July 11, 2010
These aren’t sandwiches, they’re AWESOMEwiches!
The humble sandwich, with a little bit of care and attention, and admittedly a little more expenditure, can be transformed into a culinary masterpiece with minimal expertise. Below are listed some of my personal discovered favourites, try them out!
Brie, cherry tomato and cranberry
Ingredients: Brie, cherry tomatoes, Baxters caramelised red onion and cranberry chutney.
Bread: Tiger bread, thickly sliced.
I discovered this one at The Coffee House in Aberdeen. Its pretty good, even though it doesn’t contain any meat. Feel free to add meat, but you can’t taste it anyway over the chutney. Until recently I was doubtful about mixing sweet and savoury in a sandwich, but this convinced me. The one problem with this sandwich was that it cost £4.30 at The Coffee House, so I could only afford one at a time.
Chorizo and sundried tomatoes
Ingredients: Chorizo, sundried tomatoes OR sundried tomato paste
Bread: Works on baps
Sundried tomatoes make everything good. We discovered this by accident with Jim Cronin in the kitchen of Grayfriars before the grad ball. Before getting on the bus we flung together some late sandwiches and this genius invention appeared. Amazing.
THE Baguette
Ingredients: 2 roast chicken breasts, sundried tomatoes, mayonnaise, lettuce
Bread: A baguette, big one
Easy to make. Slice the baguette lengthways, spread everything out in it. Chop in the middle probably to avoid bending. This is another case of sundried tomatoes making things amazing. Discovered this one in miniature form at a party, served as canapes. I bigged it up to baguette size and had an amazing lunch one day.
Ham and cranberry Wensleydale
Ingredients: Nice ham, Co-op Wensleydale cheese with cranberries
Bread: Will Lind’s homemade bread sliced thickly
Another hint of sweet in an otherwise savoury sandwich. Very simple but very tasty.
Ham and mustard
Ingredients: Ham, Coleman’s English Mustard
Bread: Warburton’s white loaf
Its ham and mustard innit. Note for Americans, English mustard is nothing like that paltry mix you put on your hotdogs. DO NOT smear it on in big dollops, a thin slither is enough to make your eyes water.
