Cubanos!
 
 
Pork, ham, swiss, pickles and mustard all stuffed inside a crisp, buttered and pressed Cuban roll.
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Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • ½ cup cooked pulled pork (or more to taste)
  • 2 pieces of white baguette (about 6 inches)
  • American (yellow) mustard
  • 6 thin slices swiss cheese
  • 1 dill pickle, thinly sliced.
  • 4 thin slices of smoked leg ham
  • softened butter, to cook
Instructions
  1. First thing's first, I like to reheat the cooked pork, before it goes into the sandwich. I do this in a small saucepan with a splash of water. This is a good chance to add salt and pepper to your pork, if you think it needs it.
  2. Now, to assemble the sandwich, slice the baguettes in half lengthways and generously spread with mustard. Lay over the cheese, covering both sides of the sandwich.
  3. Divide the sliced pickles between the two sandwiches, and then lay the ham on one side of each sandwich, followed by the pork. Close the sandwich, and press down gently but firmly to squash everything together.
  4. To cook the sandwich, a panini press is great and if you have one, just butter the sandwich and paninni it until the filling is hot and melted and the outside is crisp.
  5. But if you don't have one any large frying pan will do. Generously coat the outside of the sandwiches with softened butter, and place into a preheated pan over a low heat. Place a piece of foil over the sandwiches and then top with something heavy and flat (like a cast iron skillet, or another frying pan) and press down to achieve that pressed sandwich look.
  6. Cook over a low heat for 3-4 minutes being careful not to burn the sandwich. Remove the top pan (careful, it might be hot) and the foil, flip the sandwiches and then replace the foil and the top pan, pressing down carefully again. Cook for a further 3-4 minutes or until the filling is hot and melted and the outside is crisp. EAT THEM.
Recipe by The Sugar Hit at http://www.thesugarhit.com/2014/11/cubanos-street-food-monday.html