Christmas Panini

Like most of us I guess, I've been thinking about christmas lately. It was nearly lunchtime and I decided to try a little experiment.

I love panini, usually with a filling of tomato, basil & mozzarella; but today I fancied a festive sandwich and having cranberry sauce & brie cheese in the fridge, what could be better?

Panini bread is something that has been on my list of breads to try for a while, but too late for today, so a compromise was in store.

Having a thick sliced white loaf in the cupbard I decided to sample the christmas panini with normal bread and made up my mind that, if good, I'll definitely be making panini bread very soon.

I do not possess a panini press, so it occured to me that I could virtually achieve the same affect from my griddle pan.

Success, it worked and it was delicious too. It definitely reminded me of christmas and I'll be making this again. Next time with real panini bread and with the addition of leftover turkey, yum.

Take 2 slices of white bread and cover one slice with slices of brie (I cut off the rind as I absolutely hate it)
Spread the other slice of bread with cranberry sauce.
Close up to form your sandwich.

In the meantime, place your griddle pan on the hob and get it really hot.

Now spread a little olive oil over one side of your sandwich. Once the griddle is ready, place your sandwich into the pan (olive oil side down). Now immediately spread the top side of sandwich with olive oil.

Press down hard with a fish slice and after a minute or so, lift up carefully to see if it's browned enough. Once nicely browned, flip over to brown off the other side.

DONE

Cut your sandwich in half and enjoy.

Brilliant. The cheese was perfectly melted and gooey, the cranberry tasted sweet against the brie and if I shut my eyes, it felt just like christmas.

Christmas delicousness on a plate.

Participating in souper sundays with kahakai kitchen.