Layers of Italian meats, roasted pink peppers, tomatoes, spinach and recent mozzarella all pressed between tender slices of Italian bread. Oh child, these Italian pressed sandwiches are so yum!

For years and years I’ve needed to share these implausible Italian sandwiches with you all however by no means took the time to snap footage till now! They’re good for a picnic or a particular lunch!

How you can Make Italian Presseds Sandwiches Video

Time for a Picnic!

You see, picnics are sort of my factor. I am keen on them. I all the time have. Rising up we might make a scrumptious bowl of potato salad, decide up KFC (I KNOW, however don’t choose, KFC and picnics was a factor and I wager you probably did the identical factor!) and head to some park or up into the mountains. Particularly in July when our church would maintain an enormous Stake picnic, a whole day of video games, water slides, household actions and so on. It was unimaginable!

Typically once we would ditch KFC, we might haul sandwiches and sides and that was really my favourite sort of picnicking. There’s one thing so free and great about unplugging and discovering respite within the hills. So, in case you’ve forgotten that joy-especially the one you have been reminded of throughout quarantine (come on, did we so rapidly overlook the teachings we realized?!) then let me remind you, a stacked sandwich, a bunch of recent fruit, salty chips and possibly a dessert like our lemon drop cookies will convey all types of blissful to you and your favourite individuals.

You’ll be able to strive all kinds of flavors for pressed sandwiches corresponding to mayo and turkey blt type, turkey, cheese and avocado, heirloom tomatoes, mozzarella, peppers and eggplant, and so on. The sky’s the restrict!

What’s a Pressed Sandwich?

A pressed sandwich is strictly what it appears like. It’s a sandwich that’s loaded with plenty of superb elements layered between a scrumptious bread, like a ciabatta or baguette, which is then wrapped in plastic wrap and pressed for an prolonged time frame with a heavy object. This permits the flavors to all meld collectively making essentially the most tasty bites of sandwich.

What Elements Do You Want for Pressed Italian Sandwiches?

In case you’re headed to the shop to purchase all of the gadgets in your subsequent picnic, right here is your procuring listing for these sandwiches:

• Italian Bread (ciabatta, focaccia, or your favourite)
• Prosciutto
• Italian Meats (genoa salami, varzi, calabrese)
• Tomato
• Roasted Purple Bell Peppers or Solar-dried Tomatoes
• Balsamic Glaze
• Recent Mozzarella
• Child Spinach (or Basil)
• Pesto

I like to recommend a bag of crisp grapes and a few kettle cooked potato chips! These sandwiches are completely customizable! If there are particular meats you favor over others, do it! Change the meats, veggies, cheese, spreads…make it the way in which you need it! The measurements for every ingredient within the sandwiches will be discovered within the recipe card on the finish of the submit.

How you can Make Pressed Italian Sandwiches

There’s not a lot to creating a sandwich which is why they’re so superior! Listed here are the essential steps:

1. Slice open the bread and unfold a great deal of pesto on one aspect.
2. Drizzle the opposite aspect with a bit of olive oil.
3. Lay the tomatoes and roasted pink peppers (see part beneath) flat on the aspect with olive oil. Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
4. Layer the meats, cheese, and spinach (or basil).
5. Place the highest of the bread on and wrap in plastic wrap. Retailer within the fridge and put a heavy skillet (or something flat and heavy) on prime to press it down.
6. Serve along with your favourite picnic sides!

These directions may also be discovered in additional element within the recipe card beneath.

How Do I Press a Sandwich?

I’ve seen all kinds of strategies, however the best for me is to only place the wrapped sandwich on a cookie sheet after which set my heaviest forged iron skillet on prime. I’ve additionally seen individuals put one other cookie sheet on prime after which pile dumbbells on prime. You are able to do no matter works finest for you. You simply need the sandwich to be pressed between two flat surfaces.

How you can Roast Purple Peppers

Put your oven on broil and place your pepper(s) on a cookie sheet proper below the coils. Roast them for 8-10 minutes turning them often in order that they blister on all sides. Pull the cookie sheet out and let the peppers cool till they’re cool sufficient to deal with. Then peel off the pores and skin, slice them open and take away the seeds.

How you can Preserve My Pressed Sandwich from Getting Soggy?

Pressed sandwiches are susceptible to getting soggy with so many layers of goodness inside, however it’s simply prevented. There’s nothing worse than soggy bread! First, use the pesto as a barrier on the within of the bread. You possibly can even unfold butter on one aspect if you happen to don’t need pesto on each.

Second, pat dry any of the moist elements like tomatoes, roasted pink peppers, sun-dried tomatoes with a paper towel earlier than including them.

Lastly, use the cheese and meats as a bread barrier for the wetter layers.

What to Serve at a Picnic?

I like these sandwiches with some crunchy chips and a easy aspect salad or fruit. For a picnic, listed here are few different nice aspect choices:

Take an image of your picnic and tags us on social media! We’d like to see it!

These Italian pressed sandwiches are hearty, filled with taste, and so moveable which make them good for a picnic, potluck, child (or bridal) bathe, or brunch. You can also make them a day forward of time, they usually additionally retailer properly for the subsequent day. You’re going to only love these!

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