Just Jeremy here. So I tried Gruyere cheese for the first time this week and was inspired. Gruyere is a sharp Swiss cheese, tangy with a bite. So that got me thinking about a simple ham and Swiss. Then I thought, how can I fancy pants a simple ham and Swiss? Then it hit me, prosciutto. Prosciutto is a dry cured Italian ham. So there we have it a fancy pants ham and Swiss. But I didn't stop there. I wanted to put a southern twist on this. Enter, the fried green tomato. In college I worked at a restaurant that had a fried green tomato sandwich on the menu. It was amazing. I think what really set it off was the aioli. So here we have it, assembled together is the Southern Gentleman. It is a toasted prosciutto and gruyere on sourdough with fried green tomato and aioli.
Gruyere and Prosciutto
Toasted Sandwich with Fried green tomato
Thick sliced Gruyere
cheese
¼ lb slice Prosciutto
Firm green tomatoes
Sourdough bread
Breading
1/3 cup Corn meal
1 cup flour
1 egg
½ cup buttermilk
Salt and pepper to taste
Prepare in one bowl the corn meal and flour with salt and pepper mixed.
In another bowl the egg and buttermilk.
In a frying pan heat a shallow bath of oil on medium.
Slice tomatoes and first in buttermilk bath then the flour/cornmeal, then fry
Flip the tomatoes in the oil about a minute on each side.
In another pan butter one side of the sourdough slice and brown.
In another pan heat 1/4 lb of prosciutto topped with grated Gruyere.
Remove bread from pan and generously spread aioli on each untoasted side.
Now top the prosciutto and Gruyere, then tomato and serve.
Aioli
2 egg yolks
½ juice of lemon (or white
wine vin)
1 cup olive oil
Tbsp Dijon
2 Cloves garlic
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon ground black
pepper
Fresh basil
Fresh oregano
Follow the link here to prepare: http://youtu.be/MgqIlFlYLxc
Taste analysis:
Best sandwich ever!
