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Cuban Sandwich

Traditional dish with cuban bread, regular prepared mustard, pickles.

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf cuban bread
  • 1 ounce regular prepared mustard
  • 4 dill pickles
  • 5 slices ham
  • 2 slices roast pork
  • 2 slices genoa salami
  • 1 slice imported swiss cheese
  • 1 ounce butter
  • 2 ham croquetas

Steps

  1. Cut the Cuban bread to desired size—a common size is 7 inches.
  2. Slice open the bread down the middle.
  3. On the topside of the bread, spread the mustard evenly across.
  4. Place 4 pickles on top of the mustard.
  5. Place 1 slice of Swiss cheese on top of the pickles.
  6. Slice the ham to desired thickness.
  7. The recommended size is 1 ½ ounces per slice, the thinner the better.
  8. Fold each slice of ham in half.
  9. Place evenly on the bottom of the bread.
  10. On top of the ham, place slices of roast pork and salami.
  11. Join both halves of the sandwich.
  12. Transfer the sandwich to a sandwich grill if you have one, or a waffle iron if not.
  13. Close the grill, smashing the sandwich.
  14. Leave the sandwich in the grill until the top of the bread turns to a golden brown and the top is crisp.
  15. Approximate time is 4 to 6 minutes.
  16. After the sandwich is crispy and the cheese has melted, remove the sandwich carefully.
  17. Slice it diagonally, from corner to corner.

Adapted from “Cuban sandwich”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.

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