Why It Works
- Caesar mayo, whereas non-compulsory, packs the sandwich with savory Caesar taste.
- Encasing the bread with a frico of Parmesan provides tons of tacky taste and a really crispy toasted chunk.
A BLT needs for nothing, however, like a bored emperor, it might probably nonetheless develop its dominance by conquering new realms. I might argue that of all of the doable conquests a classic bacon, lettuce, and tomato could make, the incorporation of the savory, briny, salty flavors of a Caesar salad is certainly one of most devastatingly scrumptious. The result’s admittedly an umami kick to the tongue, however in a great way—it is a wild trip on a rocket to flavor-space.
You begin with all of the BLT fundamentals: toasted sandwich bread, smoky, crispy bacon, refreshing and crunchy lettuce (besides right here, in honor of the Caesar, we let romaine take the place of iceberg), and juicy, candy summer season tomatoes. However now you energy that up with briny anchovies, forming the culinary equal of a political marriage between empires. Do you, bacon of the land, take anchovies—the bacon of the ocean—to be your lawfully wedded power-partner? Sure, sure we do.
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As a result of this complete train is about reaching utter flavor-dominance over the lands, we do not cease there. We add shavings of Parmigiano-Reggiano for a sweet-salty blast of umami and substitute common mayonnaise with dollops of Caesar mayo, which is basically only a thicker Caesar dressing full of extra Parm, anchovies, black pepper, and Worcestershire. (Observe, although, that I supply the choice within the recipe of utilizing common mayo; it will not be the identical, however there’s sufficient happening on this sandwich that switching to plain mayo is not going to spoil something.) The Caesar mayo, anchovies, and Parm add a number of salt to this sandwich, so I do not advocate salting the tomatoes as we might for an everyday BLT—you want them to chop the salt, not add to it.
The true energy play that turns this sandwich into greater than only a lazy BLT twist is what I do with the sandwich bread: I encrust one aspect of every slice in a cracker-crisp frico shell of golden Parmigiano-Reggiano, creating a superbly crouton-like cheesy-bread chunk.
May this sandwich substitute a BLT? No, by no means—it has too robust of a persona for that. However if you wish to gild the royal-sandwich lily, that is the transfer.
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