Pear Panini

I'm a huge 'Food Network' fan and my favorite chef is Giada De Laurentiis and this is one of her recipes. I've modified it to make it a li'l more spicy. This has become one of my favorite sandwiches ever. Try it and you'll be surprised how tasty and simple it is.

Ingredients

• 4 slices bread (any dense bread will do. I used the Tomato Basil bread from Panera Bread)
• 1 red pear, sliced into flat pieces
• 1/4 Big onion, finely chopped
• 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup Cilantro, finely chopped
• 1/2 Lemon
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder (or garlic paste)
• Tellagio Cheese (available in the gourmet cheese section)
  
• Salt to taste
  
  

Method

• Mix the pear, tomato and onion with salt to taste and put it in a colander for 10 minutes. This drains all the moisture from these ingredients so that the Panini doesn't get soggy.
• Now mix the remaining ingredients except cheese with this drained mixture.
• Preheat the Panini Maker. You can also use a stove-top grill pan. Just make sure you put something heavy on the bread to weigh it down.
• Slice the Tellagio Cheese and layer it on each slice of the bread
• Spread the pear mixture on the bread.
  
• Grill till the cheese melts and the bread has nice brown ridges on it.
  
• Serve hot.