Roast Beef Panini With The Works!

Total Time: 12 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 2 slices hearty bread, such as ciabatta
• 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato pesto
• 4 slices deli roast beef
• 1 jarred artichoke heart, coarsely chopped
• 1 slice bacon, cooked, drained and broken in half
• 2 slices havarti cheese
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 *i use my cast iron grill pan for this, so if using that, turn your gas stove on to medium-low heat and get the pan heating. (make sure it is lightly oiled first.) you can also do this in a foreman grill if you happen to have one, or even a pan works just fine. ;).
• 2 spread 2 slices hearty bread (even regular bread works ok, too) with 2 tbl. sun-dried tomato pesto. (1 tbl. on each slice.) i just use my measuring spoon and then spread it on with the back of it.
• 3 place a slice of havarti cheese on each slice.
• 4 on one slice, scrunch up each slice of roast beef and pile on. it's so much better that way than just laying them on flat.
• 5 on top of the roast beef, sprinkle on the chopped artichoke heart. (*my hubby hates them, so i only put them on mine when i made this for us. so this is optional.).
• 6 break your piece of bacon in half, and lay the slices on top of the artichoke hearts.
• 7 now just take the other slice of bread that you made with the pesto and cheese and flip it over on top. (cheese-side down, of course! :) ).
• 8 brush top all over, but lightly, with a little olive oil.
• 9 place, olive oil side-down onto hot grill or pan.
• 10 brush top-side with more olive oil the same way.
• 11 toast at least 1 minute, but check. you want it lightly toasted with nice grill marks.
• 12 carefully lift up a corner with your spatula, then get under it and turn it over.
• 13 toast other side.
• 14 remove the same way onto a cutting board and cut in half with a sharp knife on the bias or corner-to-corner.
• 15 serve immediately and enjoy!