Category Archives: Sandwiches

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The Ultimate Seared Salmon Sandwich on a Sesame Bagel with Roasted Garlic, Roasted Vegetables, Shredded Primadonna Cheese and Pear

October 27, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

We eat a lot of salmon in our house; smoked salmon, grilled salmon, and last night seared salmon. So we had to try and see if we could turn some of the leftovers into a delicious second-day sandwich (It’s what we do after all). In this case, we have a piece of seared salmon with black sesame seeds, fennel seeds, and spices. Since salmon is ‘light’, we decided to add a few grilled vegetables, a bit of cheese, and some thinly sliced pear. Of course, we used roasted garlic as a smear. This combination does hide the salmon taste a bit, but it brings out all the lovely nuances of the grilled veggies, and we were very pleased with the final outcome. Judge for yourself, try it, and let us know what you think in the comment section.

The Ultimate Seared Salmon Sandwich on a Sesame Bagel with Roasted Garlic, Roasted Vegetables, Shredded Primadonna Cheese and Pear

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Breads, Closed sandwiches, Food, Lettuce, Reviews, Sandwiches, Softshell Crab, Tomato

Review: Seared Chipotle Tuna and Soft Shell Crab Sandwiches at Blue Water Seafood Market & Grill in San Diego

October 25, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

For Anders’ birthday, we went to lunch at the Blue Water Seafood Market & Grill in San Diego. It was our first time here, so we decided to start with some of the most expensive sandwiches on the menu. The Seared Ahi Tuna with Chipotle seasoning on a toasted sandwich, and the soft shell crap sandwich with lemon butter seasoning. Both were “served on soft boleo roll with lettuce, tomato, red onion and tartar. Toasted upon request.” We also opted in for the optional Avocado. While we did ask for them to be toasted that never happened but we decided to dig in anyway. No reason to send back perfectly good sandwiches after all.

Soft Crab Sandwich served on soft boleo roll with lettuce, tomato, red onion and tartar.

Seared Ahi Tuna Sandwich with Chipotle Seasoning served on soft boleo roll with lettuce, tomato, red onion and tartar.

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Bell Pepper, Breads, Cheeses, Dressings, Food, Fruits, Ingredients, Mustard, Olive Oil, Open Faced Sandwiches, Paprika, Pecorino romano, Roasted pine nuts, Rustic white bread, Sandwiches, Smears, Sourdough, Spices, Toppings, Vegetables, Zucchini

Veggie Sandwich with Grilled Zucchini, Mustard, Olive Oil, Olive Tapenade, Roasted Bell Peppers, Pecorino Romano Cheese, Paprika and Tarragon Mustard

October 24, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

Wendie said: “This is the ultimate vegetarian sandwich. I have been threatening to make this for Anders since our recent trip to Denmark inspired us delve more deeply into the world of sandwiches. While I am convinced that Anders’ Y chromosome predisposes him to a love of all things meat, I was convinced that even he would be wooed by the taste of freshly grilled veggies united with homemade tapenade on a lightly toasted roll. What else could you ask for?”

Anders replied: “Meat!”

That’s how our discussions sometimes goes, but Wendie always wins of course. 🙂 This is, however, a great meal. We highly recommend that you take the time to go shopping for tarragon mustard, as it works much better on this sandwich than regular plain mustard. Anders loved this sandwich, so it’s not just for vegetarians.

Veggie Sandwich with Roasted Zuchini, Mustard, Olive Oil, Olive Tapenade, Roasted Bell Peppers, Pecorino Romano Cheese, Paprika and Tarragon Mustard — Vegetarian Sandwich with Grilled Zucchini, Mustard, Olive Oil, Olive Tapenade, Grilled Bell Peppers, Pecorino Romano Cheese, Paprika and Tarragon Mustard

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Bagel, Black bean chili sauce, Breads, Cheeses, Dressings, Food, Meatball, Meats, Mozzarella, Olive Oil, Pecorino romano, Sandwiches, Smears

Double Cheese Meatball Sandwich on Sesame Bagel, with Black Bean Chili Sauce, Olive Oil, Mozzarella and Pecorino Romano Cheeses

October 22, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

Somewhere out there, people are making meatballs with no meat, which seems oddly disturbing to me. At least call them something else :-). This sandwich, however, has genuine meaty meatballs (danish Frikadeller), plus no less than two cheeses, and a bit of the brilliantly hot Chinese black bean chili sauce which we have found really useful for sandwiches when used modestly.

Double Cheese Meatball Sandwich on Bagel, with Black Bean Chili Sauce, Olive Oil, Mozzarella and Pecorino Romano Cheeses — Double cheese meatball sandwich on bagel, with black bean chili Sauce, olive oil, mozzarella and Pecorino Romano cheeses

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Breads, Cheeses, Dressings, Food, Green Onion, Herbs, Ingredients, Open Faced Sandwiches, Parmesan, Rustic white bread, Sandwiches, Smears, Sourdough, Sun dried tomato pesto, Toppings, Vegetables

‘Bambi’ – Mashed Potato Sandwich with Sun Dried Tomato Pesto, Green Onions, Sweet Basil Leaves, and Parmesan Crisp

October 18, 2009 Andy 1 Comment

After making Parmesan crisps a few days ago, I had a visions of sandwiches all somehow incorporating the crisps. Well, some turned our better than other, and here we stick to what we think are the amazing ones. This one is with a favorite ingredient, mashed potatoes, topped with a bit of sun dried tomato pesto we threw together (recipe to come), green onions, a few leaves of sweet basil from the garden, and of course the Parmesan to top it off.

By the way, if you have read a lot of our recipes, you’ll notice quite a few are on ‘rustic white bread’. For us, this means homemade bread made from more than 90% white flour. It may have extras, such as olives, cumin seeds, blue cheese, etc, but it’s essentially a white bread. What makes it rustic is that it looks, well, rustic. We’ll post a recipe later, but it’s quite involved and usually takes between 1-3 days to make, including sometimes pate fermente, biga or levain.

This sandwich we have named “Bambi” because she seems to be strutting her stuff all over the place, hoping to get picked up.

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Bell Pepper, Breads, Cheeses, Chicken, Ciabatta Roll, Closed sandwiches, Dressings, Eggplant, Food, Fruits, Ingredients, Meats, Mozzarella, Mustard, Pepper, Roll, Sandwiches, Smears, Spices, Sweet dill pickles, Sweet Pickles, Toppings, Vegetables, Vinaigrette

Fried Chicken Sandwich with Mozzarella Cheese, Roasted Red Bell Pepper, Mustard, Roasted Eggplant, Sweet Dill Pickles, Pasta, and Salad Dressing

October 16, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

What do you do when life gives you fried chicken? Well, our answer is to make fried chicken sandwiches of course (What else would you expect from this blog). This is a great ‘leftover’ sandwich for the day after, and as you can see we added a little bit of everything (including pasta, which we can consider optional, but we had to try). If you wonder why the cheese is melting up, it’s because we toasted the bread opened, and then put the top on :-). This is also one of those sandwiches that require an extra hour on the treadmill afterwards, so proceed at your own risk.

Fried Chicken Sandwich with Mozzarella Cheese, Roasted Red Bell Pepper, Mustard, Roasted Eggplant, Sweet-Dill-Pickles, Pasta, and Salad Dressing

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Bell Pepper, Curry, Dairy, Dressings, Food, Fruits, Herbs, Ingredients, Mustard, Paprika, Paprika yogurt dressing, Parsley, Pepper, Salt, Sandwiches, Smears, Spices, Yogurt

Paprika Yogurt Dressing with Red Bell Peppers, Curry, Mustard and Parsley

October 14, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

This is an old favorite of mine, going back to my college years. At my dorm, one of my friends’ dad worked for a large company that delivered meats and groceries for supermarkets. As a result, they were sent huge amounts of samples, which they stored in two large freezers. When he visited the dorm, he filled his car with samples for us all to enjoy. This included giant steaks, fast food pizzas, and meats of all types. So while my life up until then consisted of pizzas and chili, this was a challenge. You can’t just plop a steak in the microwave and eat it, so all we could really do was learn how to cook it right. As a consequence, our ‘kitchen’ began evolving some pretty advanced culinary tastes, and soon started to realize that there is more to life than fast-food pizza, and cooking is not really all that hard. One of the results of that time is this dressing, which we made to accompany a batch of frozen falafel. It’s easy, and complements both the falafel, but also meats very well. We will be using it in a few sandwiches soon to be released.
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Black bean chili sauce, Breads, Food, Fruits, Green Onion, Ingredients, Kafta Patty, Lemon, Meats, Onion, Open Faced Sandwiches, Paprika yogurt dressing, Pepper, Sandwiches, Smears, Sourdough, Vegetables

Spicy Kafta Sandwich on Sourdough Bread with Black Bean Chili Sauce, Lettuce, Paprika Yogurt Dressing, Lemon, and Green onions

October 13, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

This kafta sandwich is very spicy due to the black bean chili. We wanted to create something with more ‘umph’ to it, but also something fresh. So we came up with adding lemon and yogurt dressing to take the edge of the chili, and the combination really worked well. This sandwich will make your hair grow long and strong, and turn boys to men and men to sheep. It also goes well with any episode of Law & Order.

Kafta Sandwich on Sourdough Bread with Black Bean Chilli Sauce, Lettuce, Yogurt Dressing and Green onions — Kafta Sandwich on Sourdough Bread with Black Bean Chili Sauce, Lettuce, Yogurt Dressing, Lemon, and Green onions

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Cayenne pepper, Dairy, Egg, Fennel, Food, Ground beef, Herbs, Meats, Onion, Parsley, Rajma masala, Salt, Sandwiches, Vegetables

Middle Eastern Kafta Patties

October 11, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

At our favorite shawarma shop on Strøget in Copenhagen, known as Shawarma #1 (presumably because the address is at #1, but also because it was the first shawarma shop in Copenhagen anno 1980), one of our favorite sandwiches is the kafta burger. When ordered, you must wait patiently while the patties grill for 10-15 minutes and frequently ask yourself “did they forget me?” In 20 years, they have never forgotten me, and the wait is always worthwhile.

Living in San Diego, we wanted a way to re-create our own version of the kafta burger. So, we created this recipe, which is a mix of several other recipes found online. We wanted our own unique blend of spices; More spicy, more parsley, and of course with fennel.

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Breads, Butter, Cod roe, Fennel, Fish, Food, Ingredients, Lettuce, Open Faced Sandwiches, Parmesan, Parsley, Peas, Pepper, Remoulade, Roasted garlic, Sandwiches, Sesame seeds, Smears, Sourdough

‘The Hallelujah’ Cod Roe Sandwich with Parmesan Crisp

October 11, 2009 Andy Leave a comment

Open faced sandwiches can be beautifully stacked creations, but when squeezed into a lunch-bag, carried by 10-year olds biking to school in a backpack and thrown in a community refrigerator, open-faced sandwiches may not be the first choice of lunch.

Not so for my mom. She was a firm believer in open-faced sandwiches and made them as if I was eating at home, except, she wrapped them tight in cellophane wrap before stacking them in my lunch box.

As you might image, the end result was not always… appetizing. Cod roe sandwiches with remoulade and fried onions turned into cud roe salad with wet soggy onions. A once tantalizing potato sandwich with mayonnaise and green onions turned into something wet and soggy, almost like paste.

This sandwich, a cod roe creation, is my own personal rebellion against my childhoods school sandwiches. I reject the cellophane wrap method, and embrace exuberance.

"Halleluja" Cod Roe Sandwich with Parmesan Crisps — "Hallelujah" Cod Roe Sandwich with Parmesan Crisps

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