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homemade panini bread and italian panini sandwich

Panini bread

Recipe for Panini Bread
Panini is an Italian sandwich consisting of bread and fillings such as ham and cheese, and it should be grilled in a panini press. Here's the recipe for the best panini bread for your Italian sandwich.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Rising 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 50 minutes
Course Bread
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 bread
Calories 356 kcal

Equipment

  • Panini press
  • Stand mixer

Ingredients
  

  • 160 g milk
  • ½ tsp dry yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 30 g butter
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 300 g all purpose flour

Instructions
 

  • Warm the milk until it's lukewarm. Add the dry yeast and sugar, and let the mixture sit for 10 minutes to activate the yeast.
    160 g milk, ½ tsp dry yeast, 1 tsp sugar
  • Melt the butter and let it cool down. Put the milk with yeast and sugar into a stand mixer along with the melted butter, salt, and all purpose flour. Knead the dough well until it's smooth and elastic. This will take around 15 minutes.
    30 g butter, ½ tsp salt, 300 g all purpose flour
  • Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces.
    dough divided and shaped
  • Roll out each piece of dough into an oval shape, about ½ cm thick.
    rolled out panini bread
  • Place the bread on a baking sheet and let them rise in a warm place for 2 hours or until they have doubled in size.
    panini bread after rising
  • Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (347 degrees Fahrenheit) using top and bottom heat.
  • Bake the breads for 18-20 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius (347 degrees Fahrenheit), then let them cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Now your homemade panini bread is ready to be used for delicious Italian paninis.

Nutrition

Serving: 1breadCalories: 356kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 9gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 356mgPotassium: 146mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 252IUCalcium: 63mgIron: 3mg
Keyword Homemade panini bread, Sandwich bread
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