Pizza Panini

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 loaf focaccia bread
• 4 ounces thinly sliced fresh mozzarella cheese
• 4 ounces thinly sliced provolone cheese
• 4 ounces sliced pepperoni (turkey pepperoni may be substituted)
• 4 ounces sliced genoa salami
• 1 thinly sliced red onion
• 1 cup sliced black olives or 1 cup olive salad
• 1 cup banana pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 small thinly sliced tomato
• 1 -2 cup shredded lettuce
• red wine vinaigrette, for drizzling (optional)
• olive oil, for drizzling
• your favorite pizza sauce, warmed

Recipe

• 1 cut the focaccia in 4 equal parts, slice each in half like sandwich bread.
• 2 layer mozzarella, provolone & meats.
• 3 sprinkle dried oregano on top.
• 4 top with remaining slices of bread.
• 5 preheat panini press or grill pan to medium heat.
• 6 drizzle outside of top and bottom layers of bred with a bit of olive oil.
• 7 place in panini or grill pan.
• 8 if using a panini press, heat approximately 5 minutes, or until cheese is melting and there are grill marks on the bread. if using a grill pan grill 2-3 minutes per side.
• 9 removed from pan or press, to a plate. open up sandwich and layer the vegetables, whichever you want, in whatever order you like. if desired, drizzle with vinaigrette.
• 10 cut in half, serve with pizza sauce, for dipping.