Monday, May 2, 2011

Dark Chocolate and Banana Panini

Panini are sandwich-like food items, Italian in origin, but now international.In Italy, a panino (Italian pronunciation: [paˈniːno]) is the word for sandwich. In Italy, sandwiches are customarily made from a piece of roll or loaf of bread, typically a ciabatta or a rosetta. The loaf is cut horizontally and filled with salami, ham, cheese, mortadella or other food, and sometimes served hot after having been pressed in a grill. A toasted sandwich, colloquially called "toast" by Italians, is made out of two vertical slices of pane in cassetta almost invariably filled with prosciutto and a few slices of cheese, grilled in a sandwich press. In Central Italy, there is a popular version of panino which is filled with porchetta, i.e. slices of roasted pork. It is traditionally served without any kind of sauce or topping. Some maintain they are the same as 'toasties' but with a different shape.In the USA and Canada, many often confuse the term "panini" as only referring to pressed sandwiches. This may be due to the widespread availability and use of sandwich presses, often known as or called a "Panini Press."

Dark Chocolate and Banana Panini Recipe

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