The Southern Gentleman

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!