Recipe: Open-faced Tomato Sandwich

Here’s my take on the legendary tomato sandwich, The Tomato, from Turkey & The Wolf in New Orleans. I first saw The Tomato over at Sandwiches of History, which is an instagram account by Barry W. Enderwick who is posting sandwich recipes every day. It was Steve who recommended me to check out the recipe, and it looked so delicious I had to try it. The Tomato is an amazing sandwich, one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had, but it has a lot of butter-toasted bread, and I found it hard to finish all of it in one go. The juice from the fresh tomatoes makes the bread go soggy after a short while, so saving the leftovers for later isn’t really an option either. I grew up in Denmark, the land of smørrebrød (open-faced ryebread sandwiches), so I therefore decided to tweak it a little, and make an open-faced version with only one slice of bread. This open-faced smørrebrød version of the sandwich has a more manageable size, perfect for lunch or as a starter.

Notes

In the photos for this recipe I’m using is Danish white bread, but I’ve also made it a couple of times with sourdough bread and it turned out really good too.

I’ve tried adding bacon bits to level up the sandwich, because, well, bacon makes everything better, right? Turns out, not this time. The salty bacon overpowered the fresh flavors of dill and tomato, and this alteration didn’t work at all.

Use real mayonnaise.

Open-faced Tomato Sandwich

Recipe by Mitzie Mee – Sanne

Course: Lunch, sandwich

Servings

1

sandwich

The Tomato is an amazing sandwich, but it has a lot of butter-toasted bread, and I found it hard to finish all of it in one go. The juice from the fresh tomatoes makes the bread go soggy after a short while, so saving the leftovers for later isn’t really an option either. Coming from Denmark, the land of smørrebrød (open-faced ryebread sandwiches), I therefore decided to tweak it a little, and make an open-faced version with only one slice of bread.

Cook Mode

Keep the screen of your device on

Ingredients

• 2-3 slices beefsteak tomato

• Salt and pepper for the tomato

• 1 slice white bread

• Butter for frying

• Mayonnaise

• A squeeze of fresh lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon Salted sunflower seeds

• A handful of fresh dill

Directions

• Sprinkle the tomato slices with salt and pepper, and set them aside for a few minutes while you toast the bread.
• Butter both sides of the bread and toast it in a skillet over medium heat until golden brown and crispy.
• Once toasted, spread a thick layer of mayonnaise on the bread.
• Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the mayo.
• Add lots fresh dill on top of the mayo.
• Place the tomato slices over the dill.
• Sprinkle with salted sunflower seeds.
• Finish with a little more dill for garnish.