NEW YORK SALT BEEF
Download RecipeOriginating from the Jewish communities, this heavenly piling of salt beef all merged into two slices of soft bread, has become an icon of the New York food scene. You can also try swapping the bread for a bagel. Pastrami on rye is a classic sandwich made famous in the Jewish kosher delicatessens of New York City. It was first created in 1888 by Sussman Volk, who served it at his deli on Delancey Street in New York City. Making your own salt beef at home is simple, except that one ingredient – saltpeter or potassium nitrate – is considered dangerous (it’s one of the ingredients of gunpowder) so it’s hard to find. Ask your butcher or get “curing salt” which contains a tiny amount of sodium nitrite
Ingredients
6 Salt beef (slices)
½ Malted thick sandwich loaf
6 Gherkin slices
4 Emmental cheese slices
Piccalilli
1 Lollo rosso lettuce (one head)
1 tbsp Mayonnaise