Photo by Judith Hausman
seek this sandwhich : squash on rye — adjudge the mayonnaise .
This month , as life history turn toward the interior and solid food gets comfier and cozier , I ’ve escape into a few tremendous vegetarian winter sandwich at local eating house to tell you about . None will be backbreaking to replicate at family . Is there any better accompaniment to the homemade soup I often make than a really great sandwich ?
Sandwich Find No. 1
AtRestaurant North , a silken , raw , farm - to - board restaurant in my field , the kitchen mixed grated , raw winter vegetables with aioli to replete crumbly whole grain bread . Gratedbroccolistems , butternut squashand sunchokes — all of which can be local and/or regional here in December — made a colorful , if humble mix , and the garlicky mayonnaise and a shock absorber of mashed aguacate added luxury . Two - fisted , it was , and really fulfil , but my homemade version would be even more so paired withtomato soup . This summer soup formula will work alright in December with home - canned tomatoes .
Sandwich Find No. 2
For the 2d sandwich , Bedford Post Inngets the credit . It comprises panelle ( Sicilian chickpea fritters , full cousin tofarinata ) and goat cheese on crusty peasant bread , a combo as rustic and sophisticated as the eating place . These fritter are fat patty with a crunchy outside and a smoother inside texture than the alike halfway Eastern falafel . ( hole-and-corner Weapon : package falafel mixture would approximate and simplify this sandwich . ) At home , I ’d partner it with a good chicken or post - Thanksgiving dud soup . My own this yr was a classic : barley , carrots , Allium cepa and the leftover Brussels sprouts .
Sandwich Find No. 3
The third sandwich hit was the creation of a young and comfortable spot on the Hudson side of my county , calledJuniper . tender - orange butternut squash , goat cheese and onion marmalade are slathered on country bread slice — so simply satisfying . The radical - smooth apple - Apium graveolens dulce antecedent soup I spooned up with it is a partnership worth examine to imitate .
My Sandwich Creation
These sandwich inspired my own innovation . I roughly chop up wintry assorted greens ( chard , bok choy and napa cabbage ) and reddish and icteric sweet peppers from the summer . caper and ail make nice ADHD - ins that plug up a Mediterranean idea . Then I spread out this on toasted rye loot ( or maybe whole - straw flatbreads ) and dollop the unfastened - faced toasts with ricotta .
When I can bump it , I prefer the rattling whole - milk ricotta made from New England Milk River by Calabro , a family - owned cheese troupe in not - far - from - here East Haven , Conn. It ’s even sell in an adorable little metal bucket . I hot up the whole thing mildly in the toaster oven . Piquante ( but not hot ) peppers , firm rye whiskey , ease milklike ricotta : Just addcideror adark beerand a blast in the woodstove to feel cozy - issimo .
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