Columbus Discovers Novel Sport – Competitive Salami Sandwich Making

I don’t produce a lot of sandwich recipes hither on Food Wishes, generally because, well, they’re sandwiches, but today I’m making an exception. On Thursday, I participated inward a sandwich making competition sponsored past times Columbus Salumeria, as well as I wanted to portion what turned out to last the winning concoction.

Columbus sponsored the #TopWichSF outcome to promote their novel draw of piece of employment of Farm to Fork Naturals, as well as things got off to a appetizing outset every bit Sean Timberlake, from Punk Domestics as well as Hedonia, treated us to an array of pocket-sized bites he created using these nifty novel products. 

Photo courtesy of Columbus Salame

I actually loved his wonderful Waldorf-filled endive topped alongside strips of oven-crisped salami. With entertaining flavor correct merely about the corner, I highly recommend yous add together this to your repertoire.

I was grateful for the unloose energy as well as inspiration the tasty bites provided, every bit I was upward against ii real worthy opponents inward Michael Procopio from Food for the Thoughtless, as well as Lynda Balslev from TasteFood. 

The competition was held at the Hotel Vitale, as well as started alongside a romantic pedicab ride to the Ferry Building across the street. We were given 10 minutes as well as $10 to purchase whatsoever additional ingredients nosotros wanted to accessorize our sandwiches with.

My consider was to produce a smoked turkey as well as teleme sandwich, topped alongside some form of meat relish made alongside soppressata as well as fruit. I ended upward finding some beautiful pluots, as well as used the residue of my cash to larn a pocket-sized pocketbook of pino nuts. They were raw, but I figured I could toast them on the panini press, which I knew was hot as well as waiting. I was gifted a few grapes which spell delicious, played no utilization inward my creation.

We had merely twenty minutes to construct our sandwiches, spell a distinguished panel of 5 judges looked on. I was a piffling nervous to get down with, as well as knowing at that spot were representatives from YumSugar, Chow, SFWeekly, as well as Tasting Table there, exclusively added to it. The fourth dimension went past times incredibly fast, which made my beau competitors' run that much to a greater extent than impressive.

Getting gear upward to os marrow the bread.
Photo courtesy of Sean Timberlake

Michael bought some os marrow butter as well as used it to toast a turkey, soppressata as well as apple tree panini. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bright idea, as well as had fourth dimension allowed for a longer, deeper caramelization, it would bring crushed my non-beef-fat-fried offering.

Photo courtesy of Columbus Salame

Lynda did a fennel salami, fig, as well as caprine animal cheese sandwich, which she topped alongside apple tree slaw, shaved fennel, as well as her hole-and-corner ingredient, fennel pollen. It was a classic combination of flavors, as well as a nifty agency to demo off the Columbus salami. By the way, check out Lynda’s nifty recap of the event, where yous tin flame encounter as well as read to a greater extent than close her beautiful sandwich. 

Despite their worthy efforts, the judges awarded my rustic-looking sandwich the grand prize. I received a dangerously large handbasket of salami as well as other gourmet goodies, also every bit $500 cash! 

I figured that a two-year’s render of salami was plenty of a prize, as well as therefore I’m having them donate the coin to the SF Food Bank. I would bring merely spent the coin on to a greater extent than salami anyway. 

A huge give thank yous you to Columbus for inviting me to participate. They bring a bunch of nifty photos on their Facebook page inward illustration yous desire to cheque out some to a greater extent than of the action. Also, a sincere thank yous to Michael as well as Lynda for helping brand the outcome such a fun experience. Enjoy!

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Smoked Turkey & Teleme Sandwich alongside Pluot, Sopressata, & Pine Nut Relish

Ingredients for iv Sandwiches:

For the relish:

8 oz Columbus Sopressata, diced

1 loving cup pluot, diced

1/4 loving cup toasted pinenuts

2 tbsp olive crude oil

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

2 basil leaves, chopped

salt as well as pepper to taste

The rest:

1 tbsp Harissa or other hot chili pepper paste

6 tbsp mayonnaise

8 slices staff of life or iv rolls

4 oz room temp teleme cheese

8 oz Columbus Smoked Turkey

Mix relish ingredients as well as permit sit down inward refrigerator for 1 hr to railroad train flavors. Mix the harissa as well as mayonnaise; spread on bread. Spread both sides of staff of life alongside teleme cheese as well as travel past times alongside turkey. Top alongside relish, as well as serve immediately, or twine as well as press alongside a plate inward the refrigerator for thirty minutes to compress.

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