Chicken Quesadilla
4 flour tortillas
2 cups (500 ml) chicken, cooked and chopped,
divided into 4 servings
1/2 cup (125 ml) cheddar cheese, shredded
Preheat panini press. Fold tortilla in half. Place on panini press. Insert chicken and
2 tablespoons (30 ml) cheese in tortilla. Close panini press. Cook 2 to 3 minutes
or until cheese melts. Remove from press and cut into 3 triangles. Repeat with
remaining ingredients.
Makes 4 quesadillas.
Quick Pizza
1 can refrigerator pizza crust
1 cup (250 ml) pizza sauce
1 cup (250 ml) mozzarella cheese,
shredded
Preheat panini press. Open refrigerator pizza crust and cut into 4 oblong pieces.
Place 1 piece of pizza crust onto panini press. Close panini press. Cook 1 to 2
minutes. Open press and top crust with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, and
optional toppings. Lower top of panini press and lock hinge to rest above pizza.
Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until cheese melts. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Makes 4 servings.
Easy Fruit Turnovers
1 can refrigerator crescent rolls
1 can fruit pie filling
Preheat panini press. Open refrigerator crescent rolls and cut into 4 oblong pieces.
Place 1 piece of dough onto panini press. Close panini press. Cook 1 to 2 minutes.
Open press and top with fruit pie filling. Lower top of panini press and lock cover
to rest above turnover. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes to warm fruit. Repeat with additional
dough and pie filling. Combine sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over turnovers.
Cut turnovers in half.
Makes 8 servings.
Reuben
8.5-in. (22-cm) thick slices
sourdough bread
1/2 lb. (230 g) prepared corned beef,
divided into 4 servings
Preheat panini press. Spread olive oil on one side of each slice of bread.
Place 4 slices of bread, oil side down, on the panini press. Place corned beef,
2 tablespoons (30 ml) sauerkraut, and 1 slice of Swiss cheese on each slice of
bread. Cover with remaining 4 slices of bread, olive oil side up. Close panini press.
Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until desired brownness.
Makes 4 sandwiches.
24 slices pepperoni (optional)
8 green pepper rings (optional)
4 fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)
1/2 cup (125 ml) sugar
1 teaspoon (5 ml) cinnamon
1/2 cup (125 ml) sauerkraut
4 slices Swiss cheese
Olive oil
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