Bacon and Watercress Pesto Sandwich
Jazz up lunch with this grilled bacon and watercress pesto sandwich
Servings 4
Ingredients
For the watercress pesto:
- 100 g (3.5oz) watercress
- 50 g (1.7oz) Parmesan
- 50 g cashews dry roasted
- Olive oil to taste
- Smoked Salt
- Olive oil to taste
For the sandwich:
- Butter
- 12 slices smoked streaky bacon I used spoiltpig’s
- 4 sandwich rolls
- A handful of grilled peppers
- A hand full of sundried tomatoes sliced
- A handful of radishes sliced
- A handful of rocket arugula
Instructions
- Heat 1/2 tsp butter in a pan and fry the bacon until done, turning half way through. Drain on a paper towel and set aside.
- To make the pesto put the watercress, parmesan, cashew nuts and salt into a food processor and whiz into a paste. Transfer to a container and mix as much olive oil as you want.
- Assemble your sandwiches starting with the sandwich base, then pesto, bacon, peppers, sundried tomatoes, radishes, rocket and and sandwich top.