Product Description

Panini are Italian-style, crisply toasted sandwiches with a delicious hot filling of melting cheese, along with a variety of meat and vegetable fillings. They are simple to assemble, use no more than 4-5 ingredients and can be cooked in an electric panini press or a conventional stove-top grill pan. These inventive recipes include ideas for Breakfast and Brunch Panini, such as Crispy Bacon, Spinach and Mature Cheddar; or Panini with Meat - try Spicy Italian Sausage, Caramelized Onions, Roasted Peppers and Mozzarella; or Vegetable Panini, such as Aubergine, Red Onion, Ricotta and Sun-dried Tomato; or, try an indulgent Sweet Panini filled with Kirsch-soaked Cherries, Nectarines and Cream Cheese. Finally, use the recipes in the Condimenti chapter to make your own delicious pickles and mayonnaises to serve alongside your favourite panino.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #80461 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

About the Author
Jennifer Joyce is an Italian-American food writer living in Richmond. She writes for New Woman, Olive, BBC Good Food and Sainsbury's Magazine. Books for Cooks and Divertimenti shops in London host her popular cookery courses and she is the author of many other books, including Diner and Plates to Share for Ryland Peters & Small.

Customer Reviews

A valuable panini resource book
I have not read 'Hot of the Press' yet but I am a 'panini professional' with an Italian deli which makes it's own bread, salami and pesto. I would say that Panini is a valuable resource book for any café or delicatessen making upmarket snacks and light lunches (a) because of the photography (since you can chop them out and use them as product identification in the window) and (b) because it is inspirational and gets you thinking about the combinations as well as the look. Most people buy with their eyes so you have to get there first.

Yes, I agree with the other reviewers comments about bread types but if you are going to product test every recipe and modify them to suit yourself then that is not an issue. 99.9% of cafés would buy their bread in so that is more of a comment for the bread enthusiast who bakes and makes at home.

Panini makes a great present and we are giving a panini grill and a copy to my wife's goddaughters as a going-to-University-present since Panini is perfectly pitched for the ordinary home user who wants a panini that is much better and more interesting than you would get even in Jamie's Italian.

Buon appetito!

Falls flat
The pictures are nice and the recipes seem ok. Having read the hot off the press panini book however this one falls short. Nopthing specifically wrong but just not at the same standard.