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  1. Any good bread can be substituted for the Cuban. I tend to use Italian and I change up the mustard. I also use a generous amount of cayenne pepper and often add various peppers. Whatever floats your boat at the time. I don't have a sandwich press, so I use two heavy cast iron skillets and a couple of bricks wrapped in aluminum foil. Get the skillets screaming hot in the oven (bricks also) and put the sandwich in one put the other skillet on top and mash the snot out of it. Place the bricks in the top skillet to help hold it down. In about 5 minutes you'll have a sandwich that will blow your friends away and it was made to go with beer. You may also want to try a couple of tablespoons of sauerkraut in the sandwich.

    Note: Construction of a sandwich is an important ingredient in the overall experience. I have shown it to my wife that you can take the exact same ingredients and build the sandwich 3 different ways and it will taste differently each time.


    1 loaf of Cuban bread

    1/2 lb Sugar Cured Ham Sliced Thin
    1/2 lb Pork Roast

    1/2 lb Swiss Cheese Sliced
    Mustard

    Butter
    1 Dill Pickle Sliced thin

    For a real Cuban Sandwich, do not add anything else.

    Cut Cuban bread into 7 to 8 inches long sections and slice lengthwise.

    Spread mustard on both halves and pile the ingredients, for each sandwich, as follows (do not alter the order): 1 slice dill pickle, 1/3 of the ham, 1/3 of the roast pork, 1/3 of the Swiss cheese and top with another slice of dill pickle. Close sandwich and spread a bit of butter on each side of the bread crust.
    Place on sandwich press. Heat until the cheese begins to melt.
    Serve while still warm.
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Old July 28th, 2008, 10:04 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Pressed Cuban Sandwiches
A lot similar to my Cubans.

Except I usually use provolone cheese, and also use pastrami( or sometimes pepperoni) with the shaved ham and pork roast.

Always accompany it with black beans and rice.

A big favorite in my house.
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While this may be good, it's not Cuban. You two need to come to Tampa and I'll hook you up with real Cuban food. It's one of the many reasons why I love living here.
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I got the recipe from a Cuban grocer in Miami.
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While this may be good, it's not Cuban. You two need to come to Tampa and I'll hook you up with real Cuban food. It's one of the many reasons why I love living here.
I was down in the giant sludge pile they call Ybor City, for a Bachelor party weekend, back in April when I had the greatest Cuban in my life, better than one I had in little Havana a year prior.
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I got the recipe from a Cuban grocer in Miami.
http://icuban.com/food/cuban_sandwich.html

Yup, yours is pretty darn close to authentic.

Their roasted pork is a lot similar to the marinade I use in Arroz con Pollo....the sour orange juice is the big ingredient. And Cuban bread isn't the easiest to find unless you live near a large Cuban population.

Cubans are very simple and easy to make, but damn good.
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I got the recipe from a Cuban grocer in Miami.
LOL. Yeah, but the one cooking it is a gringo!
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Yikes! Ybor City....at night. You are brave.
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Re: Pressed Cuban Sandwiches
there is a place here in atlanta that serve these. it truely is one of my favorite lunch places.

http://www.papisgrill.com/
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Re: Pressed Cuban Sandwiches
The man has it right. This is the correct recipe for an authentic Cuban sandwich. I'm married to a Cuban from Miami and her parents were born in Cuba. This sandwich get's their seal of approval . To appreciate it, you MUST have fresh Cuban bread. Crisp on the outside and like a cloud on the inside....yum!
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