French Batard Panini!

Submitted 7/27/09

By: Keith Keller

Palm Springs, California

Ingrédients
2 Slices French Batard Bread (or bread of choice)
1 Tbls butter or favored spread
1 Package fresh mushrooms, sliced and sauteed
1 Slice Jarlsberg Cheese
1 Slice Jack Cheese
2 Slices of rotisserie chicken breast
1 Tsp Olive oil
1 Dash seasoning salt
1/2 Fresh Jalapeno pepper cut in rounds
Préparation ~ Assemblée
Saute mushrooms in olive oil and seasoning salt, remove from pan and set aside. Butter both pieces of bread on each side. Place cheese slices atop one another onto the bottom half of the bread. Place sauteed mushrooms atop the cheese. Add a row of fresh Jalapeno pepper wheels atop the mushrooms, close sandwich and grill or use Panini press. Serves 1 very hungry person or 2 moderately hungry people!

Panino or Panini it's still an Italian Sandwich!

In Italy a single panini sandwich is referred to as a Panino. Two ore more sandwiches would be referred to as Panini. Here in America we use the word Panini for both. Growing in popularity the Panini is a great way to add flavor and aesthetic to an otherwise ordinary sandwich. Panini makers range in price from $19.99 up to over $100.00. The one in the above photo was somewhere in the middle by GE and I'll be using it here for featured sandwiches in the coming weeks. If one does not own a panini grill, there are several allowable substitutions. Panino can be prepared on a griddle or in a frying pan, although it will not look quite the same as one prepared in a panini grill. One also has to flip the panino when preparing the sandwich in this way, so both sides are equally hot. Viola