Steak and Cheese Panini with Gorgonzola and Fresh Tomatoes

Thanks to having the Blogger app on my iPhone, posting has gotten much easier. With that said, not having a computer keyboard has made me less enthused to write out recipes for each post. I'll do better at providing more details... but for this one, I'm only posting pictures

Onions and garlic mixed with steak

Sizzling

Toasted sourdough

American & 'zola

Finished steak after saute and hanging out in the 300 degree oven for 10 min

Look at that dirty thing cooking up nice under the pig shaped sandwich press!

Golden brown

Chicken Meatball Patty Sandwiches

This recipe was inspired by Jeff Mauro, the Sandwich King's Fried Meatball Sandwich. I, like Jeff, think that traditional meatball sub sandwiches provide inconsistent bites. I also wanted to try a more lean version while keeping bold meatball flavors.

Ingredients
1 lb ground chicken
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan
1 egg
2 cups spinach
4 cloves garlic
1 large ball of fresh mozzarella
1 large loaf ciabatta bread
1 cup tomato sauce

Saute spinach with garlic and olive oil, set aside. Combine chicken, bread crumbs, parmesan,  egg in a bowl and combine. Create 4 equal sized patties

Brown each patty in a saute pan, 4 minutes per side. Place patties in oven safe dish with tomato sauce in a pre-heated 400 degree oven for 10 minutes.

Slice ciabatta bread to match the number of patties, and then slice each piece in half. Spread spinach on bottom half of each sandwich. Distribute mozzarella slices evenly among top pieces. Place on baking tray in oven for 5 minutes.

Remove tray from oven, place chicken patties on each spinach covered half. Set oven to broil, place tray back in the oven until cheese bubbles.

Assemble sandwiches, cut diagonally. Enjoy!