Monday, August 30, 2010

Tuscan Turkey Panini with Artisan Bread from Harmons

Anytime my daughter Marianne and her husband Joe are in charge of a meal we are in for a treat and this weekend was no exception. We had started our weekend early and fled to our favorite spot on earth, Bear Lake, for the last time of the season and the cooking duo whipped us up some delicious Panini sandwiches. With the right tools, ingredients and a little know-how you can have yourself a fabulous dinner or lunch in short order.

They bought their ingredients at a favorite local market, Harmons. Boar’s Head Tuscan Turkey, Gossner Provolone cheese, and a lovely artisan bread from their specialty bread counter called “asiago green onion cheese bread”. They had it sliced into thicker slices, 9 slices per loaf (not counting the small end pieces), to allow for the weight of the Panini press. Throw in a homegrown tomato and you have a delicious sandwich.

The equipment. I have wished to have a Panini press of my own, but so far have gotten along with my George Forman Grill. Marianne and Joe use a Cuisinart Panini Press and have nothing but high marks for it. As you can see in the picture, it makes wonderful grill marks and a lovely melt on the sandwich. Check Panini Happy out for more ideas for alternative equipment as well as recipes, it’s a wonderful blog on panini’s from savory to sweet.

We’ve made grilled sandwiches a plenty over the years, and I can recommend Joe and Marianne’s combination whole-heartedly. Follow the instructions in the recipe and you’ll have a dinner in 15 minutes that you’ll be very happy with.

If you live in Utah check out Harmon’s Grocery Stores and don’t forget to look at their artisan bread counter, you won’t be sorry. I can’t wait for a Harmon’s to come into my neighborhood. It’s taking over the space where Emigration Market was and keeping the name, Harmons Emigration Market. It plans to open late this year or early in 2011. Yippy!

picture credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/codefin/

12 comments:

  1. I love Harmon's artisan bread. The next best thing to making my own. I have a Cuisinart panini press and it is wonderful. I am going to have to try Marianne and Joe's recipe. It looks absolutely wonderful.

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  2. These panini would be awesome to have them at work. They look fantastic.

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  3. The sandwiches sound wonderful and to have them in such a lovely spot must have be really special. I hope you are having a great day. Blessings...Mary

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  4. A few years ago I bought the Williams-Sonoma Breville brand panini press and loved it so much I bought one for each of my kids the following Chirstmas. You can make most anything yummier by cooking it in a panini press!

    Donna

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  5. harmon's rules! i am a faithful customer! their bakery has really stepped up the bread and i am impressed! this sounds fantastic!

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  6. Delicious! My mouth is watering.

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  7. I love the latticed grill marks on the paninis. It's one of my favorite aspects of a good sandwich, the crisp exterior.

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  8. What a perfect sandwich! I know what I want for lunch tomorrow.

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  9. That looks like one delicious sandwich... oh am i hungry now... 2 hours till dinner.
    *kisses* HH

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  10. I think sandwiches always taste better once they've had a run through a panini press, don't you? these look fantastic and quite hefty...the way I like my sandwiches.

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  11. Between your artisan bread, your Tuscan turkey and my favorite cheese, I'm dying for a panini sandwich right about now! :)

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