Cuban Medianoche Sandwich recipe | Sweet Midnight Sandwich

By JAmero4702

Ingredients

• 3 thin slices of ham
• 3 thin slices roast pork
• 3 slices of swiss cheese
• 3 or 4 pickles
• 1/3 cut medianoche bread

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from tasteofcuba.com

Preparation

Step 1

On a traditional medianoche, there should not be
any mayonnaise, tomatoes, onions, bell pepper or lettuce. Often
times, one can use leftover meats from the fridge for a medianoche.
In making a good medianoche, remember this. The Roast Pork is what
will make the sandwich, so you can never leave it out.

Slice the bread open
face so that both halves are still barely connected and spread
mustard on both halves. Add the ham, and then the roasted pork. When in a
hurry, you can use one whole piece of roasted pork. Add your Swiss
cheese and then a few pickle slices. Make sure to spray your
sandwich press with a little butter flavored Pam, or for a tastier
sandwich you can brush some softened butter on the outside of the
bread.

Place the sandwich in a Cuban sandwich press and
press down until the cheese is melted and the bread is slightly hard
to the touch. For those of you without a press, you can also place
the sandwich in a hot skillet and press down on it with a heavy
kitchen object, maybe a baking pan (some, believe it or not, use a
brick wrapped in tin foil when nothing else is available).

For years I've used a Gaunaurd sandwich maker
from the

, it has removable plates, and is easy to
clean. Never use a panini grill, they simply don't heat sandwiches
evenly, and a real Cuban doesn't have little lines grilled into it.
When finished, slice the sandwich diagonally across the middle so
that you have two triangle shaped wedges (as seen in the pictures
below). Enjoy!

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