Panini

Panini is a form of sandwich made with ciabata bread. Panini made with mushroom stuffing is my favourite. In UK, I used to buy mushroom paninis from Starbucks. I cannot find those ones here. So i tried my own filling in whole wheat bread from walmart...




Small INTRO abt Panini......

A panino (Italian pronunciation: [paˈniːno]) is a sandwich made from a small roll or loaf of bread, typically a ciabatta or a rosetta. The loaf is cut horizontally and filled with salami, ham, cheese, mortadella or other food, and sometimes served hot after having pressed in a grill.
A toasted panino, colloquially called "toast" by Italians, is made out of two vertical slices of pane in cassetta almost invariably filled with prosciutto and a few of slices of processed cheese, grilled in a sandwich press.
It is traditionally served without any kind of sauce or topping, although in some parts of the world it may be customary to do so in order to accommodate local taste.
The word "panino" [pa'ni:no] is Italian (literally meaning small bread roll), with the plural panini. "Panini" is often used in a singular sense by speakers of English and French, as for "salami" (Italian plural for salame), and pluralised solecismically into "paninis". (SOURCE)





Ingredients:

1 ciabata bread or whole wheat bread
Tomato
cheese
onion

Filling:
2 tbsp Ricotta cheese
1/4 cup frozen spinach
2 tbsp corn
few piece of shredded chicken
salt & pepper

Preparation:

Preheat the oven 350F. Cut the bread into two slices. I used round whole wheat bread, so i made a cavity by removing the crust at the centre of the bread. Mix all the ingredients mentioned in the filling. Place the filling in the cavity or ciabata bread. Arrange tomatoes, onions and cheese as u like. Place the two pieces in the oven for 2 -3 mts. Once the cheese starts melting, combine both the siles and leave for 2 more mts.. If u are using bread, place the filling in the centre and arrange onion. close it and grill it or heat for 2-3 mts. Cut it horizontally..Serve hot!!!