Panini
- 1 pizza dough recipe Figs
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup fennel bulb trimmed, thinly-sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- coarse salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 lemon
- 30 fresh basil leaves
- 8 slices fresh mozzarella 1/2" thick
- 2 teaspoons capers
- Place a pizza stone on a rack in the lower third of an oven. Heat oven to 500 degrees.
- On a heavily floured surface, roll out half the dough into a 10-inch circle as thin as possible. Rub with 2 teaspoons olive oil. Using a pizza peel, transfer the dough to the pizza stone, and bake until the dough puffs and is slightly golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Repeat the process with remaining dough.
- Using a towel, remove the crust from the oven, and place on a cutting board. Top half the crust with fennel, zest, 2 teaspoons olive oil, salt and pepper, lemon juice, 10 basil leaves, and mozzarella. Sprinkle the capers, remaining 5 basil leaves, and 2 teaspoons olive oil over the mozzarella. Season with salt and pepper and a final squeeze on the lemon half. Fold the crust in half. Using the back of a heavy saute pan, press the panini together. Repeat process with remaining panini.
- Return the panini to the oven, and bake until the filling is just warmed through. Transfer the panini from the oven to a cutting board, cut the panini in half on the bias, and cut into smaller pieces pieces. Serve immediately.
- Add meat or other fillings to your taste.
recipe figs, olive oil, fennel bulb, lemon zest, salt, freshly ground black pepper, lemon, basil, mozzarella, capers
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Panini-1667694 (may not work)