The Griddler ® Five Does It All - Cuisinart Griddler Five GR-5 Series Instruction And Recipe Booklet

THE GRIDDLER
DOES IT ALL
The Griddler Five is the ultimate kitchen
®
appliance, offering you five separate
cooking options. Simply flip the reversible
cooking plates and adjust the hinge to
use as a contact grill, panini press, full
grill, full griddle, or half grill/half griddle.
See Assembly Instructions and
Operating Instructions.
Contact Grill
Use the Griddler Five as a Contact Grill
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to cook burgers, boneless pieces of meat
and thin cuts of meat and vegetables.
The Contact Grill function works best
when you want to cook something in a
short amount of time or when you are
looking for a healthy method of grilling.
When cooked on the Contact Grill, food
will cook quickly because you are grilling
both sides of the food at the same time.
The ribs on the grill side of the plates,
combined with the grease spout at the
rear of the plate, allow the grease to drip
from the meat and drain off the plates.
When the Griddler
®
Contact Grill, the grill side of both plates
is recommended. Rest the cover evenly
on top of the food until it has reached the
desired, cooked temperature.
The Griddler Five was designed with a
®
unique handle and hinge that allow the
cover to adjust to the thickness of the
food. You can easily grill anything from a
thinly sliced potato to a thick sirloin steak
with even results.
When cooking
more than one
food item in
the Contact
Grill, it is
important that
the thickness of each food item is
consistent so the cover will close evenly
on the food.
Panini Press
Use the Griddler Five as a Panini Press
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to grill sandwiches, breads and
quesadillas.
FIVE
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Five is used as a
The word panini is Italian for grilled
sandwiches. Panini can include any
combination of ingredients, such as
vegetables, meat and cheese layered
between two pieces of fresh-baked
bread. The sandwich is then pressed
between two grill or griddle plates to toast
the bread and warm the sandwich.
Experiment to make a variety of savory or
sweet sandwiches for any meal. We
recommend using fresh-baked bread to
produce the best-tasting panini. Popular
breads used for panini are focaccia (a flat
bread frequently baked with rosemary,
salt and onion on top), ciabatta
(a rectangular bread with a slightly domed
crust) and thick slices of classic Italian
bread. But any type of sliced bread or roll
can be used to make a great panini!
When the Griddler
Panini Press, the grill side of both plates
is recommended. We recommend the grill
side of the plates because traditional-
style panini sandwiches have grill marks
on the bread. However, depending upon
the type of sandwich you are preparing,
you may wish to use the griddle side of
the plates or any combination of the two.
The Griddler Five functions as a Panini
®
Press in the same manner that it functions
as a Contact Grill. The Griddler
designed with a unique handle and hinge
that allow the cover to adjust to the
thickness of the sandwich you are
preparing, and to rest there evenly. Light
pressure can be applied to the handle to
press and heat the sandwich to your
liking.
When cooking
two or more
panini, it is
important that
the thickness
of the sandwiches is consistent, so the
cover will close evenly on the panini.
Full Grill
Use the Griddler
cook burgers, steak, poultry (we do not
recommend cooking bone-in chicken,
since it does not cook evenly on a Full
Grill), fish and vegetables.
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