One bite and we had to admit it. We took on the viral mortadella skewer trend half-expecting a gimmick\u2026 and got a sandwich<\/a> so good it felt like we\u2019d paid for a ticket to a caf\u00e9 in France. The kind where you sit down for lunch, don\u2019t need dinner, and debate never returning home. It\u2019s the simple act of folding the slices of mortadella into a thick ribbon on the skewers and charring the edges that gives the meat a texture that has no business coming from something you bought at the deli counter.<\/p>\n Being GirlCarnivore, we couldn\u2019t just make a grilled mortadella sandwich\u2026 We wanted it to be next level. Burrata goes on while the mortadella is still hot \u2013 a whole ball, pressed open to cover the whole mountain of meat. The cream runs into every char pocket. A layer of pesto on both sides of the bun, with Calabrian chili oil drizzled on top to cut through it all. <\/p>\n It\u2019s lunch meat, and the whole thing takes fifteen minutes. Yet somehow, it\u2019s the best thing you\u2019ll make all summer. <\/p>\n A cast iron skillet of a grill. You need a surface that holds screaming-high heat without flinching so the mortadella fat renders fast and the edges char before the interior overcooks. We include notes for a gas and charcoal grill in the recipe card below. <\/p>\n You also need flat metal skewers \u2013 not round<\/strong>. Round skewers let the folded slices spin and slide; flat skewers lock them in place so the entire stack sears as one unit.<\/p>\n Have you tried this recipe? Do us a favor and\u00a0rate the recipe card<\/strong>\u00a0with the \u00a0\u2b50\u00a0\u2b50\u00a0\u2b50\u00a0\u2b50\u00a0\u2b50 and drop a comment to help out the next reader.<\/p>\n Can’t handle another boring lunchmeat sandwich? We got you. This one has a mountain of folded, skewered, and charred mortadella piled onto rustic bread with bold flavors from pesto and fresh burrata jammed on top. To finish it off, drizzle just a touch of chili oil so it all rounds out and what you get is the kind of lunch that ruins the mudane.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/girlcarnivore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grilled-Mortadella-Sandwich-with-burrata-and-pesto-recipe-22.jpg\")
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<\/figure>\n\ud83d\udd2a Ingredients for Grilled Mortadella Sandwich<\/h2>\n
For the Mortadella Skewers<\/h3>\n
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\ud83d\udcdd How to Make a Grilled Mortadella Sandwich<\/h2>\n
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\ud83d\udca1 Meat Nerd Tips<\/h2>\n
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<\/figure>\n\ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f What to Serve with a Mortadella Sandwich<\/h2>\n
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