Tips for grilling panini rolls/toasted sandwiches
• Use proper bread.
• Use a combination of ingredients, but make sure you do not overfill. Three to four ingredients are ideal for getting the most out of all
the flavours.
• Always use one ingredient that holds all the ingredients together. Cheese would be a good choice, because it melts. Garlic,
mayonnaise, olive paste or barbecue sauce have the same effect.
• Make sure there is not too much filling in the panini roll. Protruding ingredients are grilled more quickly than the inside.
• When the panini roll is ready to be grilled, lightly grease both sides with olive oil.
• Preheat the contact grill until the green indicator led switches off.
• When the contact grill is ready, grease the grill plates with a little olive oil. Place the panini roll on the bottom grill plate and close the
lid. Grill the panini roll for 3 to 4 minutes, or until it is brown.
Panini roll with goat cheese
For one panini roll you need:
1 panini roll
2 table spoons of green pesto
2 slices of (Dutch) goat cheese
1 courgette
1 scallion in rings
a few black olives, thinly sliced
Use a cheese slicer to cut three lengthwise slices from the courgette. Remove the rinds from the slices of cheese. Cut open the panini
roll lengthwise and cover both halves with pesto.
Cover one half with a slice of courgette and a slice of cheese and place half the scallion rings and olives on top of this. Cover this with
another slice of courgette and the second slice of cheese. Put the other half of the scallion rings and olives on top of that and finally
cover with the last slice of courgette and the other half of the panini roll.
Place the panini roll on the bottom grill plate and close the lid. Grill the panini roll until it is golden brown.
You could also try one of the following panini rolls:
- Gammon, semi-mature cheese, basil pesto and scallion.
- Smoked salmon, goat cheese, tomatoes, scallion, fresh basil, green pesto and pepper and salt to taste.
- Chicken, pineapple, paprika or curry.
- Tuna, tomato, onion and new cheese.
- Prosciutto ham, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella, herb cheese and rocket.
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