how do I make panini?

mandy_moo_1

hi, i just wondered if anyone has ever made pannini dough in a breadmaker? or can't it be done?

i love these, but i object to paying £1.24 in tesco for 4 when i already make my own rolls and bread!!

Pink.

Hi mandy_moo,

There's an earlier thread with a breadmaker recipe for panini that may help so I've added your post to it to keep the recipes together.

Pink

mandy_moo_1

thanks pink

i did a search but i spelt it "pannini" so this thread never came up

what a brilliant idea to do them on the george foreman

Caterina

Sarahsaver wrote: »

oh just gotta say this the plural of panini is panini

Thank you Sarahsaver, correct!

Brief Italian lesson:

Panini: noun, masculine, plural, diminutive (the suffix -ino for singular and -ini for plural for masculine words and -ina for singular and -ine for plural for feminine words is used for something smaller, for example: Tavolo (table) but Tavolino (bedside table or coffee table))

The original word "Panini" comes from "Pane" (bread)

One little bread (panino) is actually a bread roll.

The plural of "panino" is "panini"

In Italy when you ask for a "panino" you are asking for a bread roll, or a sandwich, the words are interchangeable.

Hope this is of some use!

Caterina

Sarahsaver

a close friend and i are going to go round town with a marker pen when we are old ladies, correcting all the excess 's' on the end of panini, and all the apostrophes that should not be there too
I spent a month in italy and bought panini from a bakers for my lunch and they were just little bread rolls. i think its like calling all indian food 'curry'

those who have made panini is it worth doing? if so i may give it a try;)

lizzyb1812

Sarahsaver can I come with you on your spelling expedition please?

The crusts of each end of a fresh loaf make a toasted sandwich that is sort of panini-style, especially if you put a bit of olive oil and italian herb mix on the inside of the sandwich with the other ingredients.

Caterina

The best panini in Italy (when I was a child and still ate meat) I ever ate were in my dad's village in Sardinia, made with hard wheat flour and stuffed full of Mortadella (a type of very large salami). I can still remember the smell and the feeling of digging my teeth into those YUMMYYYYY!!!

Even more than 40 years old and vegetarian, whenever I see Mortadella I want one of those panini - but hold back, as I know it would break a lovely memory and fantasy!

Also another fav panino (available mainly in Rome and surrounds) is the Rosetta (literally: little rose), stuffed with provolone piccante cheese and HM oil-pickled vegetables (aubergines, peppers, zucchini or artichokes).

Can't wait to be in Italy on 6th November, going to Sardinia to see my mum and I think I shall come back at least 1st heavier!

Caterina

demented_2

Hi i have been given some Panini's and now don't know how to cook them.
I don't have a panini toaster, how should i cook them, one is Tuna, and the other one is a ham and tomato, does any one have any idea's how i should cook them. They were given to me free so i don't want to waste them.Any ideas please.

Penelope_Penguin

I've never cooked them, so I'll add this to the existing thread which should give you some ideas

Penny. x

orchid-96

We have a catering business and do these quite a lot (get in special panini bread specifically for them) and we do them on the panini grill

However I have done them at home on just a frying pan with a little oil to stop them sticking and sort of pressed it down onto the pan and turned them now and again and they came out fine...the other option is to use one of those health grills if you have them, but I would put a little oil on them....I guess you could even use a sandwich toaster but not close it completely, might be a funny shape but should be fine...