|
Uniting two slices of bread with the contents of your fridge is a time-honoured art. Martin Leon, Bin Hendi executive chef, creates five classic bachelor's sandwiches, each befitting the woman of your dreams...
Roasted vegetable sandwich
Healthy and wholesome. If Anne Hathaway's your ideal woman, this is one for you.
Toss these in your trolley
1 wholemeal baguette
100g pesto
100ml mayonnaise
2 slices eggplant, roasted
1/2 yellow pepper cut into two, roasted
1/2 red pepper cut in two, roasted
50g red onion slices, roasted
3 slices fresh mozzarella cheese
How to slap it together:
1. Split the baguette in half down the middle
2. Spread both sides with the mayonnaise
and pesto
3. Fill with roasted vegetables
4. Top with sliced mozzarella and close
Cheese and pickles ploughman's
A perfect, hearty English package - the Nigella Lawson of sandwiches.
Toss these in your trolley:
2 slices thickly cut farmhouse bread
4 slices strong Cheddar cheese
4 slices beef tomato
25g red onion rings
35g crisp iceberg lettuce
50ml Branston pickle
50ml mayonnaise
How to slap it together:
1. Spread a slice of bread with mayonnaise; the other with Branston pickle
2. Build the sandwich on the mayonnaise slice starting with lettuce, tomato, cheese then onion rings
3. Close sandwich with the pickle half. Serve with pickled onions and coleslaw.
Steak Sandwich
Discover your inner hunter-gatherer; this is one Sarah Palin would kill for.
Toss these in your trolley:
Baguette, split and toasted
50ml Dijon mustard
25ml Hellman's mayonnaise
100g fried white onion rings
10 oz topside steak, 2 pieces.
50g Stilton cheese
How to slap it together:
1. Cook steaks in a griddle pan
2. Spread mustard and mayo on baguette
3. Put steak on a tray; melt cheese on top under the grill
4. Place steaks on bread; top with fried onions
The morning cure
Breakfast in a sarnie - ideal if you fancy the raunchy, rock 'n' roll Pink type.
Toss these in your trolley:
1/2 crusty baguette, cut in half lengthways
50ml Hellman's mayonnaise
2 grilled chicken sausages, cut in half lengthways
4 slices grilled beef bacon
4 slices grilled beef tomato
2 eggs scrambled or fried
50ml Daddies brown sauce
How to slap it together:
1. Spread mayonnaise in the baguette
2. Fill with sausage, bacon and tomato
3. Top with eggs
4. Smother with Daddies sauce
Thai crab
An exotic Oriental delight - think Ziyi Zhang, from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Toss these in your trolley:
1 ciabatta roll
2 leaves romaine lettuce
1 spring onion, chopped
150g crab meat
Juice of half lime
25g chopped coriander
Small red chilli, diced, seeds removed
100ml mayonnaise
How to slap it together:
1. Combine the mayonnaise, crab meat, spring onion, diced red chilli, coriander and lime juice.
2. Split the ciabatta and fill with romaine leaves.
3. Finish with the crab meat mixture.
|
