Warm Pressed Charcuterie Sandwich

Submitted by Nado2003

"You know how sometimes you go to a French Cafe or Italian Cafe and they have those cases full of freshly baked skinny baguette sandwiches with 1 layer of meat (salami, peperoni, and or proscuitto) with a very thin layer of cheese? Sometimes the restaurant puts it in a panini press to warm it up. And they taste so GOOD? That's what I wanted but I don't have a panini press and I don't feel like driving a cafe. That's how I ended up making my own sandwich."

 

• Ready In: 6mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 1 sandwich
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 8 8 slices pepperoni (or as much as you want) or 2 slices prosciutto (or as much as you want)
• 1⁄2 ounce romano cheese (or whatever cheese you want, thinly shaved) or 1/2 ounce parmesan cheese (or whatever cheese you want, thinly shaved)
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 small baguette (or about 8-inch section of baguette, split lengthwise)

directions

1. Heat a cast iron skillet (any heavy skillet) on medium high heat.
2. Assemble sandwich: spread mustard on 1 side of split bread, layer meat(s), cheese and then 2nd layer of meat if you want (1 layer is enough for me, but the boys in my family want 2 layers).
3. Put sandwich in warm skillet, press down hard with another pot or pan (I used another cast iron pan or a large can of beans as the weight). Cook on medium or medium-low for 3 minutes.
4. Flip over and cook for another 3 minutes with weight to press down.
5. Sandwich will be significantly thinner than when you started. Serve immediately.