Italian Hero Panini Sandwich
By: bottomless kitchen
Published: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 11:35am

Ingredients




2 sixs inch lengths baguettes
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 vinegar peppers, sliced
1 cup arugula
1/4 cup thiny sliced proscuitto
2 thin slices (2 ounces) domestic mortadella
4 thin slices (2 ounces) proscuitto
6 thin slices (2 ounces) hot or sweet soppressata
4 thin slices (4 ounces) provolone cheese

Preparation

1 Heat panini or sandwich press according to manufacturer's instructions 2 Slice the baguette in half lengthwise with a serrated knife, then in half to divide for two sandwiches 3 Brush the insides with the oil and vinegar 4 Lay bread, cut side up, on a work surface 5 Arrange arugula & peppers on the bottom half of the sandwich bread 6 Drape mortadella, proscuitto, and soppressata on top of the vegetables 7 Top with provolone, and finally the top half of the baguette 8 Place sandwiches on the press, pulling top down 9 Cook until browned and cheese is melted, 5-7 minutes depending on heat of press 10 Carefully remove sandwiches from the press & serve immediately

About


A snippet from bottomlesskitchen.com: "This is quite the meaty hero sandwich!  We are firm believers that warmed up deli ingredients = awesome.  Mortadella is in Italian deli meat, which is far superior to the more common equivalent, bologna.  In fact, this sandwich was so good that PAB made another for his in-between-lunch-and-dinner-meal the next day."