Sandwich Paradise

This is a sandwich I found in Stefano Faita’s book. It’s simple, good and very original. You will need a big eggplant and cut thick slices lengthwise. Soak them in olive oil and grill them in a pan. Add the prosciutto, the cheese and let the cheese melt. The recipe calls for Fontina cheese, but I used Emmental.

It is very tasty but very messy to eat. Perhaps I cooked the eggplant too much because the slices were soft and they fell apart when I started eating. I finished it with a fork and a knife.

My local Safeway store has a Deli offering a variety of what they call Signature sandwiches. Yesterday, I enjoyed their smoke stack sandwich on whole wheat bread. It comes loaded with smoked turkey and black forest ham with swiss cheese and a spicy mustard sauce. Of course, it comes with tomatoes and fresh lettuce.

As you can see from the photo below, this sandwich is loaded compared to the sandwiches one can buy from the Subway or Quizno’s. The cost is also the same as Safeway charges $8.99 for a large sandwich. In the photo you only see half the sandwich. I had to filling meals for less than $10 and the choice of the smoke stack was excellent. I am looking forward to trying all Safeway signature sandwiches.

Here’s my prosciutto sandwich with artichokes sun-dried tomatoes and Port Salut cheese. Because I did it while skipping work, I call it the “Guilt Amnesty Sandwich”. You won’t regret trying. I used one mini French baguette, 4-5 slices of Prosciutto di Parma, 1 artichoke heart (can), 2 sun-dried tomatoes (in oil) and a few slices of Port Salut (or any semi-soft cheese). To add more zip, I also used a dash of dipping oil (olive oil with peppers and herbs/spices). All the ingredients are from Costco except the sun-dried tomatoes.

Overall, the sandwich tastes really good. The only thing that bothers me is that the baguette is too big, so it “swallows” a lot of the flavors. If you make it, try something smaller or scale up the ingredients.

Now I have to find another way to consume the other 5 baguettes…