being up north, I didn’t have great bread or a panini press. I did have flatbread which I used with the ingredients & pressed another pan on top of the sandwiches to get a nice crisp crust. They were delicious and oh so gourmet – the family loved them and were super impressed! Thank you!
I was up north at a cottage and looking for some way to use all the blueberries we picked when I came across this recipe. Being up north, I didn’t have great bread or a panini press. I did have flatbread which I used with the ingredients & pressed another pan on top of the sandwiches to get a nice crisp crust. They were delicious and oh so gourmet – the family loved them and were super impressed! Thank you!
This was so good! I’m making it again tomorrow for my two kids.
So happy to hear this, I hope they like it!