The Ultimate Cuban Sandwiches At Home (Cubanos)

Summary by Krater

Daniel and Rosa Figueredo from Sanguich show how to make authentic Cuban sandwiches at home, including baking Cuban bread, marinating and slow-roasting pork shoulder for lechon, making quick pickles, and pressing the sandwich.

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Answers: How do you make an authentic Cuban sandwich at home?

• cuban sandwich recipe
• making cuban bread
• roasting pork shoulder for lechon
• making homemade pickles
• slicing ham and lechon with a meat slicer

Ingredients

• 625 g bread flour
• 38 g sugar
• 10 g salt
• 21 g instant yeast
• 6 tablespoons lard
• 321 g water
• 10 oz Dijon mustard
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 pint garlic
• 1 single farm Boston butt pork
• kosher salt
• 1 1/2 cups vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dill seeds
• 1 teaspoon coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel
• 4 allspice
• 3 cloves
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes
• 1 jalapeño
• cucumbers
• ham
• honey
• Swiss cheese

What it concludes

• Cuban bread requires lard for its characteristic loft, airiness, and pliable texture.
• Bacon butt pork should be studded thoroughly with garlic and seasoned generously with kosher salt before marinating.
• Pickled cucumbers require dill seed rather than fresh dill to achieve a true dill pickle flavor.
• A meat slicer allows slicing ham and lechon as thinly and consistently as possible.
• Assembling a Cuban sandwich requires layering mustard, lechon, ham, pickles, and Swiss cheese in a specific order.