Name: Beef panini with cheese and lettuce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 500 g Beef; 1 Egg yolk; 3 Garlic cloves; 1 Onion; 1 tsp Mustard; 3 tsp Ketchup; 4 tbsp Breadcrumbs; 1 tsp Sweet paprika; 0.5 tsp Black pepper; 1.5 tsp Salt; to taste Parsley; 1.5 tbsp Vegetable oil; 4 Panini rolls (Italian sandwich rolls); 1 Batavia lettuce; 150 g Sliced cheese

Instructions

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Heat a little olive oil in a skillet and sauté the finely chopped red onion.
Place the beef, garlic, parsley, egg yolk, and sautéed onion in a bowl. Add the ketchup, mustard, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, and paprika, and mix together. Divide the mixture into 8 smaller portions and shape into patties.
Heat a grill pan with olive oil and cook the patties evenly on both sides until cooked through but still juicy.
Meanwhile, split the panini rolls lengthwise and fill each with 2 patties, finely chopped lettuce, and cheese. Toast the filled panini in a sandwich press, then cut them in half and serve with garlic dip.

Tip: Press a shallow indentation into the center of each patty with your thumb to keep it from puffing up and help it cook evenly. The patties are done when the juices run clear rather than pink when pierced.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 758 kcal
Protein: 46 g
Carbohydrates: 57 g
of which sugars: 7.4 g
Fat: 38 g
of which saturates: 16 g
Fiber: 4.1 g
Salt: 5.0 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Plnené panini s hovädzím mäsom, syrom a šalátom