Category Archives: Breads

Balsamic vinegar, BBQ, Breads, Carne Asada, Cheeses, Feta, Food, Italian salsa verde, Meats, Micro greens (lemony), Olive Oil, Olive-Rosemary Load, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pesto, Radish, Rosemary-Garlic bread, Rosemary-Olive bread, Rustic white bread, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Sourdough

Sandwich With Carne Asada, Cucumber, Feta, Cherry Vinegar And Radishes

June 17, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

Living close to Mexico means there is a constant influx of great Mexican cuisine. Carne Asada is one of those things that are very popular in San Diego, and it is essentially a long slice of skirt of flank steak, usually marinated or rubbed, and then grilled. It is fantastic when done right. Wendie got us a couple of these steaks, and of course I had to go make a sandwich out of them. I opted to add some ‘green stuff’ from the local farmers market on the bread. We call it ‘green stuff’ because we don’t really know what it is, but the guy that sells it swears by it. It tastes a bit like spicy tabbouleh without the couscous. In any case, substitute with pesto and all shall be well. The greens on top are called “micro greens’ and are also from the farmers market. These taste very lemony, and I wish we had more precise name for them, but alas, ‘micro greens’ it is.

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Breads, Chicken, Food, Jarlsberg, Meats, Onion, Paprika, Parmesan, Pizza, Pizza dough, Sandwich Styles, Smoked paprika, Tomato

Pizza: Roma Tomatoes, Chicken, Smoked Paprika, Onion, Jarlsberg/Parmesan Cheese And Tomato Sauce

June 13, 2010 Andy 2 Comments

The last of the nine pizzas we made for Wendie’s birthday. That was quite an evening. This pizza was another one with an odd shape, but we have learned to ignore the shape, and just enjoy the taste. The smoked paprika is fantastic on pizza where it really shines through after the baking.

Pizza: Roma Tomatoes, Chicken, Smoked Paprika, Onion, Jarlsberg/Parmesan cheese, tomato sauce — Pizza: Roma Tomatoes, Chicken, Smoked Paprika, Onion, Jarlsberg/Parmesan Cheese And Tomato Sauce

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Avocado, Bell Pepper, Breads, Food, Fruits, Mackerel, Olive-Rosemary Load, Open Faced Sandwiches, Potato bread, Roasted garlic, Rosemary-Garlic bread, Rosemary-Olive bread, Salmon, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Smoked paprika

Lazy Smoked Mackerel & Salmon With Avocado Sandwich

June 13, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

This is what we call a ‘lazy’ sandwich. After a long day at work, we were too tired to cut the bread, so two sandwiches became one. On the left some smoked mackerel imported from Denmark. Danes are very good at smoking fish, and have quite a reputation for smoked herring, smoked cod roe and smoked mackerel. On the right, a simple smoked salmon with avocado sandwich. Quick dinner, simple to make, and very good. The bread is a pane siciliano that we made over the weekend, and which turned out unexpectedly flat (although well tasting). Perhaps not our most exciting sandwich, but still… good.

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BBQ, Blue Cheese, Blue Stilton, Breads, Cooking styles, Food, Italian salsa verde, Olive Oil, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pepper, Pugliese, Roquefort, Salt, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Valdeon, Zucchini

Rhapsody In Green: Grilled Zucchini Sandwich

June 8, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

Many of the sandwiches on this blog are the result of a specific plan and shopping trip to realize an idea that one or both of us have. I’ll be sitting at work and have an idea that just must be pursued. More often than not, this means I have to make a trip to the grocery store to purchase one of more of the critical component for the dreamed-up sandwich. Other times, a sandwich just sort of emerges from the ingredients on hand- it’s a case of just opening the refrigerator and pantry doors and letting our creativity run wild. In Jamaica, we have a saying for that: “tun yuh han’ an mek fashion”. I won’t bother providing the literal translation, since, as with all languages, much gets lost in that endeavor. I suppose the nearest English equivalent I can find is: ‘necessity is the mother of invention’. Hmm.. even that attempt seems to dilute the essence of this colloquialism.

Anyway, this sandwich was one result of us making fashion by sleight of hand. The ingredients – pugiliese bread, blue cheese and salsa verde left over from the much-mentioned recent wedding @ and zucchini left unused from recent stir fry.

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Blue Cheese, Breads, Cheeses, Cilantro, Food, Frying, Nine grain and seed, Open Faced Sandwiches, Plantain, Sandwiches, Soft white bread, Sourdough

Fried Plantain With Blue Cheese Sandwich

June 5, 2010 Andy 1 Comment

I miss plantains. For those who don’t know, it is the larger cousin of the banana. Unlike the banana it is typically cooked before eaten. I suppose one could just peel and eat it like you would a banana, but that would just be… well, wrong. My favorite way to enjoy a plantain is to fry it and simply eat as a side dish. Unfortunately, along with my strong accent, one of the things I lost in moving to San Diego is the ready availability of plantains.

Two weeks ago, I had a meeting in a neighborhood in San Diego known for it’s “ethnic’ population. Ehem… let me pause here to continue my fight against the application of this terminology. Why is this term reserved for non-Caucasians alone? Are they by some miracle of biology without shared cultural heritage that underpins the term ‘ethnicity’? But I digress, linguistic misapplication aside, I was lucky to be in an area of town with a fair share of Vietnamese and Filipino supermarkets.

As I drove through I remembered a plantain dish I once had in a Filipino restaurant many years ago. “Dare I hope?”, I wondered. I was not disappointed, I came out of the supermarket with a huge green plaintain. It took about one week to ripen, and the cooked fruit was a key ingredient in Anders’ breakfast last week Saturday.

(The other half found its way in a plantain flambé – my take on the banana flambe, something I am unable to make because of my one-woman boycott of the US commercial banana industry).

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BBQ, Beef ribs, Breads, Cheeses, Closed sandwiches, Food, Olive Oil, Panini, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Soft white bread, Sourdough, Stored danish smelly cheese, Tarragon

Phil’s BBQ Beef Rib Panini Sandwich

June 1, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

We just got married, and we were very saddened by the Icelandic cloud of ash that kept several of our Danish friends from attending our wedding. But everything can be a blessing in disguise. We didn’t tell our caterer, Phil’s BBQ, so we ended up with extra beef ribs in the freezer. While we miss our friends, at least we have ribs. And as the old saying goes, “if life gives you ribs, make rib sandwiches.” And so here we are, summer just started, and this wonderful panini (thank you Scott and Choo for that wonderful machine!!) is our first and most basic beef rib sandwich. Yum.

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Baking, Breads, Butter, Food, Garlic, Goat cheese, Mascarpone, Meats, Mushrooms, Pesto, Pizza, Pizza dough, Prosciutto, Roasted garlic, Sandwich Styles

Pizza: Prosciutto, Sauteed Garlic Mushrooms, Mascarpone/Pesto Cheese, Roasted Garlic, Goat Cheese

May 27, 2010 Andy 1 Comment

A great tasting pizza for every occasion. This is fairly simple to make except for the dough, but places like Trader Joe’s now sell pizza dough which should make this super easy. We made this pizza as part of a giant birthday party involving 8 other pizzas which you can find elsewhere on amazing sandwiches.

Pizza: Prosciutto, Sauteed Garlic Mushrooms, Rembrandt Gouda Cheese, Mascarpone/Pesto Cheese, Roasted Garlic, Goat Cheese

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Food, Sandwiches, Stored danish smelly cheese, Thebirkes

Thebirkes With Helge Cheese

May 27, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

This is almost as simple as you can get. A Danish “thebirkes” with cheese. The cheese is called “Helge”, and that’s all there is to it. Very good, very easy, great for breakfast.

Note: A thebirkes is like a very flaky croissant, with poppy seeds on top, and with a marzipan mix inside. Read more about danish pastries.

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Appetizer, Basil, Crispbread, Fish, Food, Herbs, Italian salsa verde, Open Faced Sandwiches, Salmon, Salsa Verde, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches

Recipe: Grilled Salmon Crispbread Appetizer

May 24, 2010 Andy 1 Comment

Ahh, the joy of simplicity. A crispbread with italian salsa verde, a slice of leftover grilled salmon, and a leaf of fresh basil. Works extremely well with with a glass of chilled white wine when taking a break from doing yardwork.

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Bell Pepper, Breads, Bresaola, Cucumber, Food, Garlic, Iceberg, Meats, Olive Oil, Onion, Pesto, Pizza-sandwich roll, Reviews, Sandwiches, Tomato, Vegetables

Review: Cavallino Bresaola Pizza Sandwich

May 23, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

When I grew up in Denmark, being a student, one of my favorite meals was take-out pizzas. Each block seemed to have a pizzeria back then, each making essentially the exact same pizzas. They were delivered in cardboard boxes, and inevitably took on the taste of the box. Thus, they were named among students “cardboard-box pizzas,” for their taste, not for their delivery method. On my last trip home, I got a craving for a cardboard pizza. I’ve had the craving before, got the pizza, and regretted it. I guess my taste buds have evolved. This time, I decided to go for a pizza-sandwich from a local shop on Frederiksberg in Copenhagen; Cavallino.

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