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How to You Can Make Your Very Own Homemade Panini Sandwich

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Ingredients and Items needed for your Homemade Panini
Ingredients and Items needed for your Homemade Panini
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These are great sandwiches that can be found at any Italian Cafe or coffee house. These sandwiches are even being made by some weight loss companies now. Since they are so easy to make, why spend money on something you can make yourself at home? Read on to learn how.

From Quick Guide: Italian Food Delights
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Sliced sourdough bread
  • Sliced deli like meat of your choice
  • Sliced Cheese or whole cheese block (of your liking)
  • Mayonnaise
  • Mustard (any kind) or jalepeno's (if you like)
  • Butter, margarine, low fat butter (if you like)
  • Knife
  • Indoor grilling machine

    Making a Panini that is Easy and Fun

  1. Step 1
    Slice of Sourdough Bread, Spread With Mayonassie and Mustard, Then Cut in Half
     
    Slice of Sourdough Bread, Spread With Mayonassie and Mustard, Then Cut in Half

    To begin with, take a slice (or 2) of sourdough bread. Spread with mayonnaise and any mustard of your liking.

  2. Step 2
    Cheese Slice on top of Bread and Under Meat Slices
     
    Cheese Slice on top of Bread and Under Meat Slices

    Then, if you have a block of cheese, use your slicer for the amount (2 slices usually) for your sandwich. If you are using already sliced cheese, there is no need for the cheese slicer and then add how many slices of meat onto cheese slice.

  3. Step 3
    Another Slice of Cheese on top of added Meat
     
    Another Slice of Cheese on top of added Meat

    If you want to add more cheese slices, go right ahead and add it to the already added meat on your one slice of sourdough bread.

  4. Step 4
    Closed Panini Sandwich
     
    Closed Panini Sandwich

    After your other cheese slice is added, close Panini Sandwich with other slice of sourdough bread. With butter knife, spread your brand or butter or margarine to top slice of sourdough bread.

  5. Step 5
    Indoor Grill set at 6-7 Minutes
     
    Indoor Grill set at 6-7 Minutes

    Once sandwich is closed, turn on indoor grill and set time for 6-7 minutes. It takes at least 1-2 minutes to heat up before your sandwich is the way you want it to look or be grilled.

  6. Step 6
    Panini Sandwich sitting on Indoor Grill
     
    Panini Sandwich sitting on Indoor Grill

    When two minutes is up, place butter side of Panini on indoor grill, spread more butter on bare sourdough slice and close indoor grill top.

  7. Step 7
    Completed Panini Sandwich with side of Chips
     
    Completed Panini Sandwich with side of Chips

    When buzzer sounds on indoor grill, that means your Panini Sandwich is done. Using the spatula that comes with your indoor grill, open top of indoor grill slowing as top piece of bread may stick to top due to the cheese melting. When top is open, take spatula under sandwich and remove it slowing. For a side, eat chips--or not--and enjoy your homemade Panini Sandwich.

Tips & Warnings
  • If you want an easy to make and eat lunch or dinner meal, the Panini is an easy way to satisfy your hunger.
  • You can use any type of bread you like, sourdough is just the normal bread used in this sandwich.
  • Keep grill and butter knife out of your children's reach.

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CCrock said

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on 1/7/2008 I'm going to try this!

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