my favourite sandwich? well let's just say another of my favourites, there are so many great sandwiches it's hard to choose
the original sandwich of course is said to have been created by a staff member of the Earl of Sandwich, who was a reknown gambler and often ate at the table. So a staff member put meat between bread, to keep his fingers clean.
Appropriately the, the Club Sandwich is said to have been created in a gambling house in New York at the end of the 19th century. Sometimes it has just two slices of bread, sometimes three and made into two layers. The essential ingredients are cooked chicken breast, bacon, boiled egg, lettuce, mayonnaise and sometimes tomato
how it is layered is up to you, personally I prefer to keep the chicken and egg in separate layers. It seems a bit rude to me, almost perverse, to put the chicken and the egg together, "mother and child reunion" as Paul Simon put it ;-)
bread slices
3
pc
chicken breast - cooked
1
pc
bacon slices - streaky
3
pc
egg - boiled
1
pc
lettuce
sq
mayonnaise
sq
grill bacon until crisp
cut lettuce into chiffonnade (finely shred), bind half of it with a little mayonnaise
thinly slice the chicken breast and egg
lightly toast bread and lightly butter
to construct sandwich
cover first slice of toast with the chiffonnade bound with the mayonnaise
place on thin slices of chicken
cover with second slice of toast
cover this with the remaining chiffonnade, bacon and slices of hard boiled egg
place on third slice of toast
secure with toothpicks on each side and cut diagonally into two or four
chef notes
the lettuce can be torn into small pieces if prefered or left whole
serve with a selection of pickles and shoestring fries or chunky chips for a superb brunch dish
