English Muffin Panini with Goat Cheese and Tomato

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    Humboldt Fog and Bûcheron de chèvre cheese are round goat cheeses with the same diameter as an English muffin.

    • 4Servings

    Ingredients

    • 4 English muffins, split and toasted
    • 3 Tbs. prepared pesto
    • 4 oz. Humboldt Fog goat cheese or Bucheron de chevre, sliced into 4 rounds
    • 4 large tomato slices
    • 8 leaves radicchio

    Preparation

    1. Spread toasted side of each English muffin half with pesto. Spread cheese or lay cheese round over 4 English muffin halves; top with tomato slices, radicchio, and remaining English muffin halves.

    2. Place sandwiches in skillet or grill pan, and weight with sandwich press or a smaller-diameter saucepan weighted with 1 or 2 cans. Cook 2 minutes, remove weight, flip panini, replace weight, and cook 2 minutes more. (Or cook 4 minutes in panini maker.)

    Nutrition Information

    • Calories: 296
    • Carbohydrate Content: 31 g
    • Cholesterol Content: 24 mg
    • Fat Content: 13 g
    • Fiber Content: 2 g
    • Protein Content: 13 g
    • Saturated Fat Content: 5 g
    • Sodium Content: 479 mg
    • Sugar Content: 3 g

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