SMOKED ITALIAN PANINI

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One day while watching food network I saw a panini made on Paula's Party and it looked absolutely delicious. I searched the recipe and realized I wouldn't be able to find much of the ingredients here. So I decided to try and create my own so to speak with what I could find. A few tries later I settled on this one and I am done searching! It is fabulous! A great blend of flavors! I am not sure how easy it would be to find those meats singularly but I bought them in a gourmet pack in the deli section. I had to name the meats "sausage" so that recipe zaar would recognize them, though I don't know that they are actually a sausage or not. Its more like a salami or pepperoni.

Provided by CulinaryExplorer

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 15m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 ounces calabrese hot Italian sausage links, thinly sliced
3 ounces pepper salami, thinly sliced
3 ounces hot capicolla sausage, thinly sliced
3 -5 ounces prosciutto, thinly sliced
3 ounces smoked gouda cheese, sliced for 4 paninis
2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 medium red onion
1/3 cup sweet roasted red pepper
1 1/4 cups baby romaine lettuce
olive oil flavored cooking spray
italian seasoning
shaved parmesan cheese
4 asiago cheese rolls

Steps:

  • Meat should be very thinly sliced (I use the Daniele brand 'Italian Blend Gourmet Pack' found at a local grocer). Fry each piece for a short time, just long enough to heat them up a bit and release the juices.
  • Pat down with a paper towel to remove excess grease.
  • Cut the rolls in half and spray olive oil cooking spray on all insides. Then sprinkle italian seasoning over each piece.
  • Arrange bread on baking sheet and put under broiler for 4-5 minutes until browned well.
  • Build Panini in the following order: Bread, baby romaine, couple of rings of red onion, the first three meats, couple slices of smoked gouda, prosciutto, peppers, 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, 1/2 teaspoons olive oil drizzled over top and top the entire thing off with some shaved parmesan.
  • Enjoy!

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