Category Archives: Sandwich Styles

Basil, Bell Pepper, Breads, Buffalo mozzarella, Cheeses, Closed sandwiches, Crab cake, Cucumber, Fish, focaccia, Food, Herbs, Mayonnaise, Mustard, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Smears, Smoked paprika, Spices, Vegetables

Crab Cake Sandwich With Focaccia Bread

September 20, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

For the past few weeks I have been berating Anders that he has abandoned his sandwich making craft. Berating is a bit strong – more like a strongly nudging. He has been focusing on taking photos while I make the sandwiches. This week, he heard me and made this tasty sandwich that proves even more than his passport and birth certificate, that he is indeed from the land where smorrebrod was born. It was one of those evenings when I just got home from work and crashed with no thought as to dinner. I was in the middle of one of those marathon phone conversations with one of my girlfriends when Anders came through the door, smiled and nodded in my direction and headed to the kitchen. He was a man on a mission. 15 minutes later, his mission became clear. He returned to the living room with this dinner sandwich that was so good to look at that I felt guilty eating it. Not too guilty though. Costco membership that made purchasing the crabcakes possible: $60/year and worth every penny and more. Having a husband with smorrebrod making in his DNA: priceless!

Crab cake sandwich with cucumber, red pepper, and mozzarella on focaccia bread

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Balsamic vinegar reduction, Beech mushrooms, Breads, Cambazola, focaccia, Food, Garlic, Meats, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pepper, Rib eye steak, Salt, Sandwiches, Thyme, Vegetables

Steak Sandwich With Shimeji Mushrooms, Gorgonzola Cheese And Balsamic Vinegar Reduction

September 16, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

A few months ago, we posted about our ongoing quest to ensure that our reformed vegetarian friend S. doesn’t abandon his recent embrace of the omnivore diet. To wit, that meant introducing him to foods that showcase the diversity of his new diet. That is no mean feat. You see he is fortunate enough to be from a country that has enjoyed thousands of years of history of making vegetarian food. So for him, American vegetarian food is definitely lacking in options. He still bemoans the fact that vegetarian food at most restaurants consists of some steamed or sautéed veggies with pasta and a sauce with a unidimensional flavor. That just does not work for him – he is used to a cornucopia of flavors of incredible intensity and variety. He assumed that when he switched diets, he would have more variety (read; flavor), but has since found that to him it is just ‘more texture, but same lack of flavor’. In other words, Bleh!

So it is Anders’ and my responsibility to be good evangelists of all things omnivore. We take this very seriously. Last time he was here we made this little sandwich to showcase some of the flavors we love about meat. And by we, I mean Anders:-). Unlike Anders who (nearly) salivates at the very prospect of eating meat, I am not much of a meat lover myself. I feel about meat the way I feel about bacon – aphathetic. So I figured that if I could make a sandwich for S. that I was in love with, then he was sure to love it as well. This is a simple sandwich with really great ingredients that unite superbly- grilled steak (medium rare); mushrooms sautéed with garlic and thyme (my favorite way to make mushrooms); Cambozola cheese (a combination of French soft ripened triple cream cheese and Italian gorgonzola, and a staple in the kitchen); and to crown this all…a drizzle of balsamic reduction as benediction. I humbly submit that there is no greater steak sandwich than this. OK… maybe next time I could add a slice of avocado 🙂

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Avocado, Bacon, Breads, Food, Iceberg, Lettuce, Mayonnaise, Multigrain loaf, Pugliese, Rosemary-Garlic bread, Rosemary-Olive bread, Sandwiches, Sourdough, Tomato

BLAT (Bacon-Lettuce-Avocado-Tomato) Sandwich

September 12, 2010 Andy 6 Comments

I have a confession to make: I am apathetic about bacon. Perhaps it’s just that by the time I first had a taste of bacon, my taste buds were so developed in another direction that they were inured to its allure. I am the woman who actually thinks adding bacon to a plate of fluffy scrambled eggs and toast serves to spoil rather than enhance my breakfast. So apathetic am I about it that in all my years of making the US my home I have never once purchased and cooked bacon. Now that I think of it that is rather odd – especially considering that I am one of those shoppers for whom going to the supermarket is akin to a cultural carnival. I literally get giddy at the prospect of finding new unfamiliar items that I can experiment with. I am the shopper you’ll see at the Korean grocery store, looking quizzically at a new ingredient, putting it in my shopping cart and only then doing a quick search on my iPhone to find a recipe, oblivious to the queue of irate actually knowledgeable shoppers behind me. Yes that’s me… and if you’ve been one of those unfortunate victims of my ignorance and exuberance, then I am sorry.

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Avocado, Baguette, Breads, Cilantro, Closed sandwiches, Cumin salt, Food, Roasted Tomatoes, Sandwiches, Tomato

Sandwich With Roasted Tomato And Avocado

September 8, 2010 Andy 2 Comments

We love to roast tomatoes for all kind of sauces and soups, and with our garden currently full of tomatoes, life is good. After roasting they look amazing (see photos), so we thought we would try and make a simple sandwich to show of the colors and tastes of a freshly roasted tomato fresh out of the oven.

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Appetizer, Baguette, Breads, Closed sandwiches, Food, Green Onion, Pesto, Salami, Sandwiches

Mini Baguette: Salami Sandwich With Pesto

September 6, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

This is a one-bite sandwich with two thing slices of baguette bread. A bit of pesto, some farmers market salami, tomato from the garden and a touch of green onions. It is great as an appetizer or a very small mid-day snack (Which is how we enjoyed this sandwich).

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Arugula, Blue Cheese, Cambazola, Closed sandwiches, Fig, Food, Honey, Multigrain loaf, Nine grain and seed, Panini, Paniniing, Pepper, Potato bread, Prosciutto, Sandwiches

Figs, Prosciutto, Blue Cheese, and Arugula Sandwich

August 29, 2010 Andy 3 Comments

It’s that time of year in our local farmers’ markets. Our longer than average spring has given way to summer and with it has come one of the fruits that I only started eating when I moved to California – figs, glorious figs. There are some fruits whose appearance and tastes you can describe by comparing it to another. But a fig… Nothing tastes like a fig. It just is. Figs are popping up all over and once again, I am beginning to flirt with the idea of adding a tree to my garden. Until then though, I have kind friends who help satisfy my cravings by sharing from the bounty of their own gardens. This sandwich is the result of one such gift – a basket of black mission pigs.

While there are many ways to add figs to your diet, this is by far my favorite. The saltiness of the prosciutto, creaminess of the Cambazola (a soft ripened triple cream blue cheese) and the nuttiness of arugula – what at taste sensation. If ever a sandwich could be described as sensual, then this is it.

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Balsamic vinegar, Basil, Breads, Buffalo mozzarella, Closed sandwiches, Food, Lemon, Lemon/Garlic Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, Mozzarella, Olive Oil, Panini, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches, Sourdough, Tomato

Four Tomato Caprese Panini With Buffalo Mozzarella

August 28, 2010 Andy 3 Comments

Ever heard of the four cheese sandwich? Typically this sandwich involves an abundance of cheese with little smidgen of veggies. A few weeks ago, we decided to turn that recipe upside down and make the four tomato caprese panini. Thanks to overshopping (yet again) at the annual Tomato Mania, our garden has quite a variety of this summer necessity. If only the variety was matched by abundance. Sigh! This year, we have been outdone by the garden pests who have made off with most of our yield. Poor Anders. In anticipation of this annual raiding, early in the season he stocked the pantry with peanut butter – the bait of choice for our Have a Heart trap. Months later, we are out of peanut butter and tomatoes. There are some very fat well fed squirrels and rabbits running around Poway right now and they owe it all to Anders. How they managed to get to the PB without springing the trap is beyond me. Ocassionally, (grudglying, we suspect), they left us a few, from which we were able to have a few tomato meals – like this sandwich.

You can use any combination of tomatoes you wish. We used: white oxheart, brandy boy, Mr. Stripey and XXX. It was delish, so much so that after eating his mammoth sandwich, Anders begged for another. After eating his second sandwich, he was nearly comatose on the sofa. Sweet reward for me… that and hearing him declare, “this is hands down the best panini I’ve ever tasted.”

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Avocado, Blue Cheese, Blue Stilton, Breads, Burger, Calvados Brie, Cheeses, Ciabatta Roll, Closed sandwiches, Cooking styles, Fajita Steak, Food, Italian salsa verde, Meats, Sandwich Styles, Sandwiches

Upside Down Fajita Steak Blue Cheese Avocado Burger

August 18, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

Leftover fajitas can be a wonderful thing ! 🙂

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Basil, Ciabatta Roll, Crayfish, Fish, Food, Garlic, Herbs, Leeks, Lemon, Olive Oil, Open Faced Sandwiches, Parmesan, Pepper, Salt, Sandwiches, Tomato, Vegetables

Sandwich Roll With Tomatoes, Crayfish Salad, Basil, Parmesan And Sautéed Leeks

August 4, 2010 Andy Leave a comment

A fantastic sandwich, using the highly undervalued leek. That’s right. When is the last time YOU cooked with leeks? That’s what we thought. We made the rolls specifically for this sandwich, they have a center (which you can’t see on the photos) of pesto-infused dough. It was a grand experiment, but in reality they didn’t rise quite as expected. This was our best specimen of the lot.

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Breads, Food, Gorgonzola, Italian salsa verde, Open Faced Sandwiches, Pita bread, Sandwiches, Tomato

Midnight Sandwich: Oven Roasted Tomatoes, Cheese, and Italian Salsa Verde On Pita Bread

August 3, 2010 Andy 1 Comment

When I was growing up, I had this thing with my mom where she would wake up around midnight, wake me up, sneak in the kitchen and eat a sandwich. This was undoubtedly quite unhealthy, since she had a weakness for fat-sandwiches… No, I don’t mean ‘sandwiches that are fattening’, I mean literally bread with fat and salt on it. If you have good fat, like duck fat, this can be quite delicious. In any case, I shed the habit many years ago. Last week however I was working late and got hungry and I know my mom would approve; I went and made a sandwich. Thanks mom for all the fun midnight sandwiches and good chats.

Midnight Sandwich: Oven Roasted Tomatoes, Cheese, and Green Stuff

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