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Vietnamese Sandwich
Food Ingredients:
1 French baguette, cut in thirds then halved part way through 1 cup pork pate preferably pate< 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon teaspoon ground cloves 2 tablespoons peanut oil 3 shallot, chopped 3 garlic, clove, minced 1 pound lean ground pork 2 tablespoons Thai fish sauce 1 tablespoon fresh ginger tablespoon tamarind paste brown sugar salt freshly cracked black pepper cup unsalted roasted peanuts, chopped 1 head Boston lettuce 1 cup coriander, leaves, stems removed pound cured and cooked ham, not smoked, sliced, thinly Pickled Garnish tablespoon sugar cup rice vinegar 1 cup water cup carrot, fine, julienne cut 1 cup daikon, juliennedRecipe preparation:
1 Mix together the pate, ground cinnamon and cloves. Set aside. 2 Heat peanut oil in a saucepan and saute shallots and garlic for 1 minute. Add ground pork and brown. Stir until pork is cooked then add fish sauce, ginger, tamarind paste and brown sugar. Cook 3 to 4 minutes. Season. Add chopped peanuts and cook another 4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Fold coriander into cooled pork mixture. 3 To assemble sandwich open the baguette. Spread on pate. Top with a leaf of lettuce, some ham slices and pork mixture. Top with pickled vegetables. 4 Pickled Garnish:In a glass bowl dissolve sugar into rice vinegar and water. Taste and adjust vinegar. Add carrots and daikon radish. Mix well and cover with plastic. Refrigerate.
Recipe source: Foodista recipe
