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Breads, Cheeses, Food, Nine grain and seed, Rustic white bread, Salami, Soft white bread, Sourdough, Stored danish smelly cheese, Uncategorized

‘Helge’ Cheese sandwich with Italian Salami

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Contrary to what you might believe from reading the rest of this blog, sometimes we do enjoy the simple sandwiches. This one is about as simple as it gets: Bread and butter, salami and cheese. The only trick is to get good quality ingredients, freshly made bread, Italian salami with a great taste, and a fantastic cheese such as this Danish one called “Helge”. Yes, in Denmark cheeses have people-names. Go figure. Don’t even attempt this one if your bread is not fresh by the way, it will ruin your day.

'Helge' Cheese sandwich with spicy salami
'Helge' Cheese sandwich with spicy italian salami

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Breads, Cheeses, Dark Rye Bread, Food, Mashed Potato, Mayonnaise, Parmesan, Roasted garlic, Sandwiches, Smears, Teriyaki Beef Jerky

Mashed Potato Sandwich with Beef Jerky, Mayonnaise, Roasted Garlic and Parmesan

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If you are following our musing on this blog, you know by now that Anders looooves mashed potato sandwiches and we both love roasted garlics. So it should come as no surprise that we at some point had to mix the two. Of course, we also enjoy cheese, so this sandwich was inevitable. In a moment of pure inspiration (we’re very modest), Anders decided to cut up a piece of Teriyaki Beef Jerky into really fine pieces, very much like little bacon pieces, and sprinkle on top. The result was great. After you finish chewing through the first layer, you end up with little pieces of jerky at the end of each bite. Very cool.

Mashed potato sandwich with teriyaki beef jerky, oven roasted garlic and shredde parmasan
Mashed potato sandwich with teriyaki beef jerky, oven roasted garlic and shredded parmesan

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Bagel, Breads, Cucumber, Curry, Fish, Food, Green Onion, Open Faced Sandwiches, Sandwiches, Spices, Tomato, Tuna Salad, Vegetables

Tuna Salad Sandwich on Toasted Bagel with Cucumber, Tomato, Green Onion and Sprinkled with Sweet Curry

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Our tuna salad sandwich saga continues with this fresh summer construction. A toasted bagel (one of those with everything on it), combined with fresh crunchy cucumber slices, tasty grape tomatoes, and green onions, sprinkled with a tsp of sweet curry. When you eat this, the smell of the curry adds to the experience before you even take a bite.

As you can see on the pictures, two sprouts from another sandwich somehow found themselves on this one. When we noticed, the pictures were taken, and the sandwich eaten, so please disregard the misplaced sprouts. They are harmless.

Tuna Salad Toasted Bagel Sandwich with Cucumber, Tomato, Green Onion and Sprinkled with Sweet Curry
Tuna Salad Toasted Bagel Sandwich with Cucumber, Tomato, Green Onion and Sprinkled with Sweet Curry

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Appetizer, Bell Pepper, Breads, Digestive Biscuit, Fish, Food, Fruits, Ingredients, Tuna Salad

Tuna Salad on Digestive Biscuit with Chopped Red Bell Pepper

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This is a great little appetizer, very easy to make (even the tuna salad is easy), and you can put it together in 5 minutes flat. The sweetness of the Digestive biscuit and the red bell pepper matches the tuna salad very well.

Tuna Salad on Digestive Bisquit with Chopped Red Bell Pepper
Tuna Salad on Digestive biscuit with Chopped Red Bell Pepper

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Basil, Capers, Dressings, Food, Garlic, Herbs, Mayonnaise, Mustard, Onion, Paprika, Pepper, Rajma masala, Sandwiches, Spices, Toppings, Tuna, Tuna Salad, Vegetables

Homemade Tuna Salad with Capers

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It’s easy to buy pre-made tuna salads in a store, but it’s so much more fun and creative to do it yourself. The whole process takes about 5 minutes, and you get exactly the taste you want. Spice it up, or keep it mellow. This is our recipe for tuna salad, but every time we make it we change a thing or two. You will find this version on some of our upcoming sandwiches, such as the Tuna Salad Appetizer. Bon Appétit.

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Basil, Breads, Cheeses, Chili sauce, Ciabatta Roll, Closed sandwiches, Food, Herbs, Meats, Olives, Onion, Roastbeef, Salt, Sandwiches, Stored danish smelly cheese

Spicy Roast Beef Sandwich with Cheese, Olives, Onions, Fresh Basil Leaves and Sprouts

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This spicy roast beef cheese sandwich has hot (but sweet) chili sauce inside, and is made with a strong pungent cheese as well, both adding to the spicy flavor. It’s made on a toasted ciabatta roll, and has plenty of crunch from the sprouts. Adding a few fresh basil leaves brings it to a whole new level.

Spicy toasted roast beef cheese sandwich with sprouts and fresh basil
Spicy toasted roast beef cheese sandwich with sprouts and fresh basil

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Blueberries, Breads, Ciabatta Roll, Ducks Fat, Food, Ingredients, Meatball, Meats, Open Faced Sandwiches, Roasted garlic, Salt, Sandwiches, Smears

Danish Meatball Sandwich with Blueberries

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It was Tuesday, and I want to write it was raining cats and dogs, but I live in San Diego so the weather was really very nice, just like the last 6 months or so. In any case, I got a crazy craving for Danish meatballs, and on my way home from work I had to stop to get some ground beef and pork. Danish Meatballs are called “Frikadeller” (singular form is frikadelle), and they can be made from many types and blends of meats, but this is a classic.

The sandwich itself is a ciabatta roll with ducks fat and roasted garlic smear. Two meatballs are heated and cut in half, and topped with stone ground mustard. A bit of sea-salt is sprinkled on, and it’s decorated with blueberries and a pickle. Fantastic sandwich.  The blueberries jumped out of my pantry at me, and I thought I would give it a go.

Danish Meatball (Frikadelle) Sandwich on Ciabatta Roll with roasted garlic, mustard and blueberries
Danish Meatball (Frikadelle) Sandwich on Ciabatta Roll with roasted garlic, mustard and blueberries

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Food, Sandwiches

Danish Meatball (Frikadelle) Recipe

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This is another of those recipes that we have to add to this otherwise exclusive sandwich blog. These Danish meatballs are great for sandwiches, and will be used in some of our other posts. They also happen to be the national food of Denmark, and is consumed by everyone by bulk. They are great with mashed potatoes (Which in turn is great on mashed potato sandwiches), or as a side to a salad. Total cooking time is about 50 minutes, some of which is spent waiting for the meat to cool down before frying. Simple.Easy.Good.

While this recipe is ingrained as part of the danish culture, we notices that some american blogs have also gotten a hold of it, most noticeably the excellent simply recipes which we love to read. It’s nice to see these easy and excellent frikadeller spreading out in the world.

Danish Meatballs (Frikadeller) with Fennel Seeds and Onion
Danish Meatballs (Frikadeller) with Fennel Seeds and Onion

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Butter, Food, Pepper, Salami, Sandwiches, Sourdough

Breakfast Sandwich with Tomato, Egg and Salami

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I loooove Saturdays. They are rife with possibilities. After a long work week devoted to other people’s pursuits (namely those of my job), I look forward to enjoying the simple things that bring me pleasure. Chief among them is lazily meandering through one of  the many farmers’ markets that dot the San Diego landscape. Last weekend, it was time to revist my local market in Poway.  For me, the market is all about the fresh fruits and veggies… and the Thai coconut pancakes  – conveniently sized to be just about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, I can pop them in my mouth and eat them whole. Yum, that’s the way to start a weekend. For Anders, the market is most pleasurable when it involves the pursuit or serendipitous discovery of meat. This week, he found some salami made from locally farmed pork.  Nothing like supporting the local farmers…makes me feel connected not just to my food, but also to my community.  So in a complete diversion from my normal breakfast fruit bowl, Sunday morning’s breakfast was a tomato and hard boiled egg sandwich topped with salami slices.

Tomato Egg Salami Sandwich
Tomato Egg Salami Sandwich

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Breads, Butter, Dark Rye Bread, Fennel, Food, Ham, Herbs, Liver pâté, Meats, Onion, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pepper, Sandwiches, Smears, Spices, Sweet dill pickles, Toppings, Vegetables

Ham and Liver Pate Sandwich with Roasted Garlic and Dill Pickles

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I consider this a variation on the veterinarians midnight snack, a classic Danish sandwich (In Danish: ‘Dyrlægens natmad‘. Try saying that one!).  The bones of Anders’ Viking ancestors will rattle in their graves to protest me saying this, but in this variant,  the  inclusion of the roasted garlic and the removal of the aspic is a HUGE improvement. Together, those simple actions make this sandwhich palatable for me, a non-Dane.   Anders thinks this presentation is a bit more playful, looking a bit like a rib cage or something medieval. I suppose, it’s his attempt at appeasing the spirits 🙂  It consists of liver pate on home-baked rye bread with butter, with a rolled up slice of ham. This is topped with half-moon slices of onion rings, roasted garlic and a couple of dill pickles. Fennel seeds and ground black pepper spices it up a bit.

Liver Pate sandwich with ham, onions, roasted garlic, sweet pickles, and pepper
Liver Pate sandwich with ham, onions, roasted garlic, sweet pickles, and pepper

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