Grilled Veggie Sandwich with Garlic Scape Pesto
 
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This grilled veggie sandwich with garlic scape pesto is my favorite summertime dinner! Load up the grill with veggies and make a healthy flavorful sandwich!
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4 sandwiches
Ingredients
Garlic Scape Pesto
  • 7 oz garlic scapes (1 bundle ~15 scapes)
  • ½ cup almonds
  • 3 TBS each: olive oil, lemon juice, and water
  • 2 TBS Parmesan cheese
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Sandwiches
  • 1 medium squash (zucchini or summer squash)
  • Olive oil spray
  • 2 large portabella caps
  • 4 sandwich ciabatta rolls or a 16 oz loaf ciabatta bread
  • 1 large tomato
  • 4 slices cheese (1 oz each, I like provolone or Havarti)
Instructions
Garlic Scape Pesto
  1. Combine garlic scapes and almonds in a food processor and run until finely chopped.
  2. Mix together olive oil, lemon juice, and water. Pour into the food processor while running to make the pesto smooth.
  3. Mix in Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste.
Sandwiches
  1. Preheat a charcoal grill until the coals are hot.
  2. Cut zucchini or summer squash into 6 long slices. Spray with olive oil and place on the grill. Add portabella caps, stem side up to the grill as well.
  3. Cook the zucchini until it is soft with dark grill lines. As the mushroom cooks, it's liquid will pool up in the center of the cap. Keep cooking it until the liquid has evaporated. If you use a mushroom that still has liquid on the sandwich, it will be messy to eat!
  4. Finally, slice open the ciabatta bread and grill until the bread is slightly toasted and starting to turn golden brown. If you use a whole loaf, scrap some of the bread out of the top slice before grilling, or the sandwich will be very thick and hard to eat! Rolls are usually small enough you don't need to remove any bread.
  5. Slice the cooked portabella cap, and the tomato.
  6. Spread the garlic scape pesto over the bottom bread slice (you will have a little extra). Top with zucchini, mushroom, tomato, and cheese slices. Add the top piece of bread and enjoy!
Recipe by Alison's Allspice at https://www.alisonsallspice.com/grilled-veggie-sandwich-with-garlic-scape-pesto/