Italian
Roasted Vegetable Panini
Roasted Vegetable Panini is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 ciabatta rolls
- 1 zucchini
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 small eggplant
- 1 red onion
- 8 oz fresh mozzarella
- 1/3 cup basil pesto
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp balsamic glaze
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 425F and toss the sliced zucchini, bell pepper, eggplant, and red onion with the olive oil and salt.
- Roast on a sheet pan until tender and browned, about 20 minutes.
- Split the ciabatta rolls and spread pesto on the cut sides.
- Layer the roasted vegetables and sliced mozzarella onto the rolls and drizzle with balsamic glaze.
- Press the sandwiches in a panini press or a skillet with a weight until crisp and the cheese melts, about 4 minutes.
- Cut in half and serve warm.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Roasted Vegetable Panini carries tree nuts, dairy, and gluten. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Baked Manicotti |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Roasted Vegetable Panini takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on zucchini, eggplant, and mozzarella.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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