Photo: Panino alla Margherita Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 slices (1/2-inch-thick; about 2 ounces) fresh mozzarella
- 2 slices (1/2-inch-thick) rustic white bread
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 slices (1/4-inch-thick) tomato
- 6 medium fresh basil leaves or 3 large
- 2 teaspoons (about) olive oil
Directions
Place the mozzarella atop 1 bread slice. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the tomato slices and then the basil leaves. Top with the second bread slice. Brush both sides of the sandwich with the oil.
Heat a grill pan over medium-low heat. Grill the sandwich until the bread is golden brown and the cheese melts, pressing down with a metal spatula or grill press, about 4 minutes per side.
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By MusicalCookie
Gordon, PA
on August 06, 2011
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Wonderful, fresh-tasting sandwich, and very quick to make! We ate them for 3 days straight until the mozzarella and bread were gone!
By I LUV PASTA
New Jersey
on July 20, 2011
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Yum. Loved it.
After making this delicious panini useing a cast iron skillet as a sandwich press I went out and got a panini maker with sandwich press. This was SO delicious.
I love Giada De Laurentis' different recipes for paninis. They are SO tasty in their own different ways, and they taste better than any panini you would buy from those expensive gourmet sandwich shops.
I've also made her tuna and artichoke and her chocolate and brie paninis - my goodness they are all so good. I wan't to try ALL her recipes for paninis now.
By lcraley17
Pipersville, PA
on January 31, 2011
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It was delicious and easy! I made this for my family this evening while waiting for a snow storm to start. My son, who doesn't eat tomatoes, finished the sandwich in 5 minutes. Brought back summer tastes during a very snowy winter night.
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