El Cubano

This sandwich is traditionally made on a grill and pressed down with a brick or heavy sandwich press. This is hard to replicate at home unless you happen to have a heavy brick sitting around!

I solve the problem by baking the sandwich in a hot oven with a very hot cast-iron skillet resting on top of the sandwich. As the sandwich bakes, the hot, heavy skillet presses it down and gets the job done. If you happen to have a panini press, you could use that as well.