The Hot Brown Sandwich
From dugger 18 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 2
A stack of turkey slices, cheese sauce and bacon over toast. One of many variations of the elusive Hot Brown recipe The Hot Brown originated at the Brown Hotel in Louisville Ky around 1926. It has undergone numerous revisions since then. Read more This version is the one used at the hotel when it was renovated and reopened in 1985. See less
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter shopping list
- 10 tablespoons flour shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups half and half shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream shopping list
- 1/2 cup sherry shopping list
- 1/3 cup grated romano cheese shopping list
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- 2 each egg yolk, whipped shopping list
- 2 each toast slice shopping list
- 1 each tomato, quartered shopping list
- 4 pieces bacon, cooked and drained shopping list
- 8 slices turkey breast shopping list
How to make it
- Melt butter in a heavy saucepan. Sprinkle with flour while stirring, using just enough to make a tight consistency. Cook while stirring until paste is golden and dry.
- Stir in the half-and-half and cream. Cook unitl the mixture boils. Meanwhile add sherry and boil for 30 seconds and turn down heat to end boiling..
- Add cheeses to the sauce. Stir until the cheese has melted. Strain the hot sauce into a bowl and beat in the egg yolks. Sauce may be reheated but must not boil again.
- Line 2 chafing dishes with toast cut into points. Top each with 4 slices of turkey and pour sauce over all. Top with tomatos and brown under the broiler.
- Crisscross two bacon slices over each and serve immediately.
The Rating
Reviewed by 11 people-
I just saw this one made on Food TV Network last night... Bobby Flay had a Throwdown with the Castro Brothers. Castro Brothers won of course, and I think they used bourbon instead of sherry. But like you said, it has many variations, and I feel they ...more
windy1950
in Flint loved it
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Ohhhhh this 5 fork sandwich looks so darn good I can almost taste it!
mishi
in loved it
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This is perfect! I had a Hot Brown for the first time in Lexington three years ago. Now I make it from time to time when I am feeling decadent. It is on the menu for our Derby party this year. But I think I will like this version better than the one ...more
hayamaktoum
in New York loved it
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