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🍽️ Crispy Mozzarella and Arugula Sandwich

485 kcal · 22 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 slice/s bread (your choice, 1,5 cm thick)
• 2 ball/s buffalo mozzarella
• 3 anchovy/ies
• 50 g tomato/es, dried
• 100 g arugula
• a little lemon zest
• 1 pinch/es sea salt and pepper (from the mill)
• 100 g panko
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 egg/s
• 200 ml whole milk

Instructions

1. 1. Slice the mozzarella into rounds about 1 centimeter thick.
2. 2. Set the mozzarella slices and the bread slices aside.
3. 3. Place the anchovies, dried tomatoes, arugula, and lemon zest into a blender or food processor.
4. 4. Blend the ingredients into a fine paste.
5. 5. Season the paste with a pinch of salt and black pepper.
6. 6. Make sure the paste is not too watery.
7. 7. Whisk the egg with the milk in a shallow bowl.
8. 8. Mix the breadcrumbs (Panko) with the olive oil in a second bowl.
9. 9. Spread the arugula paste evenly over all four slices of bread.
10. 10. Place two slices topped with the mozzarella slices on a work surface.
11. 11. Top the filled slices with the remaining two bread slices.
12. 12. Press the edges of the sandwiches together firmly.
13. 13. Dip one sandwich briefly into the egg and milk mixture.
14. 14. Turn the sandwich over after about one minute.
15. 15. Then roll the sandwich completely in the breadcrumb mixture.
16. 16. Repeat the process with the second sandwich.
17. 17. Preheat the air fryer to 170 °C.
18. 18. Place the sandwiches in the air fryer.
19. 19. Bake the sandwiches for about 7 minutes until golden brown and crispy.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 485
• Protein: 23 g · Fett/Fat: 25 g · Carbs: 42 g