Thursday, March 3, 2011

Cuban Sandwich

This isn't so much a "recipe" as it is more of a list of ingredients to make the greatest sandwich ever created.  The only thing you have to cook is the roasted pork.  Outside of that it's a build it and eat it scenario.

1.5lb Pork Tenderloin
0.5 lb Black Forest Ham (sliced thin)
0.5 lb Swiss Cheese
2 12 inch loaves of Italian bread
7-8 Kosher Dill Pickles
2 cups yellow mustard

Put the pork tenderloin in the crock pot and set on low for 4 hours.  Salt and pepper are all that you'll need for seasoning.  Once the pork is done, set it aside and let it cool.  Once cooled, pull the pork and place it in a bowl.  Cut both loaves of bread in half and spread mustard on the top and bottoms of each loaf.  Layer the sandwiches like this:
Half of the roasted pork, 3 slices of Swiss, 4 of the cut up pickles (length wise), half of the sliced ham, 3 more slices of swiss.
Once the sandwiches are layered, heat a griddle to 300 degrees. Now, if you have a panini press use it, I don't.  I took a heavy roasting pan and placed 2 heavy mixing bowls inside the pan and placed them on top of both sandwiches. Press and grill each side of the sandwich for 15 minutes.  That may seem long, but these are huge sandwiches and require the time to not only melt the cheese, but to heat the pork and ham as well.  You could always press them until the outside of the sandwich is heated and crusty and you could them place them in the oven at 400 for 10 minutes until they heat through. 
Makes 2 very large sandwiches.  Each one serves 4 people.

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