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The Hot Brown Sandwich Recipe

Ingredients

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.

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    " It was excellent "
    mjcmcook ate it and said...
    ~HELLO~
    ~"5"FORK!!!!! for a Luscious & Memorable
    eating Experience!
    I really liked the 'History' of this recipe~
    Thank-you for sharing~
    ~*~mj~*~
    ~Photo~FLAGGED!!!!!
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  • dugger 15 years ago
    Hmmm.. seems like it may be time to work on a Mini Hot Brown. Used as a heavy appetizer or finger food. Gotta go think on this one.
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    " It was excellent "
    windy1950 ate it and said...
    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 all sound good. I know it looked way good!

    ^5 to you, dugger.
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    " It was excellent "
    mishi ate it and said...
    Ohhhhh this 5 fork sandwich looks so darn good I can almost taste it!
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  • dugger 17 years ago
    Well, the Hot Brown has had a varied and mottled history. It has more lives than a cat and each different. But the original was a leftover at the Brown Hotel when they had to feed a lot of hungry kitchen workers with what they had left. The basics...turkey, toast, cheese, tomatoes. The rest is history.
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    " It was excellent "
    hayamaktoum ate it and said...
    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 I had in Lexington at Ramsey's Diner. That one had white sauce with grated cheddar on top. This sauce seems more refined... and looks even tastier!
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  • httpmom 17 years ago
    I LOVE hot brown sandwiches. I have not thought about them for 40 years! I used to live in Cincinnati...we went to Kentucky every spring to see the new horses at the big breeding barns. I took my daughter about three years ago...we had to arrange for a personal tour guide because most the barns are no longer open to the public.

    I love the pictures you take of your food!
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    " It was excellent "
    dtour ate it and said...
    OMG............the diet does not start today! This is for sure a keeper!
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  • cinnamon 17 years ago
    This sounds like a very interesting sandwich. I'll try it!
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  • knoxcop 17 years ago
    Yuum! I'll bet we could try that cheese sauce from Stouffer's to make it quicker. Thanks!
    --Kn0x--
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  • bondc 18 years ago
    The Blue Boar. We used to eat at the one downtown (that should tell you how old I am -- it's been closed up since the late 60s). That was back when the big department stores had elevator operators.
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    " It was good "
    notyourmomma ate it and said...
    Lived in Covington Kentucky for four summers (when Dad#2 was a coach for the Cincinnati Reds) and our favorite treat was the Hot Brown. There is something so comforting about cheese sauce, toast and BACON!! Good tomatoes are icing on the cake.
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  • dugger 18 years ago
    Thanks Bonzai.. there must be a hundred variations of the Hot Brown. This one, since it is actually from the Brown Hotel is at least authentic, but not the original. There is serious discussion around here of how the very first one was prepared. :)
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  • bonzaichef 18 years ago
    Yeh, top marks ole boy for this one:-)) Sounds very similar to the ole Welsh Rarebit recipe, instead of the turkey it uses beef or rabbit & ale instead of sherry.
    Smiles..Bonzai:-))
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  • zena824 18 years ago
    This sounds so good to me... Great recipe....
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    " It was excellent "
    helewes ate it and said...
    I had this at the Blue Boar when I was 12. This is yummy and I love all the variations I've run into over the years. This was last nights finger lickin good meal!
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    " It was excellent "
    tpatti ate it and said...
    Sounds great!
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