Take the lowly roast beef sandwich to a new level with brie cheese and crispy fried onions. Grill it with a garlic herb compound butter and you reach even greater gastronomic heights. This is good enough for dinner, and you can scale it up or down, depending on the number of guests.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup (about) butter, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed between palms
- 8 slices Italian bread, sliced 1-inch thick
- 1/4 cup horseradish mayonnaise
- 3/4 pound thin-sliced deli roast beef
- 1 cup (about) crisp-fried onion strips (canned are fine)
- 1 (about 14 ounces) wheel of brie cheese, sliced into 1/4-inch thick strips across the diameter
- 2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
Preparation:
Mix together butter, garlic powder, and oregano. Spread one side of each slice of bread with the butter mixture. Place 4 slices, buttered-side down, on a cutting board to build the panini sandwich. Spread unbuttered sides with horseradish mayonnaise.Pile roast beef on top of mayonnaise. Sprinkle with the crisp-fried onion strips and top with brie cheese. Spread Dijon mustard on the unbuttered sides of the remaining 4 slices of bread and place on top of brie. You should have 4 sandwiches with buttered tops and bottoms.
Preheat panini-grill or griddle. When hot, place sandwiches on panini grill and cook until golden brown on each side. Cut panini sandwiches in half and serve.
Yield: 4 panini sandwiches
Spicy Roast Beef & Brie Panini Recipe Photo © 2006 Peggy Trowbridge, licensed to About.com, Inc.
