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Recipe courtesy of Robert Irvine

Cuban Sandwich

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 sandwiches
  • Nutritional Analysis
    Per Serving
    Serving Size
    1 of 16 servings
    Calories
    280
    Total Fat
    14
    Saturated Fat
    6
    Carbohydrates
    21
    Dietary Fiber
    1
    Sugar
    2
    Protein
    16
    Cholesterol
    47
    Sodium
    475
  • Total: 25 min
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Cook: 10 min
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Ingredients

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

Two 12- to 14-inch French baguettes, cut in half lengthwise

4 tablespoons Dijon or stone-ground mustard

1 pound pulled pork, plain (not glazed or barbeque)

10 to 12 pickle slices

8 to 10 ounces ham, sliced

8 slices Swiss cheese

2 tablespoons grapeseed oil

Directions

  1. To prepare the Cuban, butter the top and bottom interior side of each baguette and place in a skillet over medium heat to brown and crisp the bread. Once browned, remove the baguettes from the skillet and begin to layer each sandwich with 1 tablespoon mustard, 4 ounces pulled pork, 2 slices pickle, 2 to 3 ounces ham and 2 slices Swiss cheese. After stacking the sandwiches, return the skillet to the stove over medium heat and warm with the oil. Add the sandwiches in batches and weigh down with a heavy skillet. Grill until crisp on the exterior, 1 to 2 minutes. Then flip and repeat the process on the second side. Once cooked on both sides, remove and repeat with the remaining sandwiches, then serve.
Show: Restaurant: Impossible
Episode: Maple Tree Cafe

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Cuban Recipes Sandwich Ham Pork Main Dish

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DeeG1138

Mr Irvine, while I love your recipes, this is not right.  <div>A Cubano is very basic and very tastey.</div><div><br /><div><div>Good Bread (Cuban bread, like a good French/Italian bread if you cant get a hold of Cuban bread but NOT a hard baguette)</div><div>Butter (top of the bread and bottom of the bread)</div><div>Yellow mustard (French's)  (both top and bottom)<br /></div><div>Dill pickles (sliced length wise)</div><div>Swiss Cheese<br /></div><div>Roasted Pork (plain)</div><div>Deli ham (not flavored)</div><div><br /></div><div>Place in a panini press, or in a pan topped with a brick and flip, or have two cast iron frying pans, heated (hot) place the snawich in and top with the preheated other cast iron pan.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is no oil, let anlone grapeseed oil and for goodness sake the mustard is always, ALWAYS regular yellow mustard.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am sure Jon Favreau could show you how to fully make this, even cooking the pork etc... need me to ask him for you?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>

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