We love this easy pastrami stuffed sandwich loaf, it’s much less fiddly than individual sarnies and makes for a delightful surprise.
When making this impressive pastrami stuffed sandwich loaf it is important to use a soft bread that is easy to cut – and eat! We based the pastrami filling on our favourite classic New York deli flavours, but there are no rules.
Mix up the fillings to create your favourite flavours combination. Why not build up a Ploughman’s lunch loaf or something classic like ham, cheese and pickle? You could also use crusty rolls to make mini ones for your packed lunch.
Don’t waste the filling, simply mix oil and herbs and cook in the oven until toasted to delicious croutons ideal for adding to a salad, or dry and blitz to breadcrumbs to use in future recipes like Joe Wicks’ Halloumi Fries.
Ingredients
- 500g loaf of crusty white bread
- 3tbsp spicy tomato chutney
- 150g red cabbage, finely sliced
- 1tbsp half fat creme fraiche
- squeeze of lemon juice
- 80g pack pastrami
- 2 x large pickled cucumbers, sliced
- 2 large organic eggs, hard boiled, peeled and sliced
- 100g Emmental, sliced
- 20g pea shoots
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Method
- Neatly cut a lid off the bread, hollow out the inside, leaving a couple of cm of bread on the crust. Spread the chutney over the inside and the inside of the lid.
- Mix the red cabbage with the crème fraiche and lemon juice and a pinch of salt and press into the base. Next layer in the slices of pastrami, followed by the cucumbers, cheese, slices of egg and top with the pea shoots. Replace the lid and press down the contents.
- Cut into 6 wedges and wrap tightly in foil so it doesn’t dismantle during transportation.
Top Tip for making Pastrami stuffed sandwich
Use the leftover bread as croutons for the Cesar salad or dry in the oven and blitz to use as breadcrumbs.
Rose Fooks is Deputy Food Editor at Future Publishing, creating recipes, reviewing products and writing food features for a range of lifestyle and home titles including GoodTo and Woman&Home. Before joining the team, Rose obtained a Diplome de Patisserie and Culinary Management at London’s Le Cordon Bleu. Going on to work in professional kitchens at The Delaunay and Zedel.
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