Avocado and Pesto Cheesy Panini Recipe (2024)

June 23, 2015

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This food truck inspired panini grilled cheese recipe features fresh California Avocados, Sundried Tomato and Olive Pesto and Tomato Basil Cheddar Cheese. You won’t want to miss this recipe!

I love food trucks…as an eater and a cook. I obviously love to eat food, hence why I love to eat from food trucks. But as someone who develops recipes and does food photography for a living, I absolutely love the spark of creativity I get from eating at a food truck.

Food trucks, at least around here, have a lot of pressure to be really good and unique. We have some amazing restaurants in Kansas City, and not so many food trucks. There isn’t any hiding among a ton of trucks hoping to squeak by… you either serve amazing food, or your gone.

Have you ever visited a Grilled Cheese food truck? I had the chance to visit one a few weeks ago and was astonished at the variety of grilled cheese sandwiches out there! Who knew a grilled cheese sandwich didn’t have to simply be American cheese on toasted bread? There are so many amazing possibilities!

So, inspired by food trucks as well as a shipment of fresh, California Avocados and some Cabot Tomato Basil Cheddar Cheese that showed up in my mailbox as well, I decided to do some grilled cheesing, panini style.

This panini grilled cheese sandwich recipe is as simple to put together as it sounds. Butter up some Texas Toast, slather a good amount of pesto on the bread (I love to use DeLallo Brands Simply Pesto in Sundried Tomato and Olive variety), add a good helping of fresh California Avocados, then slice up some Cabot Tomato Basil Cheddar Cheese and you are good to go! Food truck inspired grilled cheese paninirecipe without the lines or outrageous prices!

Enjoy!

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Avocado and Pesto Panini Grilled Cheese

A tasty panini grilled cheese sandwich with fresh California Avocados, pesto and cheddar cheese.

Course Main

Cuisine Sandwich

Ingredients

For each sandwich:
2 slices Texas toast style bread
1 Tablespoon butter softened
1 Tablespoon Pesto I prefer DeLallo Sundried Tomato and Olive variety
3 ounces Cabot Tomato Basil Cheddar Cheese sliced
1/2 fresh California Avocado peeled and seed removed, sliced thin

Instructions

Pre-heat a panini press grill to medium heat and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
Spread one side of each slice of Texas toast style bread with butter. On the non buttered side of one slice of bread, spread the pesto.
Add a layer of cheddar cheese then a layer of California Avocados. Top with remaining slice of bread.
Place assembled sandwich in preheated panini press for 3-5 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bread is lightly toasted.
Serve immediately.

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Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
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June 23, 2015 at 5:49 pm

Absolutely loving this idea! Cheesy panini is always a winner in my book but the addition of avocado and sundried tomato makes it totally irresistible!
Kari says
June 23, 2015 at 11:38 pm

This looks too amazing! I can’t wait to try making it!
Kari
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Meagan @ A Zesty Bite says
June 24, 2015 at 3:54 pm

Wow this looks like the perfect sandwich to me. Lubbock doesn’t have many food trucks but the two they do have are rocking this city.
El says
June 25, 2015 at 9:19 pm

Food trucks are so much fun. We do have a grilled cheese truck here and I must say yours looks absolutely perfect!
amanda says
June 27, 2015 at 9:55 pm

This looks amazing!!!
Kate @ Framed Cooks says
June 28, 2015 at 9:54 am

I work in New York City, where food trucks are a way of life at lunchtime, and I would basically like a grilled cheese truck to follow me home to New Jersey and park permanently in my driveway. And since that probably won’t happen, I am going to pin and make this beauty of a sandwich instead!
bev @ bevcooks says
July 1, 2015 at 8:49 am

Ooooooo I LOVE THIS.
Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says
July 1, 2015 at 12:33 pm

We don’t have a ton of food trucks here either but the few we do are completely epic and farm-to-plate scratch cooking. I’m excited to check out Portland’s food truck scene in August!!
Starla says
July 7, 2015 at 2:47 pm

This looks absolutely perfect. I am drooling at my work station currently- 🙂
Reduceri online says
July 13, 2015 at 10:57 am

It looks perfect!
Cookin Canuck says
July 22, 2015 at 10:49 am

I love a good food truck meal! My favorite in the SLC area is a Korean bbq food truck, but I’d be up for a grilled one any day of the week. Your panini looks positively addictive!
Jen Haugen says
July 24, 2015 at 6:59 am

Your idea is simple and looks delish! I’ll be using my Tomato Basil Cabot Cheddar in this great recipe!
Lisa @ Healthy Nibbles & Bits says
August 4, 2015 at 11:55 am

I have to say that grilled cheese sandwich trucks are probably one of my favorites. I can never get over how many fun flavor combinations they come up with! I’ve never tried grilling avocados in a sandwich before, but this looks so good! Definitely giving it a try soon!