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Open-Face Roasted Tomato Sandwich

March 12, 2014 by Ceara 9 Comments

I hinted at an amazing Baked Tomato Sandwich in my last post and I knew I had to share with you my favourite way to put this pesto to some serious good use in what might just be the easiest meal ever. This fantastic Open-Face Roasted Tomato Sandwich is crunchy, juicy, savory, slightly salty and tastes like the kind of lunch you would get on the terrace of a shi-shi cafe on a hot summer’s day.
roasted tomato sandwich

The highlight of this Open-Face Roasted Tomato Sandwich is the creamy, fresh-tasting, and basil-infused pesto which is smothered allover two slices of hearty bakery bread [A definite plus of living in Belgium where there seems to be an amazing family-owned bakery on every other corner!]. I used my Lightened Up Roasted Broccoli Pesto which tastes good on basically anything I’ve come to learn.

face roasted tomato

The thick pesto layer is then topped off with two slices of very juicy tomatoes and sprinkled with sea salt, cracked pepper, dried basil and dried garlic, as well as an olive oil drizzle to top it all off. It will be difficult not to sink your teeth into this sandwich at this very moment, and by all means feel free, but toasting it for 15 minutes in the oven takes it just that one step further.

open face roasted
 

While this Open-Face Roasted Tomato Sandwich is roasting in the oven, put together a few greens on the side of your plate, drizzled with some vinaigrette, and when you cannot stand the amazing aromas of the toasting bread, the melty pesto, and the roasting tomatoes any longer … your Open-Face Roasted Tomato Sandwich is finally ready for consumption. Now doesn’t this Open-Face Roasted Tomato Sandwich simply exude summertime?

Speaking of changing seasons, I have some changes going on in my life as well! I’ve mentioned briefly before that I’m a graduate student here in Belgium. I’m now in the preliminary stages of choosing and preparing a thesis topic. Back in September I chose a topic that I am extremely passionate about but in the past month or so I’ve been rethinking my initial choice and wondering how I am going to go about researching and writing a huge thesis on said topic which is still very close to my heart but may not the right topic for me.

I spoke with J this weekend about my hesitations with my [past] thesis topic and how I was struggling to find something to study that I love and feel totally passionate about [keeping in mind I have to spit out the longest paper of my life on this topic]. Without a blink, he looked at me and said “you need to write something related to food!!“. It seems so obvious that I can’t believe I did not think about this before – so much of my life revolves around food, health and dietary choices that the perfect thesis choice has been right under my nose… on my plate this whole time! I’m feeling upbeat and excited about my thesis and future graduate projects again. We started brainstorming on some possible topics I am going to conduct research on. It is still in the very preliminary stages so I don’t want to give too much away, but I will be writing my thesis on something related to food, health and food politics! Exciting, right!? Just goes to show that the right choice is often right in front of us and sometimes we just need a second pair of eyes in order to see it!

 
 
 
Roasted Tomato Pesto Melt
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
20 mins
 
Feel free to add sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and whatever your heart desires on top of the Pesto and Juicy Tomatoes. Watch the bread closely in the last couple minutes when it is broiling in the oven to make sure it does not burn. Tastes best warm but also tastes good cold later in the day. For ultimate taste - consume right away!
Author: Ceara
Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: American
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • 2 hearty pieces of bread / ⅓ of a baguette {gluten-free for the gluten intolerant}
  • ¼ cup pesto
  • 1 Tomato
  • ½ tsp Dried Basil
  • ½ tsp Dried Garlic
  • Sea Salt and Pepper to taste
  • ½ tbsp olive oil to drizzle
Optional Ingredients
  • Spinach
  • Arugala
  • Sun-dried tomatoes
  • Tabasco
  • Cayenne Pepper
  • Cheese {vegan brand for vegans}
Directions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 375f / 190c
  2. Generously Spread pesto on two slices of hearty, thick bakery style bread or a baguette. Slice one big juicy tomato with a sharp knife into thick slices. Place two of the tomato slices on each piece of bread (or more depending on the size of your tomatoes/bread). Add additional optional ingredients if doing so. Sprinkle dried basil, dried garlic, sea salt and pepper on top of the tomatoes and drizzle with Olive Oil.
  3. Put in oven for 10 minutes, when the bread starts to crisp up and tomatoes are visibly roasting [darkening up a bit], turn the heat up on the stove to broil for an additional 3 - 5 minutes until the tops of the tomatoes and the sides of the bread start to darken considerably. Watch closely to ensure that the bread does not burn!
  4. Take out of the oven. Serve with a side salad.
  5. Devour, Share and Enjoy 🙂
Notes
A healthy dose of healthy fats, iron, vitamin A, C and potassium!
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 Calories: 4333 Fat: 115g Saturated fat: 24g Unsaturated fat: 84g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 681g Sugar: 74g Sodium: 7212mg Fiber: 47g Protein: 142g Cholesterol: 30mg
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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers, Fall, Gluten Free, Mains, Savory Eats, Sides, Snacks, Spring, Summer, Vegetables, Winter Tagged With: open-face, roasted, sandwich, tomato

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  2. Beauty Fashion says

    March 15, 2023 at 9:45 pm

    Thank you for being of assistance to me. I really loved this article.

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  3. John Pettengill says

    January 5, 2021 at 8:20 am

    Recipe looks great but your nutritional values look way off?
    thanks

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  4. Natalie says

    August 21, 2017 at 3:13 pm

    Just curious if the 4333 calories listed for this sandwich is correct 🙂 I am definitely trying it today either way for lunch!!

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  5. Trinity Bourne says

    December 12, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    These look absolutely delicious! Yum yum 🙂 Your photo’s are really awesome too. Love it!

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  6. Hadia says

    September 8, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Ceara, these are heavenly! I have already harvested my basil, and here is a great recipe for me. I have to make this very soon!

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  7. savynaturalista says

    March 12, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    Lovely pesto sandwich! I love a good sandwich with lots of veggies and full of flavor 🙂

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    • savynaturalista says

      March 12, 2014 at 3:44 pm

      *Pinning* 🙂

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    • Ceara says

      March 12, 2014 at 9:06 pm

      Thanks for the kind words and pin 😀 I share your love of pesto sandwiches with lots of veggies- they never get old!! 😀

      Reply

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