Grilled Pizza Panini Sandwich

Name: Grilled Pizza Panini Sandwich
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 283 grams cremini or baby bella mushrooms, sliced; 59 milliliters packed fresh basil; 1 medium clove garlic; 8 servings Kosher salt; 118 milliliters oil-packed sundried tomatoes; 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing pizza; 2 Tbsps grated Parmesan; 2 Tbsps pine nuts, toasted; 454 grams pizza dough; 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 227 grams mozzarella cheese, sliced or shredded; 1 medium yellow onion, halved, sliced

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Grilled Pizz A mixture of mozzarella cheese, onion, oil-packed sundried tomatoes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. It will be a hit at your The Fourth Of July event.

Instructions

Combine tomatoes, basil, pine nuts, Parmesan and garlic in blender or food processor; pulse to combine.

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Pine Nuts

Parmesan

Tomato

Garlic

Basil

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Food Processor

Blender

Add any oil tomatoes were packed in; blend again. Slowly drizzle in olive oil with motor running until desired thickness (it will depend on amount of oil from tomatoes).

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Olive Oil

Tomato

Cooking Oil

Preheat grill or grill pan to high heat. If using regular oven, preheat to 500 degrees F with pizza stone or upside-down baking sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Pizza Stone

Grill Pan

Grill

Oven

Saute mushrooms and onions in 1 teaspoon oil until crispy and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Set aside.

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Mushrooms

Onion

Cooking Oil

Split pizza dough in half.

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Pizza Dough

Roll each half out as thinly as possible on floured surface.

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Roll

Brush grill grates lightly with oil. For pizza stone, scatter with cornmeal.

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Cornmeal

Cooking Oil

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Pizza Stone

Grill

Brush one side of dough with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.

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Olive Oil

Dough

Salt

Transfer to grill grates and grill until golden brown marks appear, about 3 minutes.

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Grill

Brush top with oil and sprinkle with salt; flip and cook remaining side. For pizza stone, brush top of dough with oil and sprinkle with salt; cook until crisp, about 6 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough half.

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Dough

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Pizza Stone

Scatter cheese over one cooked dough. Top with dollops of pesto, mushrooms, onions and red pepper flakes. Cover with second dough. Return to cool side of grill and cover or return to grill pan off the heat and cover. For regular oven, lower temperature and return on baking sheet.

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Red Pepper Flakes