Ham and Salami French Bread Sandwich



The title is pretty self explanatory, and it's just a sandwich, for Pete's sake. But, goodness is it delicious. I first had this on our honeymoon, and I was hooked. Most of the time in Switzerland, I would just order dishes not really knowing what they were or what all of the parts entailed. This was one of those times. I had learned enough German to say "good morning" and "thank you" (thanks to my friend Brittany!) so needless to say I was quite limited. Thankfully, most menus have the German name and the English name, except sometimes the meanings got a little lost in translation.

Such is the case with this sandwich. I knew it was a ham sandwich, but that was all. So I risked it, and ordered it anyway. When it arrived, I noticed it was not only ham, but salami, and it was on French Bread, and had the always present Swiss cheese. The odd thing was what else was on the sandwich...lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and boiled eggs. Strange combination, but all together pleasant additions. It was a fabulous sandwich that could not be recreated exactly (because seriously, think of the quality of Swiss cheese in Switzerland!), but it doesn't stop me from trying.

As our 2nd anniversary was quickly approaching last week, I decided to make this as an homage to our honeymoon. After a quick depression about not being in Switzerland to really enjoy dinner, we happily gobbled up these sandwiches toasting our almost two years of marital bliss.

Pictures are from actual sandwich in Switzerland