Foot Long Turkey Hero Recipes

TURKEY HERO

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the first four ingredients until smooth. Spread on both cut surfaces of bread. Layer lettuce, turkey, cheese and tomatoes on bottom half of bread. Top with the other half. Cut into serving-size pieces.

PUMPERNICKEL TURKEY HERO

Steps:

• Cut bread in half horizontally; spread salad dressing over cut sides. On the bottom half, layer the lettuce, tomatoes, onion, half of the cheese and half of the turkey. Top with remaining cheese and turkey. Replace bread top. Cut into wedges.

SIX-FOOT MEATLESS ITALIAN HERO

Steps:

• Wash and dry bell peppers, iceberg, tomatoes, celery hearts and parsley.
• Grind artichokes in a food processor with the peeled garlic and a pinch or 2 of salt, until largely puréed but still textural, like tapenade. If a little loosening is needed, blend in a glug of olive oil.
• Using a sharp knife, shave celery crosswise. Transfer to a medium bowl, and add the artichoke purée. Season assertively with salt and pepper, plus a nice long drizzle of olive oil; toss well and then set aside.
• Slice everything else that was washed and dried into the thinnest slices you can manage. Thinly slice the red onions into rings, then cut the rings in half to create half-moons. (Full rings of thinly sliced red onion have a tendency to become stringy as they wilt inside a sandwich, creating a bit of a choking hazard.)
• When ready to assemble the sandwich (at least 1 hour before eating, though the assembled sandwich can sit up to 12 hours in a cool place), chop the parsley, and stir it into the artichoke-and-celery mixture. Taste that the mixture is highly seasoned to your liking.
• Set up an efficient workstation with enough counter space for the bread, and have all your mise en place in neat containers in front of you. If possible, put the vinegar, oil and mayonnaise into squeeze bottles, just as they do at delis and salad bars. Wear gloves to make separating slices of cheese and onion and tomatoes while assembling more "grippy."
• Hinge the bread horizontally without slicing all the way through. Be assertive in butterflying the loaf open - like breaking the spine on an open book - in order for it to lie flat enough to receive all the fillings without your having to hold it open along the way.
• Build by overlapping the ingredients, or "shingling" them, along the central channel of the hinged loaf in the following order: cheese, lettuce, tomato, bell pepper, artichoke-and-celery mixture, red onions, black olives, hard-boiled eggs, jalapeños and cubanelle peppers.
• Generously salt and pepper the whole thing, then zigzag squiggles of mayonnaise, squirts of vinegar and olive oil. Finish with a light dusting of oregano.
• Squeeze the sandwich closed, and insert 8-inch wooden skewers, driving them in diagonally to prevent the sandwich from springing back open. Trim a couple of inches off each end, then serve and slice to order.

ALL-AMERICAN HERO

Steps:

• Toss lettuce with dressing.
• Fill bun with bologna, Singles, tomatoes and lettuce mixture.

FOOT-LONG TURKEY HERO

Steps:

• If using whole tenderloins, us a sharp knife to cut each in half horizontally, making 4 1/2-inch-thick steaks. Rinse turkey; pat dry. Brush with oil. Sprinkle with lemon-pepper seasoning. Place turkey on the unheated rack of a broiler pan. Broil 4-5 in. from the heat for 4 min. Turn & broil for 4-5 min. more or until tender & no longer pink. Top with cheese; broil 1 min. more or until cheese melts.
• Use a serrated knife to cut bread. Spread botom layer with about 2 Tbsp. of the tomato mayonnaise or mayo. On bottom half layer greens, turkey, & onion. Spread top bread half with 2 Tbsp. mayo. Place a top sandwich.
• Tomato Mayonnaise: In a blender container combine 1/2 cup mayo or salad dressing; 6 dried tomato halves (oil pack), drained & cut into quartes; 1 tsp. lemon juice & 1/2 tsp. dried basil, crushed. Cover; blend until combined. Transfer to a small container Cover; refrigerate until needed or up to 2 weeks. Makes 1/2 cup.