Moving on to the grilled veggie panini, ever since we got this panini maker, I have been making and enjoying many varieties of panini. This is the first time that I used the panini maker to grill vegetables and I was very nervous about it, but it worked out really well. The vegetables grilled evenly and turned out flavorful. In fact the veggies tasted so good straight out of the panini that I thought of tossing it together like a salad or side dish and eating it just as it is.....only this time I ended up using it entirely in the paninis. If you like veggie paninis, this simple, quick and flavorful panini may be something that you might be interested in....
And here is the picture of the panini..............
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Ingredients and Method to make Grilled Veggie Panini
1 zucchini
1 small yellow squash
1 Japanese eggplant (can be substituted with other types of eggplant
1 green bell pepper (capsicum/ koda molagai)
All vegetables except bell pepper cut into 3 parts, then sliced lengthwise.Bell pepper deseeded and cut into thin lengthwise strips.
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp salt ( or according to taste)
3/4 tsp crushed red pepper (or according to taste)
1/4 tsp paprika (optional)
1/4 tsp dried basil.
Sliced Italian bread as required
Sun dried tomato pesto as required.
a little extra virgin olive oil to apply on the bread
In a small bowl, mix together oil, salt, crushed red pepper, paprika if using and dried basil and mix well.
In a small bowl with a lid, add 1 tbsp of the above mixture, then slices of one vegetable, then toss it so that each slice is evenly coated with this mixture.Remove and keep aside.
Proceed in this manner for all the vegetables. Grill the vegetables in batches in the panini maker or a grill if you have one. Make sure not to grill more than one type of vegetable at one time in the panini maker to ensure even grilling.
Apply sun dried tomato pesto on one side of two slices of bread. Layer one bread with a few slices of each type of vegetable, then place the other bread on top. Brush a little olive oil on the outer side of each bread slice and place in pre heated panini maker. Remove when golden and serve hot with choice of soup or salad.
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I was able to make approximately 4 paninis with this quantity of vegetables. If you have leftover veggies you can serve/eat it like salad or a side dish, it tastes pretty delicious.
