Friday, August 7, 2009

Pastrami! (Not quite a recipe, but interesting re-creation possibilities.)

I promise, the recipe is coming. However, until then try re-creating this incredible sandwich that I found at Lulu Petite at the San Francisco Ferry Building (I will be asap).


So, from what I saw preparation was pretty easy. Here's the MiniFridge conversion method:
  • Take two pieces of good crusty bread and iron one side of each for about 20 seconds until nice and crunchy.
  • Build your sandwich from bottom to top like so: piece of bread, browned side in, spread a mix of olive oil, the teeniest
    bit of lemon juice, and dried sage.
  • Stack pastrami slices, chopped romaine lettuce, and lastly some thinly sliced Gruyere cheese (my favorite).
  • Put on the second piece of bread, browned side in.
  • Iron according to Grilled Cheese! With an iron!
  • Omnom! This was seriously one of the best sandwiches I had ever had.
I will say, in the one I had at Lulu's the marinade was named a "Lulu's Preserved Meyer Lemon, Fennel, and Sage Marinade." However, I don't think an exact replica is required because the pastrami and Gruyere were very dominating, if fantastic
flavors. However, it is why I suggest only a small amount of lemon juice; Meyer lemons are milder, and preserved-ness
lessens the acidity.


San Francisco really does have great food =)
Oh, and because Moxie tagged me on favorite 6, I'll list my favorite 6 food blogs:
  1. Hot Knives
  2. No Recipes
  3. Foodie at Fifteen
  4. Closet Cooking
  5. Bitchin Camero
  6. The Jewels of New York

4 comments:

  1. Onnom indeed!

    My stomach is growling for that.

    I'm going to have to use your conversion method to make myself one of these one day. And I think I will even use an iron, instead of a toaster that we have, for practice. :)

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  2. You blog with a wisdom beyond your years, my new friend! I've really enjoyed your blog today - love the links you've provided too.

    Hope you have your shades on, because from what I see, your future is bright ;)

    (except that you don't allow name/url posts... whats up with that?! See my last post from today, because it's coincidentally related!)

    Have a fabulous weekend!

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  3. Chris, you made my day saying you made the name/url addition. You're my first convert from that blog post!

    I.AM.SO.PROUD!!!

    You ROCK!

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  4. That sammie looks wonderful! I've never 'ironed' a sandwich before but you make it sound like so much fun. Thanks for the awesome post!

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