Italian sandwich with pesto and tomato

Two slices of wholegrain bread topped with green pesto and halved cherry tomatoes on a wooden board, with a small bowl of pesto in the background.

Easy, healthy and tasty! This sandwich has it all. You can find pesto without cheese in various supermarkets or organic shops. You can also make it very easily yourself, with our recipe for pesto!

  • Cooking Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

Servings: 1
  • 2
    slices of wholemeal bread
  • 1 tbsp
    basil pesto without cheese
  • 3
    cherry tomatoes
  • pine nuts optional
  • 15 g
    rocket optional

Instructions

  1. Spread the slices of bread with the basil pesto and top with the cherry tomatoes and rocket.

  2. Roast a handful of pine nuts in a dry frying pan if desired, and use them to top your open-faced sandwich.

Notes

Tip: Try tomato tapenade or olive tapenade on bread too. Don’t forget to check the ingredients, as olive tapenade in particular sometimes contains anchovies.

Tags

Courses: Breakfast, Lunch
Cooking time: < 15 minutes
Cuisines: Italian
Difficulty: Level 1 (easy)
Preparation method: Roasting
Taste: Savory, Spiced
Number ingredients: 1-5 ingredients
Keywords: pesto, sandwich, sandwich topping