I love sandwiches, but I am a bit choosy about the bread I use. I prefer deli hard rolls. If the bread is too soft, it just doesn’t hold up to filling and the fixings.
But being soft isn’t a bad thing in many contexts. For instance, I remember a song that keeps with the Valentine’s Day theme: “Soft Lights and Sweet Music” sung by Dick Haymes.
Pastrami Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup cabbage, shredded
- ¼ cup onion, diced
- ¼ cup red pepper, diced
- 5-6 mushrooms, sliced
- 8 ounces pastrami deli meat (Boar’s Head® is great), shaved
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 2 deli hard rolls
Instructions
- Put olive oil in a large frying pan. Heat up over medium heat.
- Add cabbage, onion, red pepper, and mushrooms. Toss lightly to coat vegetables with olive oil.
- Clear a section of the pan for the pastrami. Break up the shredded pastrami and place in frying pan with vegetables—which will take longer to par cook.
- Remove frying pan from burner.
- Slice hard rolls lengthwise leaving one side attached. Spread both interior sides with cream cheese.
- Place pastrami on both sides spread with cream cheese.
- Place vegetables in the center. Close the buns to hold ingredients in the sandwiches.
