Category Archives: Cheeses

Cheeses, Open Faced Sandwiches, Sandwiches

Old-Style Danish Sandwich

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During a recent trip to Denmark, we stopped at a local Inn in the old part of town. Just down the road from where H.C. Andersen grew up in fact, at Den Gamle Kro. There, we ordered a bunch of open-faces sandwiches, and for dessert I had this old-style stinky cheese open faced sandich. It’s so loaded you can’t see the bread. The cheese is stinky, and it comes with Mustard and a “Snaps” or Schnaps, on the side, which you pour over it before eating.

Old-Style Stinky Cheese Sandwich
Old-Style Stinky Cheese Sandwich

It really clears our your sinuses… Honestly, it was a bit much, but fun to try at least 🙂

Appetizer, Food, Garden, Mint, Olive Oil, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pepper, Radish, Ricotta, Salt, Sandwiches, Soft white bread, Thyme, Zucchini

Garden Zucchini Carpaccio Sandwich

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When we make our Garden Zucchini Carpaccio, we sometimes use it as a topping for an impromptu sandwich as well. Since the salad is not very wet, it lends itself perfectly to the bread, and the crunch from the fresh zucchini’s and radishes goes very well with a softer bread without crust.

Garden Zucchini Salad Sandwich
Garden Zucchini Salad Sandwich

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Baking, Burrata, Food, Olive Oil, Pesto, Pizza, Pizza dough, Portobello mushroom, Prosciutto

Prosciutto Pizza with Pesto and Portobello Mushrooms

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We recently went on a short weekend getaway to Santa Barbara, and on the way home we decided to stop by the Mario Batali pizzeria in Los Angeles called “Mozza.”  We shared a Fried squash blossoms with ricotta pizza which was excellent, but did lack a little bit of oomph. It was bland I guess, but good. We were sitting at the bar, watching the chefs prepare the dough, and learned a new technique to keep the bubbles in the edge. So we thought we would give it a try, and make a similar pizza in style, but with much more taste in it.

Prosciutto Pizza
Prosciutto Pizza with Pesto and Portobello Mushrooms

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Balsamic vinegar, Breads, Burrata, Cheeses, Dukkah, Food, Lavendar Vinegar, Rosemary-Olive bread, Sandwiches, Tomato

Rosemary-Olive bread with Burrata, Lavender Balsamico, Dukkah and Baby Tomatoes

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We love light spring-sandwiches that brings out the best in the ingredients such as heirloom tomatoes or burrata cheese.  For this one we happened to have a bit of both, plus some of our homemade dukkah which is perfect for sandwiches like this. We also recently bought an amazing Lavender Vinegar from VivaOlivia which worked perfectly with the mild burrata and the pop-pop of bursting tomatoes as you chew.

Burrata
Burrata

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Artichoke spread, Buffalo mozzarella, focaccia, Food, Mozzarella, Panini, Paniniing, Roastbeef, Sweet dill pickles

Roast Beef Panini

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Spring has arrived in San Diego. The weather is warm, our vegetable beds are loaded with freshly planted tomatoes, and we are just finishing a couple retainer walls that give us a few hundred more feet of planting space. Life is good. And to celebrate, we made this lovely (and simple) roast beef panini sandwich.

Roast beef Panini
Roast beef Panini

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Avocado, Breads, Chicken, Chipotle mustard, Ciabatta, Ciabatta Roll, Food, Lettuce, Mayonnaise, Petite Basque, Roasted garlic, Sandwiches

Triple-Decker Chicken Avocado Sandwich

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There are occasions when my enthusiasm goes a bit overboard… This is one such occasion, where dinner turned into a monster sandwich. By the way, nerd moment; the top photo reminds me of the “alien” in the movie of the same name. Anyone see the resemblance?

Tripple-Decker Chicken Avocado Sandwich
Triple-Decker Chicken Avocado Sandwich

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Appetizer, Crispbread, Feta, Food, Mustard, Onion, Open Faced Sandwiches, Sandwiches, Soy Sauce, Tuna, Wasabe

Sandwich: Seared Tuna on Sjufrön Knäckebröd with Feta, Onion, and Soy/Wasabe Sauce

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Sometimes we do crazy stuff to our sandwiches which doesn’t work out so well, like our infamous pasta-sandwich. If you don’t try it how would you know, right? This time we did crazy stuff, and it worked out wonderfully, although by any stretch of the imagination this sandwich should not have worked. Perhaps one really can’t do any evil with seared tuna….

Sandwich: Seared Tuna on Sjufrön Knäckebröd with Feta, Onion, and Soy/Wasabe Sauce
Sandwich: Seared Tuna on Sjufrön Knäckebröd with Feta, Onion, and Soy/Wasabe Sauce

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Baking, Food, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Pesto, Pizza, Pizza dough, Sandwiches, Shrimp, Smoked paprika

Pizza With Pesto, Cilantro Lime Shrimp, And Smoked Paprika

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Continuing our tradition of declaring pizzas ‘a kind of sandwich,’ we present this shrimp pizza with pesto sauce and smoked paprika. Like the pizzas that went before it, it descends from our 15 week pizz-off Friday end-of-week celebration stint. We’ve come to love these Fridays, and hope to start anew soon albeit with a different theme (Yet to be determined, maybe tapas?).

Pizza With Pesto, Cilantro Lime Shrimp, And Smoked Paprika
Pizza With Pesto, Cilantro Lime Shrimp, And Smoked Paprika

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Baking, Beech mushrooms, Closed sandwiches, focaccia, Food, Meatball, Mozzarella, Olive Oil, Roasted garlic, Sandwiches, Thyme, Vegetables

Meatball Sandwich with Sautéed Beech Mushrooms

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There is something oddly alien and organic about beech mushrooms that just makes them pop in photos. As an added benefit, they also taste really good, and you can usually pick up a bunch from your local Asian grocery store. Cut of the base where they are all connected and treat them like ordinary mushrooms after that. This sandwich brings out the best of the mushrooms, because they are so prominent compared to the other ingredients. We opted for a brief sautéing with olive oil and thyme.

Meatball Sandwich with Sautéed Beech Mushrooms
Meatball Sandwich with Sautéed Beech Mushrooms

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