African•quick
Bacon and Watercress Pesto Sandwich
Jazz up lunch with this grilled bacon and watercress pesto sandwich
- Prep time
- 3 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 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
- 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
- 1
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.
- 2
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.
- 3
Assemble your sandwiches starting with the sandwich base, then pesto, bacon, peppers, sundried tomatoes, radishes, rocket and and sandwich top.