Turkey Cuban Panini Recipe

Nov 25, 2011 2:31 pm

Turkey is the star of this great grilled sandwich

By Manuel Trevino

This recipe for re-purposing Thanksgiving leftovers feeds four people, but you might want to double everything. A play on the traditional Thanksgiving sandwich, this panini's contents are nice and hot, covered in melted cheese and spiked with the perfect acidity of dill pickles — two additions we're pretty sure nobody saw on their Turkey Day spread. We like it.

Don't fret if you don't have enough of everything to follow the recipe exactly — remember the spirit of Thanksgiving: just eat it.

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Photo: mary_thompson on Flickr

Spice up your Thanksgiving leftover sandwich by crisping it up, panini-style.

Servings: 4

Ingredients

1/4 cup mayonnaise, (plus more for grilling sandwich)

1 tablespoon brown mustard

1 cup cranberry sauce

Salt and pepper

8 slices sourdough or other sturdy bread

8 slices Swiss cheese

8 thin slices deli ham

2 lbs leftover turkey meat, sliced

4 dill pickles, sliced lengthwise

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, brown mustard and cranberry sauce. Season with salt and pepper
Open 2 slices of sourdough bread and spread the cranberry mayonnaise mixture on the inside of both pieces of bread.
On one of the slices, in the following order, layer 1 slice of swiss cheese, 2 slices of deli ham, 2 slices of leftover turkey meat, 1 slice of dill pickle and 1 slice of swiss cheese. Close the sandwich with the other piece of sourdough bread.
Dress the outside of sandwich (both top and bottom) with mayonnaise.
On a medium high griddle, toast the sandwich on both sides until it is hot and the cheese is melted.

Level of Difficulty:

Easy

Prep Time:

5 minutes

Cooking Time:

10 minutes

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