Say hello to your new favorite Cuban Sandwich!
This makes roughly 4 sandwiches
Ingredients:
2 tbl Earth Balance Butter
1 beefless cube
½ cup water
2 garlic cloves crushed
1 tsp garlic salt
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp of oregano
Juice from 1 lemon
2 cans of Jackruit (in water), drained
2 packages of Lightlife Ham ( or you can use tofurky if you can't find lightlife)
8-10 slices of Follow Your Heart Mozzarella or Provolone Cheese
Mustard
Pickles
4 Cuban Bread Rolls or soft French rolls
Additional butter for the bread
Directions:
Combine the first 8 ingredients into a crock pot
Mix well
Add in your jackfruit
Cook on high (for my crock-pot it was 4 hours)
Check on it in 15 minutes when the butter has melted to make sure it’s mixed together
Flip jackfruit halfway, add more water if too dry
When done remove from crock-pot
Preheat oven to 425
Using a solid spatula carefully press down each triangle to flatten, try to keep in one piece
Place onto a greased cookie sheet
Use remaining juice in crockpot and spoon onto jackfruit
Bake in preheat oven for 15-20 minutes turning halfway
Remove and slightly cool
Prepare your sandwiches:
Butter outside of the tops and bottoms of your bread
Spread the insides of top and bottoms with a generous amount of mustard
Start with bottom bun and add in this order:
Cheese, deli slices, jackfruit, pickles more cheese top bun
Place into preheated panini press
Press down for 3-5 minutes until golden and cheese has began t melt
(panini presses may vary so watch carefully)
You might have to throw it in the microwave or oven to get that final cheese to melt
Repeat with remaining ingredients
