Salami and Fontina Cheese Panini

Hello World!

My favorite christmas gift this year was a Panini maker from my wonderful wife Emily.   I have only just begun to explore the yummy sandwich options available.  I thought about purchasing a panini recipe cookbook (although that might make a great gift for a later time) but instead I have just looked around the internet for a few ideas and come up with some of my own.

She searched all over and ended up at a cooking store and the friendly customer service lady directed Emily to a Breville BGR200XL Panini Maker.  Here's the link.  I have only used it a handful of times so far but it works great.  It's easy to clean, does a nice sear, and has a locking handle.  


Salami and Fontina Cheese Panini Recipe

So here's my recipe.

We don't have a lot of options available for fancy bread on our area so I used an Italian Loaf.

• Italian loaf
• Salami (6 slices per sandwich)
• Fontina Cheese ( 3 slices per sandwich)
• Roasted Sweet Red Pepper (the kind that comes in the Jar) I cut into slices for the sandwich
• 1 Yellow Onion ( I sliced the onion and caramelized it on the Panini maker with some Olive Oil)
• Spinach Leaves
• Coarse Grain Mustard (here's a link to my favorite)

I started by caramelizing the onions on the panini maker.  While the onions were caramelizing I started to build the sandwich.  I put a fairly liberal spread of the mustard on one slice of bread and then added 6 slices of salami, spinach, three slices of Fontina Cheese.  I topped this with the roasted red peppers and caramelized onions and then the top bread.  I poured a little olive oil on the top of the bread and then proceeded to place the side of the sandwich with the olive oil on the bottom of the panini maker so I could pour some more on the other side of the sandwich.

A few minutes later you have the sandwich you see here.  I apologize for the picture... I took it with my cell phone and apparently didn't have it focused correctly. Hopefully you get the idea.  This meal was served for dinner and my three girls 13,11, and 9 ate it up and loved it.

Enjoy!