Tip: Read directions completely before preparing.
Ingredients: (per panini)
1 Hoagie bun
4 slices, provolone cheese
1/4 cup, large colossal
black olives, sliced
3 slices, ripe tomato, thinly sliced
4, thin slices ham
1/4 cup, arugula leafs
Garlic Pesto Mayonaise
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons pesto
1 large garlic glove,
finely minced
Directions:
Prepare the garlic pesto
mayonnaise spread by mixing the mayonnaise, pesto and garlic in a bowl
thoroughly. Set aside.
Preheat a stovetop panini
grill, or preheat an electric panini grill according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
Slice the hoagie buns
lengthwise. For each sandwich, place
bottom bread slice, side down, on a work surface, spread 1 1/2 tablespoons of the
garlic pesto mayonnaise on bottom and top slice. Layer with 2 cheese slices, then 4 slices of
ham, then 3 tomato slices, then a layer of sliced black olives, then 1 layer of
arugula leafs, then add another 2 cheese slices, Top with the remaining bread
slice.
Place the sandwich in the
grill, or panini pan and close the top plate, or place in the sauté pan or
grill pan and press down firmly with a flat, heavy pot lid.
Cook the sandwich, turning
once at the halfway point if using a stovetop pan, until the bread is golden
and toasted and the cheese has melted, about 5 - 8 minutes total. Turn the panini pan over if using panini pan. Keep checking to make sure your heat is NOT
to high and over browning the bread to fast.
Cut the sandwiches in half and serve immediately. Enjoy!!!!
