A sandwich with ham and cheese is a classica sandwich. It is made by placing pieces of cheese and chopped ham between two slices of bread. Sometimes bread is oiled and / or roasted. You can also add vegetables, for example, salad, tomatoes, onions or pickles. Various kinds of mustard and mayonnaise are also distributed as fillers.
Sliced bread, cheese and ham are available in all large supermarkets, resulting in these sandwiches quickly and easily prepared. Often they are the main component of a packed lunch.
This snack was first cooked in 1894.Sandwiches with ham and cheese were then the only food sold in baseball parks in the US. Hamburgers and other fast food appeared only decades later.
History of appearance
The origin of the sandwich (with ham and cheese)was discussed for a long time by culinary experts. The leading theory about who first started to produce a dish from these simple ingredients is mentioned in the 1961 gastronomic directory. It is noted that Patrick Connolly, an eighteenth-century Irish immigrant in England, first sold a bread dish that contained slices of pork ham, cheese and egg yolk sauce on a round bun.
В Великобритании общим дополнением к сэндвичу с ham and cheese is a hot sauce (based on vinegar). Today this snack may contain other ingredients. Popular variant with two types of cheese - soft creamy and hard (for example, "Cheddar").
Sandwich with ham and cheese: recipe
This fast and tasty toasted sandwich is perfect for breakfast or lunch. For its preparation, the following ingredients will be required:
- 1/4 cup light cream cheese;
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil;
- 1 teaspoon teaspoonful of Dijon mustard;
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly frozen black pepper;
- 8 slices of whole wheat bread;
- 150 grams of low-fat ham (4 slices);
- 8 slices of tomatoes (about 1 large whole vegetable);
- 1/4 cup shredded hot cheese "Cheddar".
Cooking process
Preheat the oven.Mix (as carefully as possible) the first four ingredients in a small bowl. Spread approximately 1 tablespoon of the resulting mixture on each of the 4 slices of bread. From above put on each workpiece a piece of ham, 2 tomato slices and 1 spoon of Cheddar cheese. That's not all.
Place the prepared halves of the sandwich andthe remaining 4 slices of bread on a baking sheet. Preheat for 2 minutes or until the cheese melts and the bread is slightly roasted. Cover each half of the sandwich with the remaining piece of bread. Immediately serve on the table.
Other dish options
You can perform in many ways a classicSandwich with ham and cheese. The recipe for a photo of such a snack is presented in this article. In order to make the taste more interesting, you can fry the ham and bread on the grill twice. What will be needed for such a sandwich? Ingredients for cooking are as follows:
- 8 slices of white bread;
- 8 slices of smoked ham;
- 4 slices of tomato;
- 4 slices of portioned cheese for sandwiches;
- 8 teaspoons butter butter or softened spread.
Slightly grill the bread slices, thengrease them with oil or spread. Fry the ham and then place it one piece on 4 slices of bread, put also the tomatoes and cheese. Cover the sandwiches with the second half of the bread and fry it again until the cheese melts.
Serve immediately in combination with fresh vegetable or fruit salad.
If there is no grill and oven
A ham and cheese sandwich can be cookedand without using the grill. To do this, slices of bread should be lightly dried in a toaster and immediately smeared with a thin layer of Dijon mustard. Then laid out toasted smoked ham, fresh tomatoes and cheese. Sandwiches are closed with the second halves of the bread and can be immediately served on the table. If desired, you can slightly warm them in the microwave for 15-25 seconds (longer time is not recommended).
