Recipes - The Super Club

When I was a kid, I begged my parents to let me make a double-decker sandwich every day and every now and then they even let me do it.  I've always been fascinated by the double-decker sandwich, it just seems so incredibly decadent! The club sandwich is probably the most well know layered sandwich and my SUPER club just adds an extra amount of indulgence! 

Ingredients

1 small chicken breast or 3-4 chicken tenderloins

2 rashers short cut bacon

6 green prawns, peeled and deveined

1 egg

1/2 avocado, sliced

1 tbs aioli

1 tomato, sliced

15g lettuce

2 slices jarlsberg cheese

2 slices white bread

1 slice wholemeal bread

1 tsp butter

Step 1 - Drizzle a little olive oil in a grill pan and heat over medium-high heat.  Place chicken, bacon and prawns in the pan.  Cook prawns for 20-30 seconds each side, bacon for 1 minute each side and chicken for 2-3 minutes each side depending on thickness, until cooked through.  Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Step 2 - Place butter in a small teflon pan and heat over medium-low.  When butter has melted, gently crack egg into pan.  Hold the egg as close to the pan as possible and open the shell slowly and gently.  Cook for 1 minute, then carefully and gently flip the egg and cook on the other side for a further 30 seconds.

Step 3 - Spread each piece of white bread with 1/2 tbs of aioli.  Place one piece on a serving plate and top with lettuce, bacon and prawns.  Place wholemeal bread on top of prawns and layer tomato, cheese, avocado and chicken.  Place white slice, aioli side down to close sandwich.  Pop the egg on top and serve immediately.  

Recipes - The BEATS

The BEATS is my version of a BLT.  Instead of the traditional combination of Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato, this sandwich has Bacon, Egg, Avocado, Tomato and Sauce.  I threw these ingredients between two pieces of multigrain bread when I was about 10 years old and have been enjoying it ever since.  It's a bit too delicious.

Ingredients

1 egg

3 rashers shortcut bacon

1/2 an avocado, peeled and sliced

1 small ripe tomato, sliced

1 tbs smokey bbq sauce

1 soft white bread roll

1 tsp butter

Step 1 -  Place bacon rashers in a cold non-stick frying pan.  Place pan on stove top over medium-high heat and cook for 1-4 minutes each side, depending on how you like your bacon. Remove bacon from pan and set aside.
Step 2 - Reduce heat to medium-low and place butter in pan.  When butter has melted, gently crack egg into pan.  Hold the egg as close to the pan as possible and open the shell slowly and gently.  Cook for 1 minute, then carefully and gently flip the egg and cook on the other side for a further 30 seconds.

Step 3 - Halve roll place tomato slices in a single layer.  Season lightly with salt and pepper and spread avocado slices over tomato.  Top with bacon and egg, drizzle with bbq sauce and place lid of bun on top.


Notes:


I usually make this without egg.
Grilled chicken is a great substitute for the egg.

Top 5 - Sandwiches

I love a good sandwich, doesn't everyone?  Here is a list of my top 5 favourite sandwiches, from gourmet to basic to a new twist on an old classic.  You're sure to find something here to make you salivate! 

• The Thanksgiving
• The Italian Job
• The Steak and Pickle
• The BEATS
• The Super Club

Recipes - The Italian Job

Every now and then I get a craving that can not be satisfied by anything other than this sandwich!  Combining roast vegetables with fresh salad, spicy salami and creamy cheese - The Italian Job really hits the spot.  It's like the best of antipasto squeezed between some quality bread!

Ingredients
60g spicy salami
1/4 cup roast capsicum, sliced
1 small eggplant
1 tomato, sliced
10g rocket
1-2 tbs olive tapenade
20g ricotta
1 bread roll eg pana di casa, focaccia, ciabatta
1 tbs lemon juice
salt and pepper to season

Step 1 - Top and tail eggplant and cut 4 thin slices, about 5mm, from the middle.  Sprinkle both sides of each slice with lemon juice and salt.  Heat a grill pan on high and cook for 2-3 minutes, turning once, until soft, slightly charred and cooked through.  Set aside to cool.
Step 2 - Cut roll and spread one side with olive tapenade and the other side with ricotta.  Layer remaining ingredients between bread and season lightly with pepper.

Recipes - The Thanksgiving

This one of my all time favourite sandwich fillings.  If I find out I have guests coming for lunch an hour before they arrive (or I completely forget they're coming and remember an hour before their arrival), I race to the shops, grab these five ingredients, and put out a plate of Thanksgiving Sandwiches.  

Ingredients (for 1)

1 x soft white bread roll

100g shaved roast turkey breast

40g King Island Dairy Camembert, thickly sliced

2 tbs cranberry sauce

15g rocket

Step 1 - Halve bread roll, spread cranberry sauce over top and set aside.

Step 2 - Distribute rocket over base of roll, top with turkey and finally camembert.  Place cranberry covered top on roll.