Brat and Swiss Cheese Panini
(from saymyname’s recipe box)
Source: In 'The Berghoff Cafe Cookbook'
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Grilled Sandwich, Main Dish, Pork
Ingredients
- 16 slices rye bread
- 1/2 cup brown mustard
- 32 slices swiss cheese (or 1 lb. thinly sliced Swiss cheese)
- 8 fully cooked bratwursts, sliced thinly on the diagonal
- melted butter
- nonstick cooking spray
Directions
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Spread 8 slices of bread with 1 tablespoon of mustard.
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Place one 1-ounce slice of Swiss cheese on eight of the slices of bread.
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Divide the sausage into eight portions and distribute evenly on the eight cheese-topped bread slices.
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Top the sausages with the remaining Swiss cheese.
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Close the sandwiches with the remaining eight slices of bread.
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Brush the outsides of each sandwich with melted butter or spray with cooking spray.
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Cook in a panini or other sandwich press; OR cook in a nonstick saute pan set on medium heat (weight each sandwich with a cake pan holding a 28-ounce can; cook on one side until golden brown, remove the weight, turn the sandwich, and cook on the second side until golden brown and the cheese melts).
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Slice each sandwich in half and serve with soup or chips.