Modern Panini: Mushroom, Spinach & Tarragon

Name: Modern Panini: Mushroom, Spinach & Tarragon
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: baby spinach leaves 1 cup (1 oz/30 g); fontina cheese 3 oz (90 g), thinly sliced; chopped fresh tarragon 2 tsp; Cognac 2 tbsp; mixed mushrooms ¼ lb (125 g), thinly sliced; minced shallots 2 tbsp; unsalted butter 2½ tbsp, room temperature; crusty country-style bread 4 slices, each about ½ inch (12 mm) thick

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Perfect Panini

By Jodi Liano

Published 2013

About

Whether you choose a mixture of wild chanterelles and oyster mushrooms or use cultivated button and cremini mushrooms, you'll have a sandwich with flair. Cognac and fresh herbs enhance the earthiness of the mushrooms and spinach.

Ingredients

crusty country-style bread 4 slices, each about ½ inch (12 mm) thick
unsalted butter</

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Method

Melt 1½ tbsp butter in a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the shallots with a pinch of salt and cook, stirring, until softened, 3–4 minutes. Add the mushrooms and a pinch of salt and cook, stirring, until the mushrooms have released their liquid, 5–8 minutes more. Stir in