Pear, Pecorino, and Prosciutto Panini

photo by Redsie

- Ready In:
- 11mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 ripe pear, peeled, cored, and cut into 8 wedges
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 loaf focaccia bread, cut in half horizontally (approximately 12 oz)
- 4 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup trimmed arugula
- 1⁄2 cup fresh pecorino romano cheese or 1/2 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, shaved
- 4 ounces prosciutto (16 very thin slices)
- freshly cracked pepper
directions
- Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add pear to pan, and sprinkle with sugar. Cook 2 minutes on each side or until golden.
- Brush cut sides of bread with vinegar. Arrange pear slices, arugula, cheese, and prosciutto evenly over bottom half of bread. Sprinkle generously with freshly cracked pepper. Cover with top half of bread.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add stuffed loaf to pan. Place a cast-iron or heavy skillet on top of stuffed loaf; press gently to flatten. Cook 4 minutes on each side or until bread is toasted (leave cast-iron skillet on stuffed loaf while it cooks). Cut into quarters.
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.