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| Suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune |
Tonight's dinner was inspired by two sources: the
Latasca trailer truck in Austin and the Food Network's latest star, the
Sandwich King. According to the Sandwich King, it's OK to have a sandwich for a meal (though my husband remains skeptical.) We have plenty of
leftover soup, so I was looking for something simple and not too filling to go with it. A sandwich seemed like a perfect choice! (though it turned out to be plenty filling).
So, the Sandwich King made a
panini with fig sauce that sounded really good. While we weren't really interested in making that specific sandwich, it reminded us of this other sandwich we had at the Latasca trailer that had
ham, fig, and brie. Mmmmm...it was delicious! And seriously, how can you pass up the opportunity to eat that much brie at one time?
The process itself was quite simple. We started with some good ciabatta bread, fig preserves, brie (naturally), black forest ham, and arugula for color and spice. We used fig preserves, but next time we might try to make our own fig sauce. Since we short-cutted on the fig sauce, it only took like 15 minutes to whip up dinner. Just 15 minutes until glorious brie heaven...
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| The usual suspects |
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Now bring us some figgy-brie, and bring it right now!
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| Ham and arugula (have you seen the price of that stuff?) |
For the panini part, we used a grill pan (but really any old pan will do). We brushed the top and bottom of the bread with olive oil, then placed a cast-iron skillet on top to weigh it down (plus an extra jar from the pantry just for kicks). After a few minutes, flip and repeat. The oil gets the bread nice and crispy and helps the brie melt in all its deliciousness.
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| Lone sandwich prepares itself to be grilled... |
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| Homemade panini press |
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| Flip halfway through. Flip it for real. |
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| Oooey gooey deliciousness |
I say, that was decadent and delicious!
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