CUBAN SANDWICHES RECIPE

              Cuban Sandwiches

INGREDIENTS

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup mustard
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) loaf Cuban bread
• 8 slices Swiss cheese
• 6 thin slices smoked fully-cooked ham
• 1 1/2 cups cooked pulled pork, heated
• 1 large dill pickle, sliced thinly lengthwise
• 2 tablespoons butter, or as needed
  

PROCEDURES

• Mix mayonnaise, mustard, and cayenne together in a bowl to make the sauce.
• Trim off ends of bread. 
• Cut loaf in half and evenly split bread to make tops and bottoms of 2 sandwiches. Spread each half on both sides generously with the mayo/mustard sauce.
• Divide sandwich ingredients between the two bottom halves in the following order: 2 slices Swiss cheese, 3 slices ham, hot cooked pork, pickle slices, and 2 more slices of Swiss cheese. 
• Place tops on sandwiches.
• Melt butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. 
• Place sandwiches in skillet and press down with a heavy weight (such as another skillet or foil-wrapped bricks). 
• Toast sandwiches until bread is crisp and filling is heated through, 3 or 4 minutes per side.