Adapted from A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches (Clarkson Potter, 2016) by Tyler Kord, chef/president, No. 7 Restaurant Group, New York City
This might look like a straightforward roast beef sandwich, but it’s really a celebration of the onion. Here, they’re roasted, pickled and fried, to give you a full range of onion-eating experiences. If you’re vegetarian, you can swap out the roast beef for cauliflower, broccoli, seitan or whatever you have. Or you could make a giant papier-mâché onion, but the sandwich is probably easier.
Published: August 9, 2017
Ingredients
Directions
Heat oven to 450˚F. Toss yellow or white onions with oil and 2 tablespoons salt. Spread on baking sheet, and roast until burnt in spots, about 20 minutes. Refrigerate until ready to use. These can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.
Combine red onions with vinegar and remaining 1 tablespoon salt in plastic container with tight-fitting lid. Shake vigorously. Let sit for 30 minutes to 2 hours, shaking occasionally. These can last several weeks in refrigerator.
To make sandwiches: Heat oven to 375˚F.
Put bread on baking sheet, cut-side up. Place 2 tablespoons roasted onions on each half. Bake until onions are warm and bread toasts, about 6 minutes.
Put ½ pound roast beef on 4 bottom sides of rolls. Drizzle French dressing on each sandwich. Top sandwich with about ¼ cup pickled red onions, fried shallots and scallions. Place tops on sandwiches. Serves 4.
Pair It
Fabien Collonge 2015 L’Aurore des Côtes (Chiroubles)No. 7 Beverage Director Katherine Pangaro says she recommends this elegant bottling because “the vintage has the structure and funk needed to support a sandwich with this much crazy, but [it’s] light enough for lunch, in case you have to go back to work after.”
