Mushroom, Goat Cheese And Truffle Oil Panini

Name: Mushroom, Goat Cheese And Truffle Oil Panini
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 small bunch arugula; 1 small focaccia loaf; 3 Tbsps fresh thyme, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 227 grams fresh goat cheese, or other soft fresh cheese; 454 grams mixed mushrooms, such as button, cremini, shiitake or oyster; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling; 2 Tbsps truffle oil*, optional

Mushroom, Goat Cheese And Truffle Oil Panini requires about 35 minutes from start to finish. For $6.76 per serving, you get a main course that serves 4. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 585 calories, 22g of protein, and 32g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up garlic, olive oil, thyme, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the garlic and 2 tablespoons thyme and cook for 1 minute.

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Garlic

Thyme

Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring frequently, until they are browned and soft, about 10 minutes.

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Mushrooms

Remove from the heat and let them cool for about 15 minutes.

Put the mushrooms into a food processor and pulse a few times until they are finely chopped. (Alternately, you can chop them on a board with a knife.) Scrape them into a bowl. Crumble in the goat cheese and add the remaining thyme.

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Goat Cheese

Mushrooms

Thyme

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Food Processor

Knife

Bowl

Pour in the truffle oil, if using, and mix well to combine.

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Truffle Oil

Cut the focaccia into 4 pieces, slice them horizontally, and drizzle with some olive oil. On the bottoms place 1/4 of the mushroom mixture and top with some arugula.

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Olive Oil

Focaccia

Mushrooms

Arugula

Put the tops on and gently press each sandwich to flatten it slightly.

Drizzle some more olive oil over the tops.

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Olive Oil

Place each sandwich on a preheated panini press and grill until the bread is toasted and the cheese begins to melt, about 5 minutes. Alternately, preheat a dry cast iron or non stick pan.

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Cheese

Bread

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Panini Press

Grill

Frying Pan

Place the sandwich in the pan and weight it down with another pan or a clean brick wrapped in foil. Grill 5 minutes, turn the sandwich over, re-weight it, and grill for another 5 minutes.

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Grill

Aluminum Foil