Burger with cheese and bacon
• 250 g minced beef
• Salt
• Pepper, freshly ground
• 2 hamburger buns
• 2 slices of cheese (e.g. Chester)
• 4 slices of bacon
• 2 leaves of lettuce
• 4 slices of tomato
• a few slices of gherkin
• Ketchup
• Barbecue sauce
1. Season the minced beef, knead it thor-
oughly, and shape it into two flat, round
hamburgers.
2. Preheat the contact grill to setting 4.
3. Grill the bacon until crispy in the pre-
heated contact grill.
- Grill plate setting: grill oven
4. Remove the slices of bacon from the
contact grill and put them aside.
5. Place the hamburgers into the lightly
oiled contact grill.
- Grill plate setting: contact grill
- Grilling time: approx. 5 - 8 minutes,
depending on the thickness and size
of the hamburgers.
6. Remove the hamburgers from the con-
tact grill and put them aside.
7. Turn the temperature of the lower grill
plate down to setting 3.
8. Cut the hamburger buns open and
place them on the contact grill, placing
the hamburgers and one slice of cheese
on each of the bottom halves.
- Grill plate setting: grill oven
- Grilling time: approx. 2 - 3 minutes,
until the cheese melts.
9. Add the bacon, ketchup, barbecue
sauce, gherkin and tomato slices to the
burgers to taste, and place the upper
halves of the buns on top.
52 GB
Fast panini with pesto
• 1 ciabatta
• Green pesto
• 2 - 4 tomatoes (in thin slices)
• 2 balls of mozzarella (in thin slices)
• To taste: salt
1. Cut ciabatta into slices and spread thin-
ly with pesto.
2. Place slices of mozzarella and tomato
on the ciabatta.
3. Season to taste with a little salt.
4. Preheat the contact grill to setting 5.
5. Grill the paninis in the lightly greased
contact grill until the mozzarella melts.
- Grill plate setting: grill oven
NOTE: vary this basic recipe, e.g. with ham
and rocket, or with tuna fish and onions.
Pita bread sandwich with cheese
and ham
• 1 pita bread
• 4 tbs mayonnaise
• 3 tbs mustard (medium hot)
• 1 tbs honey
• Salt, cayenne pepper
• Approx. 8 slices of cheese
• Approx. 8 slices of cooked ham, salami
and/or Parma ham
• Approx. 8 slices of tomato (hard)
1. Mix together the mayonnaise, mustard
and honey, and season to taste with salt
and cayenne pepper.
2. Cut the pita bread into quarters, and sep-
arate these into top and bottom halves.
3. Spread the mustard-mayonnaise on the
inside surfaces of the pita bread.
4. Place the cheese and the ham/salami
on the lower halves, and place the up-
per halves on top.
5. Preheat the contact grill to setting 5.
6. Grill the sandwiches in the lightly greased
contact grill until the cheese melts.
- Grill plate setting: contact grill