Scramblewiches

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 baguette
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 lb sliced ham (deli-sliced) or 1/2 lb turkey (deli-sliced) or 1/2 lb pastrami (deli-sliced) or 1/2 lb corned beef (deli-sliced)
• 8 large eggs
• 1/8-1/4 fluid ounce milk (a splash)
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 4 slices swiss cheese (halved lengthwise to fit bread)
• chopped fresh chives or chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200°; crisp the bread in the low oven, split it lengthwise and hollow it out.
• 2 cut each bread in half again, across, making 4 boats; switch the broiler on.
• 3 heat a large nonstick skillet over moderate heat; add the butter and let it melt.
• 4 add in the meat and cook for 3 minutes or until brown at the edges, separate the pieces.
• 5 in a bowl, beat the eggs with a splash of milk, the hot sauce, salt, and pepper; add to the skillet w/the meat; scramble, keeping the eggs a little soft.
• 6 divide the eggs among the bread and cover with the cheese; melt the cheese under the broiler; take sandwiches out as soon as the cheese softens and melts.
• 7 garnish with chopped chives or parsley.