How to Make Pizza on the Panini Press

Name: How to Make Pizza on the Panini Press
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 340 grams shredded part-skim mozzarella OR sliced fresh mozzarella; 454 grams fresh pizza dough, divided into 6 servings; 79 milliliters basil pesto or sundried tomato pesto; 6 servings Toppings

How to Make Pizzan on the Panini Press might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. For $1.51 per serving, you get a main course that serves 6. One serving contains 352 calories, 20g of protein, and 13g of fat. Head to the store and pick up toppings, pizza dough, sundried tomato pesto, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the pizza dough you could follow this main course with the Grilled Dessert Pizza as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 18 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the panini press to high heat. If your panini press comes with a tilt option, be sure it is set to flat.Preparing one pizza at a time, tear off a sheet of aluminum foil about the same size of your press.

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Aluminum Foil

Panini Press

Brush olive oil (or spray cooking spray) onto the surface, in about a 6-inch diameter area.Stretch a portion of dough into a (somewhat) circular shape. The dough will be very elastic – stretch it, wait a few minutes, then stretch it some more. Thinner is better to ensure it cooks thoroughly.

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Cooking Spray

Olive Oil

Dough

Spread a few tablespoons of pesto on the stretched dough.

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Spread

Dough

Pesto

Add your cheese and toppings (see tips for choosing toppings in the post above).

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Cheese

Transfer the aluminum foil to the panini press. Close the lid, allowing the upper grate to hover about 1 inch above the pizza (if you don’t have a panini maker that allows for a fixed height, you might try creating your own 1-inch spacers by balling up some aluminum foil).Grill the pizza until the dough is cooked through and lightly browned (it may bubble up a bit too) and the cheese is melted and bubbly, 6 to 8 minutes. Slice and serve immediately.

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Cheese

Dough

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Aluminum Foil

Panini Press

Grill