Almond Butter, Peach, & Raspberry Panini

You're probably wondering how I can follow an autumn and pumpkin inspired post with some summery peaches and raspberries.  Yeah, me too.  Our local peach season (sadly) ended a couple of weeks ago, but we still have some late summer peaches out of Austin trickling into our market.  

I was going to be ambitious and make some sort of peach and raspberry pancakes for my lazy Sunday breakfast.  I was feeling inspired because it was pleasant enough to have my windows open.  But, to tell you the truth, I got a little too lazy for lazy Sunday and went a different route than pancakes.  I love raw almond butter, and since peaches and almond butter work really well together, I decided to combine them in a breakfast panini.  Since I had a few raspberry stragglers in my fridge, I decided to throw them in the mix, too.  

The resulting panini is pretty amazing.  It's almost like an homage to the peanut butter and jelly sandwich but in a grown-up panini form.  After I finished eating it, I had to exercise a bit of restraint not to immediately go and make another one.  You can probably tell by the photos that it's a bit messy (and a little un-photogenic), but it's totally worth it.

Almond Butter, Peach, & Raspberry Panini

notes: I've been using the Food For Life brand gluten free/vegan bread lately so that is what I used for the panini.  Feel free to use whatever you like.  The recipe is written for one panini, so multiply it as you need to.  I don't have a panini press, so I used my grill pan.  

2 slices of gluten free/vegan bread

1-2 tbsp raw almond butter

1/2 a peach, thinly sliced

small handful of raspberries

1/2 tsp pure maple syrup or honey

coconut oil as needed

Heat up your grill pan or panini press.  Spread each slice of bread with almond butter.  On one of the slices of bread, layer on a few thin peach slices.  In a small bowl, combine the raspberries and maple syrup and mash them together.  Put the raspberry mixture on top of the peaches, then place the other slice of bread on top.  If you are using a panini maker, follow the included instructions.  If you are using a grill pan or skillet, lightly spray with coconut oil then place the sandwich in the pan.  Grill/toast on each side until a toasty golden brown.  Eat immediately and enjoy!