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Grilled Turkey Cuban Sandwiches
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- Serves 6
Recipe Provided By: Epicurious.com
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1. Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise, divided
- 1 tablespoon hot chili sauce (such as Sriracha)
- 1/3 cup (packed) finely chopped fresh mint
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons minced shallot
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 (1 pound) loaf ciabatta bread, ends trimmed, loaf cut crosswise into serving pieces (each about 5x3 inches), each halved horizontally
- 12 deli slices Swiss cheese
- 1 pound thinly sliced Black Forest ham
- 6 (1/4 inch thick) slices cooked turkey breast
- 6 tablespoons butter
Nutrition Info
Per Serving
- Calories: 886 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 46 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g
- Fat: 60 g
- Protein: 38 g
- Sugars: 6 g
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2. Cooking Directions
- Mix 1/2 cup mayonnaise and chili sauce in small bowl. Mix 1/2 cup mayonnaise, mint, and next 4 ingredients in another small bowl.
- Spread chili mayonnaise over cut sides of bread. Top each bottom half of bread with 1 cheese slice, ham slices, and 1 turkey slice. Sprinkle turkey with salt and pepper. Spoon mint mayonnaise over turkey. Top with remaining cheese and top halves of bread.
- Working in batches, melt 2 tablespoons butter in large griddle over medium heat. Add 3 sandwiches; top with piece of foil. Place 13x9x2-inch metal pan atop sandwiches. Fill pan with 6 to 8 pounds of canned goods and cook until bread is golden brown, about 4 minutes. Remove pan with weights and foil. Transfer sandwiches to work surface. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in griddle. Turn sandwiches over onto griddle. Replace foil and pan with weights. Continue cooking until cheese melts and sandwiches are golden brown on second side, about 4 minutes. Repeat with remaining butter and sandwiches. Cut in half; serve.
Yield: 6 servings
3. Still Hungry?
You don't need a panini machine to make these; use the low-tech method of weighting the sandwiches with a baking pan filled with canned goods. If you're making just one or two sandwiches at a time, you can cook them in a skillet and top them with another skillet weighted with cans.
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Most Helpful Reviews
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Cuban???!!!!
annie_prieto@att.net - February 6, 2009 03:08:05 PM PSTI agree with Laura. Throwing some chilis and cumin in a sandwich doesn\\'t make it Cuban. Cubans don\\'t eat spicy/hot food, just food with a lot of flavor. I lived in Cuba for the first 16 years of my life and never had a chili, cilantro or any of the other stuff that\\'s really Mexican, not Cuban. Educate yourselves, will ya?
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excuse me?
Laura - February 6, 2009 01:09:09 PM PSTWhere do you even get off calling this Cuban? What? You think just because you throw some cumin in the mix that automatically it\\'s Cuban? Dude, we don\\'t even eat turkey in Cuba. Get a friggin clue numbnuts.
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interesting
Ravyndarke - January 7, 2009 11:40:37 AM PSTHaven\\'t made it yet, but it sounds promising.
One easy way to make a pannini without the expense of buying the press - George Foreman grill! I bought a small one years ago (holds about 2 burgers) and I use that when I\\'m in the mood for pannini\\'s.1 of 1 found this review helpful.
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It
kangs10 - September 26, 2009 06:10:44 AM PSTThis recipe sounds good and I can\\'t wait to try it. I think I will like it. I might omit the mint because I don\\'t like mint, but all of the other ingredients sound good. It\\'s not what\\'s in the name, it\\'s what is in the ingredients. If you can\\'t afford to purchase a panini maker, than the idea listed is a good alternative. Thanks for the recipe.
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this is a spicy turkey sandwich not a cuban
rose - June 21, 2009 03:45:13 PM PSTcuban sandwiches were invented in tampa,fl. they were made for the immigrants that worked in the cigar factories. about the only thing this sandwich has in common with a cuban is ham and maybe the cheese.heck it doesn\\'t even have the pickle and mustard on it.
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