These sandwiches have been pretty good, but as you can tell there's probably too much going on on them. I was eating the vegetable sandwiches from Target, but then I realized that even though they were cheap, there were distinct problems with them and I could probably make my own sandwiches for cheaper. But I didn't make a plan, and bought a bunch of vegetables at once, and since I was paranoid about them all going bad, I just put them all on the sandwich. It has provolone (from the provolone tree), mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, alfalfa sprouts, and guacamole. Next time I think I'll just pick three vegetables and go with that, but it was still delicious.RATING: 81%
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Man, that sandwich seems kind of gross, but that's just me.
I think it sounds delicious. Except the sprouts. I hate sprouts. They taste like dirt.
Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches with Sherry Vinaigrette and Manchego on Ciabatta
3 Japanese eggplants, sliced in 1/2 lengthwise
3 red bell peppers
1 red onion, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch thick slices
1 large beefsteak tomato, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
Extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil, for grilling
Salt and pepper
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves, plus 2 to 3 tablespoons torn leaves, for garnish
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling bread
1 loaf ciabatta, sliced lengthwise
Sherry Vinaigrette, recipe follows
8 slices Manchego cheese
Heat grill to high. Brush eggplant, peppers, and onion and tomato slices with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill eggplant, tomato, and onion on both sides until slightly charred and just cooked through. Grill peppers on all sides until charred, remove from the grill, place in a bag, and let rest 10 minutes. Remove skin from the peppers and cut into 1-inch slices. Cut the eggplant, tomato, and onion into large dice.
Whisk garlic, 1/4 cup chopped parsley, and 1/2 cup olive oil together in a large bowl. Add the cut vegetables to the bowl and let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Drizzle cut sides of ciabatta with 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and grill, cut side down, for 1 to 2 minutes. Brush grilled bread with some of the Sherry Vinaigrette and then layer on the mixed vegetables and Manchego. Drizzle with more vinaigrette and top with torn parsley. Place other piece of bread on top, wrap sandwich in foil, and place on grill with 2 foil-wrapped bricks on top. Grill for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from grill and foil and cut sandwich crosswise into 2-inch thick slices.
Sherry Vinaigrette:
1/4 cup aged sherry vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper
Whisk all ingredients together in a medium bowl. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
-recipe courtesy of Bobby Flay (I had a joke for his name but it's not right during Houston Pride)
And people think I don't like vegetables! Bullshit...delicious!
I'm gonna make a guess. And I don't know if I'm way off base here...but my guess is that your recipe (while it looks good), would fall under the category of "Way too much work for a veggie sandwich" and Glenn will never use it.
Just a guess, and feel free to correct me if I'm way off base here.
Vegetable sandwhiches are great! I've been eating alot of them lately. Unfortunately, the last one I had was chock full of melted brie and became more of a snot sandwhich. Oh well. Can't win them all.
Next time, veggie wrap? That way all the mushrooms and sprouts and stuff will not fall out of your sandwich.
Bryan, you're right. I will never make that recipe. It looks like it would take three hours.
Loco, the tortillas used in wraps have substantially more calories than two pieces of bread. So while on the one hand it would prevent vegetable leakage, it would add a lot of bad stuff to my body.
Whole wheat wraps Glenn. The recipe was used for an outdoor party, so it is better suited for a larger group, but last time I checked grilling vegetables takes maybe 15 minutes. Maybe that's just me, but it's pretty straightforward. They just make it look difficult because chefs have a complex.
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