Pressed Cuban Sandwich With Garlic Dijon Butter

Total Time: 1 hr 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 head garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 3/4 teaspoon butter, softened
• 2 (3 ounce) hoagie rolls, cut in half lengthwise
• 4 slices sandwich pickles (sandwich length)
• 1/8 lb thinly sliced smoked turkey
• 1/8 lb thinly sliced turkey ham
• 4 slices swiss cheese (jarlsberg is good)
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 to make butter:.
• 3 remove papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate cloves); drizzle with oil. wrap 1/2 head in foil. bake at 350° for 1 hour; cool 10 minutes. separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. discard skins. combine garlic pulp, mustard, and butter in a small bowl; set aside.
• 4 double this and save the butter to make more sandwiches later!
• 5 to make sandwiches:.
• 6 scoop out inside of the roll halves, leaving a 1/2" shell. spread about 2 teaspoons garlic butter over cut sides of top and bottom halves of each roll. arrange pickles, turkey, ham, and cheese evenly on bottom halves of rolls; top with top halves.
• 7 heat a nonstick grill pan over medium-high heat. coat pan with cooking spray. add 2 sandwiches to pan. place a heavy skillet on top of sandwiches, and press gently to flatten. grill 4 minutes on each side or until cheese melts and bread is toasted. cut the sandwiches in half diagonally, and serve immediately.