White Pizza Grilled Cheese
Cheese lovers, this one's for you! Creamy garlic-herb ricotta, melty mozzarella, and Parmesan stuffed inside two pieces of crispy, golden, garlic-butter bread. Ready in 20 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic divided; one peeled and minced for the ricotta mixture and one peeled and halved to rub on the outsides of the bread
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese thinly sliced
- 8 slices white bread 6 slices if your bread is on the larger side
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temp for easy spreading; 2 tablespoons per sandwich; if you prefer, use salted butter, just know that with the salt in the ricotta and cheeses the sandwich may be a bit on the salty side
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the ricotta, olive oil, garlic, basil, oregano, salt, and black pepper.*
- Lay down the bread slices and, using a butter knife, spread the ricotta mixture evenly on each piece. The ricotta mixture should coat the insides of both pieces of bread. Note: If you're using large pieces of bread, you may want to make more of the ricotta mixture, or only make two or three sandwiches instead of four).
- Lay the mozzarella slices evenly on every other piece of bread (one side of each sandwich). Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and close the sandwiches by place both cheesy insides together.
- Rub the outsides of the sandwiches with the cut side of the garlic clove, then butter both sides generously.
- In a large frying pan over medium-low heat, cook the sandwiches, flipping often, until they're golden-brown on the outside and the cheese is melted inside, about 10 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
* If you'd like, you can mix the ricotta an hour (or up to 2 days) beforehand and refrigerate it, which has the bonus of really allowing the flavors to mix and melt together.
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1sandwich, Calories: 556kcal, Carbohydrates: 27g, Protein: 20g, Fat: 41g, Saturated Fat: 24g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 12g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 110mg, Sodium: 843mg, Potassium: 134mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 1185IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 492mg, Iron: 2mg