The Leftover Sammy Classic
Everyone
knows that after a big Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other holiday meal, there
are always leftovers. These leftovers are bomb (duh!), but we put together an
even more delicious way of eating them. Allie and I call it…the Leftover Sammy
Classic.
Who
doesn’t love a good grilled cheese sandwich? I am in love with coming up with
different combinations to add to my grilled sandwiches and knew this would be
fantastic before it even touched my lips.
There
really isn’t a lot to do since you’ve already labored over the meal. All you
need to do is get out some of those leftovers, slap them between some bread,
and grill them up!
Ingredients:
Your favorite
homemade (or store-bought) bread (I have my favorite kind of bread to use
pictured below)
Gouda
cheese (or any melting cheese you have left over from your cheese platter)
Sliced
turkey breast
Cranberry
sauce
Directions:
- Butter
one side of each piece of bread.
- Spread
a generous amount of cranberry sauce on the non-buttered side of each
slice, add a healthy amount of sliced turkey breast, and then finish it
off with 1-2 slices of cheese.
- Transfer
the open-faced sandwich to a preheated frying pan and place buttered side
down. Top sandwich with other slice of bread with butter-side facing up.
Brown on one side, and then flip over your sandwich to brown the other
side. (For extra crispy bread, I add a little EVOO to the frying pan
before I cook the sandwich to create an extra crispy crunch to the outside
of the sammy)
- Enjoy!
Tip: Try
dipping your Leftover Sammy Classic in leftover warm gravy for a particularly
delectable lunch!
* BONUS RECIPE *
Simply Delicious Gravy
Ingredients:
4 Tbs.
butter
6 Tbs.
flour
3 cups
chicken stock
S&P
to taste
Directions:
- Melt
butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Once
melted, add flour and whisk together, breaking apart any lumps that might
form. Cook on medium-high heat for 1 minute.
- Add
chicken stock while whisking continuously and simmer on low until gravy
starts to thicken.
- Once
it has thickened to your desired thickness, season with salt & pepper.
