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Italian Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

By Linda Larsen, About.com

This delicious sandwich is dipped in an egg mixture before grilling on a dual sided contact grill, panini grill, or waffle maker.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 8 slices whole wheat bread
  • 1/4 cup prepared pesto
  • 8 thin slices mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tomato, thinly sliced
  • 8 thin slices Provolone cheese
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/8 tsp. white pepper
  • 1 Tbsp. flour
  • 3 Tbsp. cornmeal
  • 2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation:

Preheat dual contact grill, waffle maker, or panini maker. Spread one side of each slice of bread with pesto. Make sandwiches, enclosing a thin slice of tomato between two slices of cheese, one mozzarella and one provolone.

On shallow plate, beat eggs with milk and pepper. On another shallow plate, combine flour, cornmeal, and Parmesan cheese. Dip sandwiches into egg mixture, then dip into flour mixture.

Cook for 4 minutes on grill until crisp and golden.

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