About the winners - $1,000 Finalist ~ Hero Sandwich
The New Dagwood with a Jalapeño Twist
Recipe Category: Hero
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Sandwich ingredients:
8 slices peppered turkey breast thinly sliced
8 slices deli salami thinly sliced
8 slices prosciutto ham thinly sliced
8 slices black forest deli ham thinly sliced
8 slices Swiss cheese thinly sliced
4 Mezzetta banana waxed peppers, drained, seeded, and sliced in strips
1cup Mezzetta deli-sliced roasted sweet bell pepper strips drained
Salt and fresh round pepper to taste
Sandwich spread:
2 Mezzetta deli-sliced tamed Jalapeño peppers, drained, seeded, and finely chopped
1/2 cup Jalapeño jelly
1 Tablespoon fresh chopped mint or 1 teaspoon dried mint
1 Italian or focaccia loaf of bread cut horizontally
2 Tablespoons butter at room temperature
Directions:
In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring Jalapeño jelly and Jalapeño pepper to a boil, reduce heat, simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir mint in until blended. Pour mixture in a small bowl, set aside to cool for about 5 minutes.
Heat a sandwich grill or a heavy skillet.
Slice bread horizontally; cut the middle of the bread out, leaving 1/2 inch both top and bottom slices. On both flat sides of bread brush on the sandwich spread; layer sandwich as follows: turkey, salami, prosciutto, black forest ham, cheese, banana peppers, roasted bell peppers, salt, and ground pepper. Close sandwich and cut into 4 equal pieces. Brush top of the sandwich with butter, set sandwich, butter side down in the sandwich grill or skillet. Brush butter on top side of bread and place a large heavy skillet on top of sandwich (or a brick wrapped in foil) to evenly distribute weight and cook until nicely browned and the cheese is melted, turning once, 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Repeat for the second sandwich.