Pizza Panini Recipes

PIZZA PANINI SANDWICH RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Heat a grill or campfire to medium heat.
• Make the garlic butter: Add the butter, oregano, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes to a small bowl and stir to combine.
• Slice the French loaf almost all the way in half lengthwise, leaving a long side still attached like a hot dog bun.
• Open the bread and spread the pizza sauce liberally over both sides. Lay the sliced mozzarella on both sides of the bread. Lay half of the pepperoni slices over the mozzarella on the bottom half. Sprinkle with the shredded mozzarella, then top with the remaining pepperoni. Sprinkle the Parmesan and basil over the pepperoni, then gently bring both sides of the bread up together to close.
• Brush to top and bottom of the loaf with the garlic butter, then double wrap the sandwich in aluminum foil.
• Set the sandwich on the grill or campfire over medium heat. Place a cast-iron or other heavy skillet on top to press down. Cook the sandwich for 5 minutes, then flip and cook for 5 minutes more, until the outside of the bread is crisp and the cheese is melted.
• Let sandwich cool for a few minutes before carefully unwrapping. Slice and serve.
• Enjoy!

PIZZA PANINI

Steps:

• Cut the focaccia in 4 equal parts, slice each in half like sandwich bread.
• Layer mozzarella, provolone & meats.
• Sprinkle dried oregano on top.
• Top with remaining slices of bread.
• Preheat panini press or grill pan to medium heat.
• Drizzle outside of top and bottom layers of bred with a bit of olive oil.
• Place in panini or grill pan.
• If using a panini press, heat approximately 5 minutes, or until cheese is melting and there are grill marks on the bread. If using a grill pan grill 2-3 minutes per side.
• Removed from pan or press, to a plate. Open up sandwich and layer the vegetables, whichever you want, in whatever order you like. If desired, drizzle with vinaigrette.
• Cut in half, serve with pizza sauce, for dipping.

PANINI

Steps:

• Place a pizza stone on a rack in the lower third of an oven. Heat oven to 500 degrees. On a heavily floured surface, roll out half the dough as thinly as possible into a 10-inch circle. Rub with 2 teaspoons olive oil. Using a pizza peel, transfer the dough to the pizza stone, and bake until the dough puffs and is slightly golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Repeat the process with remaining dough.
• Using a towel, remove the crust from the oven, and place on a cutting board. Top half the crust with fennel, zest, 2 teaspoons olive oil, salt and pepper, lemon juice, 10 basil leaves, and mozzarella. Sprinkle the capers, remaining 5 basil leaves, and 2 teaspoons olive oil over the mozzarella. Season with salt and pepper and a final squeeze of lemon. Fold the crust in half. Using the back of a heavy saute pan, press the panini together. Repeat process with remaining panini.
• Return the panini to the oven, and bake until the filling is just warmed through. Transfer the panini from the oven to a cutting board, cut the panini in half on the diagonal, and cut into smaller pieces. Serve immediately.

ITALIAN CHICKEN PANINI

Steps:

• Preheat an electric grill (such as George Foreman®) for medium heat. Spread olive oil on one side of each bread slice.
• Place one slice of bread, oil-side down, on the preheated grill. Spread 1/2 of the pesto on the bread and put a slice of mozzarella cheese over top. Arrange chicken over the cheese and top with remaining mozzarella. Spread remaining pesto on the other slice of bread and place on top of the sandwich.
• Close the grill and cook until cheese is melted and bread is golden brown and crispy, about 4 minutes.