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Panini Mania: Hot Sorpressata and Fontina Panini
Date: Sep. 30th 2006
Category: Flavour of the Month, Panini, Sandwiches and Tramezzini
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Goodbye lazy summer days.
Goodbye backyard barbecues and farmer’s markets.
Goodbye open-toed shoes.
Goodbye iced lattes.
Goodbye sitting outside until midnight.
Goodbye Flavour of the Month: Simple Italian Sandwiches.
Goodbye, September!
Ciao!
Hot Sorpressata and Fontina Panini
Adapted from Simple Italian Sandwiches by Jennifer Denton and Jason Denton.
Note: Sorpressata is a type of Italian salami that tends to be quite spicy. Any type of spicy deli meat will work well in this panino. Fontina is an Italian cheese made of cow’s milk. It can be very strong-tasting but compliments the sorpressata nicely. Fontina works well for panini because it melts well.
Now that September is over and it’s time to move on from panini, I wanted to mention a comment I’d received from Mrs B of Eating Suburbia about how to make panini if you don’t have a press. You can make great panini using one of the following two methods:
- The old-fashioned way (A): Heat a large pan and place your panino on the pan. With a large spatula, press on the panino and hold for 3 to 4 minutes. Flip the panino and repeat on the other side. This method is a bit tedious but it works.
- The old-fashioned way (B): Heat a large pan and place your panino on the pan. Cover the panino with another pan or pot that is quite heavy. You can make it heavier by weighing it down with a dish or a tin of food. Let the panino cook for 3 to 4 minutes and then remove the weight. Flip the panino and repeat on the other side.
(Special thanks to Lisa of La Mia Cucina and Michel of shakylegs for also suggesting ways of making panini without a press in my previous post.)
- 2 ciabatta buns, split in half
- olive oil (for brushing the tops and bottoms of the bun)
- a handful of arugula leaves (washed and dried)
- 8 slices spicy sorpressata, thinly sliced
- 2 slices Fontina cheese, thinly sliced (you can use more Fontina if you like)
- Heat the panini press.
- Lay half the arugula on the bottom half of each ciabatta bun.
- Top with the sorpressata and Fontina.
- Cover with the top half of the ciabatta bun and brush the top and bottom with olive oil.
- Heat on the press for 5 to 7 minutes or until the cheese has melted and begins to ooze slightly.
- Remove the panini from the press and let cool for a minute. Slice the panini in half and serve.
- Enjoy!
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09/30/06 at 5:46 pm
Sorpressata is one of my favorite deli meats; this looks simply delicious. Oh, and I totally agree about arugula–I could put it on every sandwich I make.
Hello October! What will the next flavor of the month be?
09/30/06 at 6:06 pm
Now this is my kind of sandwich!
I’m curious Ivonne, when are you getting your oven back?
09/30/06 at 6:49 pm
YUM!! A while back I made your panini with the prosciutto and arugula and I think a pesto spread - it was great. I can’t wait to try this one. We are staring a remodel in a few weeks, so I shall be without an oven for a LONG time and I’ll be making every single one of these panini recipes!! Thank goodness for the panini press!
09/30/06 at 7:24 pm
I’d never heard of sorpressata until your post. This looks good too!
Have a nice weekend!
09/30/06 at 8:23 pm
goodbye, september,
yellow number 2 pencils sharpening in twlight.
kick-the-can is over.
clocks turn back
around halloween
while cocoa warms
on the stove.
09/30/06 at 11:26 pm
Oh, the Denton’s have a cookbook! Dream of dreams…I just adore ‘ino! All the more reason to finally bite the bullet and get a panini press…
09/30/06 at 11:52 pm
Hello great baking weather
Hello crisp mornings
Hello Hockey season
Hello reasons to cuddle under a blanket with hot chocolate
Hello beautiful fall leaves
Hello Pumpkin Spiced Lattes
10/1/06 at 5:44 am
How poetic,
I just don’t believe in this rhetoric.
Overuse of prose just looks hectic,
you can’t stop it I suppose?
10/1/06 at 8:43 am
This looks as fabulous as all your other recipes. I need to print out all your panini recipes — and spend an entire day making them and eating them. And then another day letting the seams out of my pants.
LOL.
10/1/06 at 9:38 am
Ivonne,
I really love arugula and fortina, would like to have your sandwich now while reading the “poems” by Pea and other bloggers, hehee…
10/1/06 at 9:43 am
Hello there
Lovely picture..
Well, it’d be.. Hello Spring and Hello Good Food Month for us here down under.. cheers =)
10/1/06 at 10:51 am
Your paninis always look so good, I think it’s the melting cheese that draws me in.
10/1/06 at 10:59 am
Mmmm, yummy. But in my Blue Café we are going for a moose casserole today
A family favorite.
By the way, tickets are booked for Venice, April 7th till 14th. Want to come along?
10/1/06 at 2:17 pm
see ya summer, don’t let the door hit ya in the arse on the way out. i’ve got panini’s coming over heehee. these look delish!
10/1/06 at 3:40 pm
Ivonne, I’ve never tried sorpresseta before- this looks so good, perfect with the cool weather. Happy fall to you!
10/2/06 at 1:30 am
Dove sei riuscita a trovare la soppressata dalle tue parti? mmmm goloso questo panino:)
10/2/06 at 3:23 am
I could die for one of those gorgeous Paninis! Nice recipe…
10/2/06 at 10:03 am
I love the way the cheese is oozing out…
10/2/06 at 10:42 am
Yummy!! I think the last one I made this past Friday night for our dinner was the last for me for a while.. heee! Talk about an addiction, sheesh!
10/2/06 at 11:07 am
Is your oven there already??? I am soo curious!!!
10/2/06 at 12:34 pm
You paninos looked wonderful, but I am very excited to see what you make from The Cake Book! I have an October b-day (29th), so I will be in a festive mood this month as well!
10/2/06 at 12:46 pm
Ohhhhhhh…hmmm….it looks sooo yummy sweetie!
You know, I always say to myself, “don’t visit Cream Puff in the mornings” simply because I end up spending the whole day on a quest. Really, I’m the biggest geek ever.
I’ll google the best paninis in my area or restaurants that may have them. I have read and remember what’s in it. I’ll mapquest it to get it ready for my lunch break. I’ll drag someone with me, directions in hand and talk about how it’s going to be the best sandwich in the world, and what is going to be the best thing to drink with it. Anyone who comes with me, won’t understand–they’re not foodies–not one person!! How could this be?!
But I like this kind of sweet suffering (it gives me something to look forward to)–the kind that brings such ultimate pleasure when found, discovered and tasted. The kind of suffering that brings so much pleasure, just like your pictures. I can’t wait!
Oh, hello? I’ll probably get so much pleasure making this myself at home, but I simply can’t wait that long!
Thank you so much Cream Puff!
Goodbye sweet summer, HELLO fabulous fall!
xoxo Kimmie
10/2/06 at 12:53 pm
nothing says fall like a good sammich
10/2/06 at 12:55 pm
Hi Ivonne! Your sandwiches look so delectable! I cannot wait to get a panini press one day. Thank you for suggesting alternatives to the press!
Oh, and Goodbye September… but…
Hello WORKING OVEN…
..right? Right?
10/2/06 at 6:27 pm
I don’t think I’ve had sorpressata before either - but I want to now! Panini . . . yum.
10/3/06 at 1:15 am
Our minds are thinking alike…..yesterday my friend and I “had” to have a panini…..it’s just that time of year. We had one smothered with drooping eggplants, peppers, onions and cheese combination. yours looks very good, too!
10/3/06 at 2:10 am
Oh yes…sorpressata. I’m so glad that I’m not a vegetarian, with all of the wonderful cured meats there is to be had in Italy, I’d be fool to live here!
10/4/06 at 10:59 am
Personally, I agree with Brilynn, it is the Fontina that does it for me.. the mountain cheese of Aosta truly begs to be melted.
Fantastic looking sandwich Ivonne!
10/17/06 at 3:00 pm
Your sandwiches are drool-inducing.
I have a grill/griddle on my wish list so that I can make paninis, but it’s getting harder and harder to wait until Christmas! I will bookmark these for when I finally get it………
10/25/06 at 5:02 pm
Hi everyone,
Glad you liked the panini!