Sack Lunch: Roast Beef Sandwich with Boursin
Just add roast beef and Bousin!
A baguette, a round of Boursin, and a bottle of Beaujolais is my idea of a Bastille Day lunch. (As you can see, my relationship to France was formed when I was a student, before I had begun to explore more challenging cheeses. I’m afraid I still haven’t gotten around to appreciating fancy wine.) It’s a glorious meal in a park on a sunny day, but it probably isn’t the most practical picnic for a Monday at work, and New York is cloudy today anyway.
Skip the wine, keep the guilty-pleasure Boursin, add some roast beef, and you’ve got yourself quite a celebratory sandwich. Vive la France! Vive le gourmandise! Buy yourself a little tart or palmier or éclair while you're at it.
About the author: Robin Bellinger recently escaped a career in book publishing, which was cutting into her cooking time. Now she's a freelance editor and can bake bread on Tuesday afternoon if she feels like it. She lives in Midtown Manhattan with her husband and blogs about cooking and crafting at home*economics.
Roast Beef Sandwich with Boursin
- serves 1 -
Adapted from sandwiches I have eaten in New York.
Ingredients
1 very good small baguette (or a hunk of good baguette)
4 ounces roast beef
About 2 ounces Boursin cheese
Thinly sliced red onion
A small handful of spinach or arugula
Procedure
Split the bread in half. Spread each half with Boursin. Assemble the sandwich.
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4 Comments:
an old boyfriend introduced me to this sandwich. it is sooo good. rich, but good. damn, i want one now (the sandwich, not the old boyfriend).
french tart at 4:32PM on 07/14/08
MMMMmmmm... I love Boursin.
Anyone know how to make it?
hungrychristel at 5:01PM on 07/14/08
when i was little i was a horribly picky eater, but my parents could always make me happy with just a boursin cheese sandwich -- literally just the cheese & bread. still love it!
megannesta at 5:40PM on 07/14/08
Don't skip the wine! You are on the right track with a slightly chilled "Cru" Beaujolais. A nice Brouilly or Fleurie will be fine. Enjoy !
winebill at 7:59PM on 07/14/08