Description
A delicious homemade pastrami sandwich with layers of flavor and creamy dressing.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 kg homemade pastrami
- 10 slices light rye bread
- 10 slices Swiss cheese
- Butter (for spreading)
- 1 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 1/2 onion (thinly sliced)
- 350 g white cabbage (thinly shredded)
- 1 1/4 cups cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp caraway seeds (optional)
- 1 tbsp onion (finely minced)
- 1 tbsp dill pickle or gherkin (finely minced)
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream (can sub more mayo)
- 2 tbsp sriracha, spicy ketchup or chili sauce
- 3 tsp horseradish (jar, to taste)
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp sweet paprika
Instructions
- Mix ingredients and refrigerate for 20 minutes+ (keeps for 2 weeks).
- Dissolve sugar and salt in vinegar.
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes to soften, not letting it brown.
- Add cabbage, vinegar, water and caraway seeds, give it a toss.
- Cover and cook on low for 15 minutes, mixing once at 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a container (including liquid), cool until just warm. Keeps for 2 weeks in the fridge.
- Thinly slice cold pastrami. Place in a container with a couple of tablespoons of reserved pastrami liquid.
- Microwave to warm through or use another method (cover with foil and place in oven).
- Preheat grill/broiler to medium-high with the shelf about 25cm/10 inches from the heat source.
- Toast bread. Spread with butter, then 1 tbsp Russian Dressing on each piece.
- Pick up pastrami and let excess juices drip away, then place on bread.
- Do the same for sauerkraut, pile onto pastrami, then top with cheese.
- Also place cheese on the other slice of bread (with just Russian Dressing).
- Place under the grill until cheese is just melted. Sandwich together and devour while hot.
Notes
- Keeps for 2 weeks in the fridge.
- Can substitute sour cream for more mayonnaise if desired.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Sandwiches
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 sandwich
- Calories: 650
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 40g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 70mg