Fontina and Mortadella Panini

Name: Fontina and Mortadella Panini
Ingredients: 1 stick butter softened; 1/3 cup parsley leaves; Salt to taste; 1 pound good focaccia bread, to make 8 slices; 1 pound mortadella, sliced; 1 pound fontina cheese, sliced; Ingredients

Mortadella is the original “baloney” deriving its name from Bologna where it was first created. But this tasty, unique meat is no baloney!

Ingredients

1 stick butter softened
1/3 cup parsley leaves
Salt to taste
1 pound good focaccia bread, to make 8 slices
1 pound mortadella, sliced
1 pound fontina cheese, sliced
Ingredients

Directions

Process the butter, and parsley in a food processor to make a paste. Transfer to a bowl and stir in salt to taste.
Spread the parsley butter on one side of each slice of bread.
Top each of 4 slices with mortadella and fontina. Cover with the remaining slices.
Heat a panini maker.
Grill each panini until toated and the cheese begins to melt. With a sharp knife cut each panini in half and then each haf diagonally.

This recipe was featured on Season 18 - Episode 1821.