Strawberry Nutella Panini

Although the panini originated in Italy, 

literally meaning, a little bread, the French have

embraced the panini and today's recipe honors

that with

Nutella and strawberries as the stars in this 

sweet panini and what could be more French for breakfast

than Nutella (OK, so Nutella was invented by the Italians but

the French have heartily adopted it!)

I made today's panini on homemade

French bread

but you can make it on any crusty, good quality bread.

Just spread the Nutella on one side and top with fresh

sliced strawberries.  Top with the second slice of bread

and butter the outside or use cooking spray, then

toast until golden in a hot panini maker.

Our panini maker is one of our

most used appliances.  The children

love to come home from school and make

a panini for themselves.

Since this one was a sweet panini, I finished it off with

a dusting of powdered sugar.  Now this makes a really

fun breakfast for a special treat.

The pure pleasure of the panini maker is that it creates

a moist inside with a crusty, crunchy exterior.

We have a saying at our house - "You could put rocks in 

a panini sandwich and it would be delicious!"  Not really,

but we haven't had a bad panini yet.

Celebrate with Anita at

Castles, Crowns, Cottages

Paris Party 

by trying a sweet panini stuffed with traditional

Nutella!

I will be posting this with 

Foodie Friday