It would seem that today it will hardly be possible to surprise someone with a sandwich. Everyone can easily grease a piece of bread with butter or mayonnaise by putting sausage on it. However, not everyone can make a truly satisfying sandwich. This can be done only if there is a special unit in the kitchen at home - a sandwich maker. In addition, thanks to her, the process of making sandwiches becomes faster, and there is time for other interesting things. This article provides some tips on how to use it properly and what sandwiches you can make with it.

How to cook in a sandwich maker

There are a few rules to help you make the perfect sandwich without ruining your appliance.

1. Before you start cooking, you need to grease the surface of the sandwich maker with butter or vegetable oil, so that in the end the pieces of bread do not stick and do not have to peel them off.
2. It is recommended to place sandwiches in specially designated compartments.
3. Close the lid of the sandwich maker carefully, and open it only after the indicator lights up, which means that the dish is ready.
4. You don't need to put a lot of liquid filling inside the sandwich. It may leak out during cooking and ruin the surface of the appliance. It will be quite difficult to wash the device.

Important! It is best to warm up the sandwich maker before loading the sandwiches. This will allow you to cook them faster, as well as carry out the process evenly.

How to make sandwiches in a sandwich maker

The process of making sandwiches in a sandwich maker does not take as long as the preparation itself. First you need to choose the right bread. In principle, any of the varieties of bread offered by the stores are suitable for cooking, but if you need to monitor your diet, then the best choice is whole grain bread. You can replace regular bread with rolls or thick tortillas, which will also make delicious sandwiches.

After choosing the bread, you will need to choose seasonings, filling (meat, sausage, minced meat, etc.) and sauces. All of this will add up to the desired sandwich, which can be placed in the device for further preparation. Below are the top 3 most popular recipes.

1. Standard sandwich

For cooking you will need to take:

• bread - 2 slices;
• pork - 70 gr;
• sauce (usually mustard) - 1 tablespoon;
• butter - 2 tablespoons;
• cheese - 100 gr.

Cooking method:

To begin with, you will need to cut the cheese into small pieces, and then the cucumber into rings. The first slice of bread is smeared with butter on the outside and mustard on the inside. After that, you can put pork and cucumber on a piece. All this is sprinkled with cheese on top and covered with a second piece. You can send an almost finished sandwich to the sandwich maker and wait for it to brown and get hot.

Recipe 2. Euro sandwich

• special bread - 2 slices;
• cheese - 100 gr;
• ham - 100 gr;
• half an apple;
• butter (preferably butter) - 2 tablespoons;
• mayonnaise and mustard.

Cooking method:

First, the apple is washed with warm water and cut into thin slices. Then you can start cutting into thin and long strips of cheese. As for the bread, on the outside it is greased with butter, and inside - with pre-mixed mustard and mayonnaise. It is best to let the sandwich soak in the sauce for five minutes before adding the rest of the ingredients. The almost finished sandwich is sent to the sandwich maker.

Recipe 3. Vegetable sandwich

For cooking you will need to take:

• bread - 2 slices;
• cheese - 90 gr;
• tomato - 1 pc.;
• bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.;
• fresh cucumber - 1 pc .;
• greens optional;
• salt to taste;
• butter - 2 tablespoons;
• mayonnaise.

Cooking method:

All vegetables are thoroughly washed with warm water, after which the tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into thin slices, the pepper is cut into pieces, and the greens are chopped. The first slice of bread is coated on the outside with butter, and on the inside with mayonnaise sauce. After that, you can put vegetables, sprinkle everything with cheese and cover with a second piece. The sandwich is sent to the sandwich maker until fully cooked.

There are many recipes for making different sandwiches. So, for example, you can use fish as a filling, and make the sandwich itself spicy by adding spices or sauces.

What else can you cook in a sandwich holder

In addition to hearty sandwiches, you can prepare other dishes in a sandwich maker. For example, you can cook well-known Viennese waffles in it, which will surely delight friends and family, and will also be an excellent addition to tea.

For cooking you will need:

• egg - 4 pcs.;
• flour - 100 gr;
• starch - 5 tablespoons;
• sugar - 70 gr;
• salt - on the tip of the knife.

Cooking method:

All of the listed ingredients must be put in a specially prepared bowl and mixed thoroughly. This is usually done with a mixer, but you can also use a fork if the required device is not at hand. After that, you can start to warm up and additionally grease with oil. One tablespoon of the prepared mixture is poured into each compartment of the device, and all this is fried for 3 minutes. It is not necessary to wait for the indicator to light up - it is best to time the time yourself.

Tip: ready-made waffles are served either without filling, or with condensed milk or nut paste.

Do you really think that in a sandwich maker or a sandwich maker, as it is also called, you can only cook ordinary hot sandwiches? But no. We offer a selection of simple recipes that will help turn this, only at first glance, a narrowly focused device into a universal cook and a faithful assistant.

Sandwich "Classic"

For 2 servings

• 4 slices of black or white bread, oiled on one side
• 2 slices of cheese
• 2 slices of ham

Place 2 slices of bread on the inside of the appliance, greased side down. Put a slice of cheese and ham on the bread.

Cover with the remaining bread slices, greased side up. Lower the lid and cook for about 2-5 minutes.

Sandwich "In a hurry"

For 2 servings

• 4 slices of white or black bread, oiled on one side
• 1 tomato, sliced
• 2 slices of bacon

Place 2 slices of bread on the inside of the appliance, greased side down. Put on the bread slices of bacon and tomato slices (in circles). Cover with the remaining bread slices, greased side up. Lower the lid and cook for about 2-5 minutes. Serve hot.

Sandwich "Festive"

For 2 servings

• slices of white or black bread, oiled on one side
• ½ banana
• ¼ chocolate bars

Place 2 slices of bread on the inside of the appliance, greased side down. Top with pieces of chocolate and banana. Cover with the remaining bread slices, greased side up. Lower the lid and cook for about 2-5 minutes.

Sandwich "Italian style"

For 2 servings

• 4 slices of bread
• 1 tomato
• 40 g hard cheese (goat cheese is recommended for a more savory taste)
• 4 basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon olive oil

Sprinkle 2 slices of bread with olive oil and place in a sandwich maker. Top with a slice of cheese and a circle of tomato (maximum 1 cm thick) and 2 basil leaves. Cover with the remaining bread slices. Lower the lid and cook for about 5-7 minutes.

Apple pies

• 1 egg
• 100 g milk (warm)
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of butter
• Vanilla sugar
• Cinnamon
• Nutmeg
• Baking powder for the dough
• 4-5 st. tablespoons of flour
• Chopped walnut
• 1 large apple

Combine all ingredients except the apple with a blender. The dough should be the consistency of thick sour cream. Cut the apple into slices, remove the core. Pour 1 tbsp into each triangle on the surface of the sandwich maker. a spoonful of dough. Put apples on top and another layer of dough on top. Lower the lid and cook for about 5 minutes.

Omelet with ham and cheese

• 2 eggs
• 50-70 g milk
• 20-30 g of hard cheese
• 30 g ham
• 10 g butter

Put a piece of butter on the surface of a sandwich maker and heat for about 5 minutes. Beat 2 eggs with milk, season to taste. Put half the eggs in the bottom plate of the sandwich maker, sprinkle with chopped ham and grated cheese, pour the remaining eggs on top. Close the sandwich maker and cook for 2-3 minutes, until the omelet is plump and golden. Serve sprinkled with grated cheese.

Triangular pancakes

• 10 g butter
• 1 egg
• 100 g milk
• 200 g flour
• Raisins (optional)

Mix egg, milk, flour, raisins, salt and beat in a blender. Put a piece

butter in a sandwich maker and heat for 5 minutes. Fill the grooves of the sandwich maker with dough, cover and cook for 3 minutes. Serve with sour cream, syrup, jam or honey.

Sandwich "Sea Fantasy"

• 4 slices of white bread
• 2 teaspoons curry
• 1 tbsp. a spoonful of mayonnaise
• 70 g canned shrimp

Mix curry and mayonnaise. Put 2 slices of bread in a sandwich maker, put the prepared mixture on top, cover with bread on top. Close the appliance and cook for 2-5 minutes.

Pizza piccolina sandwich

• 4 slices of white bread
• Tomato sauce or ketchup
• Mozzarella cheese
• 4 basil leaves

Butter the slices of bread and place them in a sandwich maker with the butter facing down. Spread sauce on top, put cheese, 2 basil leaves, 2-3 tomato circles. Cover with bread. Close the appliance and cook for about 5 minutes.

Apple puffs

• 200 g apples
• 25 g raisins
• 2 tbsp. spoonful of sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 10 g butter
• ½ tbsp. a spoonful of lemon juice
• Puff pastry

Melt a piece of butter in a container, add apples (peeled and chopped), raisins, sugar, cinnamon. Cook until apples are tender. Add lemon juice. Roll out a portion of puff pastry thinly into 2 rectangles about 24x14 cm in size. Grease the inside of the sandwich maker with butter and place one rectangle of dough on the bottom surface, put the filling on top and cover with the second piece of dough. Cook for about 4 minutes until tender. Trim excess dough.

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Viennese waffles are delicious, but at the same time very easy to prepare dessert. Vanilla waffles have a pleasant specific taste and aroma. You can vary its strength yourself. The more you like vanilla, the more you put it in. But, keep in mind, in any case, a little vanilla is required, tk. it has bright aromatic properties.
The ingredients for making Viennese waffles require the simplest. Every woman has them in the kitchen: wheat flour, granulated sugar, cow's milk, chicken eggs, butter, soda, vinegar and, of course, vanilla. As a baking powder, as you have already noticed, the recipe uses classic soda quenched with vinegar. These ingredients can be seen in ready-to-use baking powder found in grocery stores.
Viennese waffles are prepared, the recipe for which I propose, very quickly. You will need 5 minutes to combine all the ingredients and the same amount to bake. So, if you have guests on your doorstep, this is a great option to quickly make a sweet on the table. During the conversation, they will not understand where the treat came from on your table. We also recommend a quick recipe.

Ingredients:

- 160 g wheat flour,
- 100 ml of cow's milk,
- 1 chicken egg,
- 50 g granulated sugar,
- 100 g butter,
- A little vinegar or lemon juice to extinguish the soda,
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda,
- vanillin optional.

How to cook from a photo step by step

Break the chicken egg into a cup, pour 50 grams of granulated sugar into it. Beat until active foam appears with a whisk, mixer or blender.

Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance (about 30 minutes) to soften. Otherwise, it will be impossible to beat it in the dough. If you have a "fire accident", for example, guests are on the doorstep, your husband will come home from work in five minutes, etc., we go the other way. Cut off a piece of butter (100 grams) and put it on a plate, send it to the microwave. We put on the defrost mode. After just a few seconds, we periodically begin to look into the oven and knead the oil. It will soften very quickly. Therefore, we do not throw the butter in the microwave - we stay close and "carry on the process."
So we have soft butter. We transfer it to beaten eggs with sugar. Pour in milk at room temperature. We also take it out of the refrigerator in advance, or slightly warm it on the stove or in the microwave. Sprinkle with vanilla to taste. Shake up.

Now salt the composition. We measure out half a teaspoon of soda, extinguish it with vinegar, lemon juice or diluted citric acid. We add here.

It is advisable to sift the flour. Pour it into the waffle dough.

We knead the mass well. It turns out to be quite dense.

We heat up the waffle iron. You can pre-grease the form with a small amount of vegetable oil.
We spread the dough into molds, distribute a little with a spoon, close.

After 4 - 6 minutes, (depending on the capacity of the sandwich maker or waffle iron) Viennese vanilla waffles will be ready!

Traditionally, Viennese waffles are served with fruit and any sweet sauces. You can also fasten two waffles together with boiled condensed milk,

The sandwich maker is a new assistant in the kitchen of the modern housewife. With its help, you can quickly prepare delicious sandwiches, as well as grilled dishes from any ingredients: fish, meat and vegetables.

Optimal morning

Sandwiches and sandwiches - delicious and quick breakfast. This is a simple and hearty dish. Its preparation will take no more than 5 minutes. And do not think that with its help you can cook only one sandwich or sandwich. The chefs have developed a ton of original recipes that will diversify your morning as much as possible.

Desserts in a sandwich maker

For breakfast, you can go beyond hearty sandwiches and cook something sweet. If you have a sandwich maker in your kitchen, waffle recipes are the best option. This is a simple yet extremely nutritious and healthy dish that will delight both adults and children.

A popular dessert for breakfast is thick shortcrust waffles. You will need a little butter - 200 grams, 2 chicken eggs, one tablespoon each of sugar and flour. The recipe is quite simple, even a young housewife can handle it.

You need to start by making shortbread dough. Melt 200 grams of butter in any container convenient for you. Add one glass of sugar to it and mix thoroughly. Then pour a glass of flour there and stir again. The dough for your waffles is ready.

Now add two eggs and stir again. As a result, you should get it. Please note: it should be of medium consistency - not very liquid and not too thick.

Now place the dough in a mold in the preheated sandwich maker. Care must be taken that the waffles are not thin. Once they are browned on one side, turn them over and fry again.

Your waffles are ready. This dish is best served with sour cream or condensed milk.

If desired, a sweet filling is added to the waffles - pieces of fruit or berries.

I propose to share the original recipes from this miracle of technology.
I had it idle for a couple of years, I thought that apart from sandwiches, there was nothing else to cook in it. It turns out not, from ordinary sandwiches to charlotte you can bake in it. separately baked portions are obtained.
I'm going to try a lot, join in and add your own dishes with photos.
here are some recipes:
waffle recipe
- Melt 1 pack of margarine, 4 eggs and 1 glass of sugar, beat, add 1 heaped glass of flour + vanillin, spoon, bake.
-2 eggs, half a glass of sugar, about 200 grams of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of odorless vegetable oil, a teaspoon of baking powder, a glass of flour. Mix everything, stand for 10 minutes and bake in a sandwich maker, 1 tablespoon for each waffle.
-Melt 200g margarine, cool, add 2-3 eggs, beaten with 2/3 tbsp of sugar, gradually add ~ 1.5-2 tbsp flour. Mix well. The dough will be like thick sour cream. Spoon out into the form, not very much, tk. the waffles will increase in size during the cooking process. Bake for ~ 2-4 minutes until browning, check. you can add grated apples or raisins.
-Vienna "waffles - 4 eggs, 5 tablespoons of flour, 5 tablespoons of starch, 5 tablespoons of sugar, salt on the tip of a knife. Beat all the ingredients with a mixer. Warm up the waffle iron before frying, grease with oil. Pour 1 tablespoon into Each section. Fry for about 2-3 minutes on each side (if an electric waffle iron, then be guided by the color of the waffles). Allow the waffles to cool. If desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- Belgian waffles - 125g soft plum butter, 75g sugar, 1 bag of vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt, 3 eggs (whites and yolks separately), 250g flour, 1/3 tsp. baking powder, 250ml milk, 125ml sparkling mineral water. Beat the whites into a strong foam. Beat butter, sugar, vanillin and salt separately. Add the yolks and beat well with a mixer. Mix flour with baking powder and add to the dough through a sieve. It is best to alternate with milk: a little flour - stir, milk - stir, ... etc. until all the flour and all the milk are in the dough. Then add mineral water to the dough and, finally, carefully stir in the whipped egg whites. Bake until golden brown. It is best to eat right away.
Puffs in a sandwich maker
Dough: Puff non-yeast dough
Filling: Sausage
Boiled potatoes
Processed cheese
Preparation: Roll out a thin puff pastry, and the rectangle mode according to the size of your
sandwich makers. put the filling and cover with such a triangle of dough. cooks quickly, until golden brown.
Apple puffs in a sandwich maker
Dough: Puff yeast dough (I didn't want yeast but didn't look and took it)

Filling: Apple 1 pc.
Potato starch 1 tsp (no slide)
Water 1 tbsp. l
Sugar to taste

Peel and chop the apples. Put them in a bowl and add 1 tbsp. l. water and stew a little in the microwave so that the apples soften, but not boil! (min for 3)
Put starch, sugar in apples, mix. Put out a little more. (Min 1.5)
The filling is ready.

Roll out a thin puff pastry, and the rectangle mode according to the size of your
sandwich makers. lay out the filling, cover with dough and bake ..