Tomato Basil Sandwich

Diet
[x] Flexitarian + Omnivore
[x] Pescatarian
[x] Weight Maint
[O] Keto
[x] Mediterranean
[O] Lectin Avoidance: egg, tomatoes
[O] Oxalate Avoidance: tomatoes
[x] Purine Avoidance
[x] Allergies: TOMATO, EGGS

Tomato Basil Sandwich

The tomato Basil sandwich is very tasty on Rye bread. Mixed with a nice pickled cucumber salad and some Dolmas made for a healthy and flavorful dinner.

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: anchovie mayo, Tomato Basil Sandwich

Servings:

Calories: 187kcal

Author: Patty

Equipment

Knife (serrated)
Mandolin
2 Bowls (cucumber salad and condiment)
Blender

Ingredients

Quick pickle cucumber

1 thinly sliced cucumber seedless but with peel
1/4 C rice vinegar
1 t sugar
1/2 t salt and pepper

Basil Anchovy Mayo

2 egg yolks
1/3 C fresh basil
1 T apple cider vinegar
2 t lemon juice
1/2 t honey
1/4 t salt and pepper
1/2 C olive oil
4 anchovies

Sandwich

2 sliced ripe heirloom tomatoes
1/2 t pepper and salt
1/3 C thinly sliced red onions
12 slices toasted Rye bread

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

Make quick pickle cucumbers:

Thinly slice cucumber and put slices in a bowl. Add rice vinegar, sugar and salt. Let the cucumbers marinade for a min of 30 minutes to an hour, stirring occasionally.
Then drain the marinade just before serving (save marinade for veggie pickling)) and pat dry with paper towels. Taste and salt and pepper or add a bit of the marinade back in for taste.

Make Basil Mayo:

Combine egg yolks, basil, vinegar, lemon juice, honey, salt and pepper, and anchovy in a blender. Blend until incorporated and a consistent green color.
With blender running, slowly drizzle up to 1/2C olive oil through the feeder on top of the blender until it has the consistency of mayo. Scrape out into a glass bowl and set aside.

Make Sandwiches:

Slice tomatoes and onions very thinly (I use a mandolin).
These are open face, so toast the bread, spread the basil mayo on each slice followed by tomato slices, slices of onion, topped with kosher salt and pickled cucumbers.

Notes

This is a strong taste and hard to limit myself to just one serving. Usually I have to eat two, my taste buds just demand more. If you want you can julienne some fresh basil and also add to the top.

Heirloom tomatoes are necessary for the flavor. If very ripe I put them in the fridge for a little bit so they firm up and I can then slice them without a huge mess; but room temperature is when tomatoes taste the best so once cut I leave them out to return to room temp. I use my serrated bread knife to cut tomatoes.

This is also a very tasty way of adding healthy anchovies into your diet.

Nutrition

Tomato Basil Sandwich