Best Thing Ever: Mozzarella Tomato Basil Sandwich
- By Robyn Lee
- Feb 11, 2009
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I didn't even take a photo. The sandwich had no chance.
Since I didn't have an appetite this morning, I didn't eat anything until 4 p.m., at which point I wolfed down a pressed mozzarella, eggplant, tomato, and basil panini from Ronnybrook Milk Bar in maybe five minutes, only taking a short break for the requisite intake of oxygen and to finish a blog post. Now I'm left with the lingering taste of sweet cheesy gobs with creamy eggplant goo with fresh basil with...tomato...I'll admit that the tomato has a purpose even if I don't really like raw tomatoes.
- A sandwich...from the past
The fresh mozzarella + tomato + basil combination is my favorite. Eggplant isn't necessary, but adds another layer of deliciousness. IT IS THE BEST THING EVER. (If you disagree with me, I shall smite you. From afar. So you probably won't feel anything.) And I really need to bring the proper sandwich ingredients to work so I can make it in the office instead of paying $9+ for a good, but not "go out of your way for it" good, sandwich.
Ah well. I'm not eating anything special tonight, so that was the culinary highlight of my day.
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the ingredients are all available elsewhere in the Chelsea Market, most of them at the Fruit Exchange. And plenty of bread choices at Amy's
I ate an obscene amount of these in Florence (no eggplant, though). Try it with sun-dried tomatoes -- you'll be rendered completely speechless. Haha, even on my SE profile, this is listed as my last bite on earth. =)
Do want. That is actually remarkably similar to the Best Sandwich I Ever Ate, which made me rethink raw tomatoes....Mine was on amaaaazing focaccia, with tomato, basil, slabs of fresh mozzarella and tofu, and a balsamic dressing. Eggplant could only make it more awesome, I think.
wow that sandwich looks amazing. i need to learn how to shoot better pictures like you do :)
I wonder if the eggplant makes a good mozarella *substitute* for the lactarded. Hmm.
mmmm, this is my favorite flavor combo too, sans the eggplant (it will kill me).
i don't like to make sandwiches, even i though i don't mind washing rice and then waiting an hour for it to complete. too many ingredients and time for something i will scarf down in 5 minutes, non?
eric: Ah yes, I know could've acquired the ingredients..but ..I wanted someone else to make my sandwich. FAAIL! They seem to always taste better when someone else makes em. I gotta get out of that mindset. Even if it's 99% true.
Kathryn: Okay, must get me some sun dried tomatoes!
Anna: Eggplant tends to make things more awesome.
Matt: Sunlight and a good lens!
SuperChomp: Aw. The joys of mozz cannot be matched by anything else! But eggplant is quite good.
ila: I feel the same way about making sandwiches, except mine tend to suck. I need a professional sandwich maker to like, SHOW ME. I'm that hopeless.
You have to try the one at B&H Dairy Lunch (2nd Ave & St Marks) come summer. It's made on challah and it's superb. I wouldn't have dreamed of putting something so Italian on sweet, brioche-style bread, but, dang, it's good.
WAH! I just ate it this afternoon and it was indeed glorious. The creamy, barely melted mozzarella totally seduced me.
I should do a build-a-BLT (as in basil, mozzarella and tomato) party with my co-workers (who are scientists, not insane food-lovin' people like all of us readers are). Yeeeaahhh...like I could persuade them?
Michele: Hot diggity. Okay I will have to go there. I've only been to B&H once during my solitary breakfasting days. I remember eating a huge chunka challah with shizzloads of butter. Mm.
Tina: SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PARTY! Why would anyone not wanna do that? Waah.
That looks amazing. I could probably just live on the bread and I'll be happy.
Tasty looking sandwich there. If you're looking for good tomatoes to use for some homemade eats, I've always used Eurofresh tomatoes for these sandwiches.
I was never really a fan of raw tomatoes either, until I tried that brand. Amazing and combining it with good bread, mozzarella and basil would be incredible.
I LOVE these sandwiches. The best ones come from a bakery near my house- the baguette is perfect, and they don't skimp on the main ingredients. A drizzle of balsalmic vinegar (even the cheap kind) is also good (I also use it in my tomato sauce; the sweet-tart flavor really brings out tomato-ness).