The Hot Brown Sandwich Of Louisville Kentucky Recipes

KENTUCKY HOT BROWN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually stir in milk and bouillon. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat; set aside., Place toast on a baking pan. Top each with 2 slices turkey; spoon sauce over turkey. Top each with cheese and tomato. Bake, uncovered, until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes. Sprinkle with bacon.

KENTUCKY HOT BROWN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400º. Melt butter over low heat in a medium saucepan; add flour, and cook over low heat, whisking constantly, 1 minute or until smooth. Whisk in salt and pepper. Gradually add broth and milk; cook over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and smooth. Add cheese;cook, whisking constantly, 3 minutes or until cheese is melted. (Sauce will be thick.)
• Place 1 toast slice on each of 6 ovenproof plates. Place turkey or chicken on each toast slice; cover each with about ½ cup sauce, and sprinkle with paprika. Top each with 2 tomato slices and 2 bacon slices. Bake at 400º for 10 minutes or until sauce is bubbly. Garnish, if desired.

LOUISVILLE HOT BROWNS

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp, then drain on paper towels.
• Meanwhile, make the cheese sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon to make a thick roux. Add the milk and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Stir in the parmesan, reduce the heat to low and whisk in the egg until the sauce is thick (do not boil). Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper.
• For each Hot Brown, place 2 bread slices side by side in a small flameproof baking dish. Cover the bread with about 1/4 pound turkey and place 1 or 2 tomato slices alongside. Pour 1/2 to 3/4 cup cheese sauce over the turkey and bread. Sprinkle with more parmesan and broil until the sauce is bubbly and speckled brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the broiler, cross 2 strips of bacon on top and sprinkle with parsley and more parmesan. Serve immediately.
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LOUISVILLE HOT BROWN SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• Add grated Cheddar to cream sauce and stir to melt; keep warm.
• Place slices of turkey on the toast. Cover each with 1/4 cup sauce.
• Place 2 strips of bacon on each sandwich.
• Sprinkle 1 tablespoon Parmesan on top of each sandwich; place sandwiches on ovenproof dish and place under broiler
• Broil until bubbly and speckled brown.

KENTUCKY HOT BROWN SLIDERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Without separating rolls, cut the package of rolls in half horizontally; arrange bottom halves in a greased 11x7-in. baking pan. Spread mayonnaise evenly across the bottom halves. Top each with turkey, bacon, pimientos, Gruyere and Parmesan cheese. Replace top halves of rolls. , In a small skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 1-2 minutes. Whisk in brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved; drizzle over sandwiches., Cover and bake 25 minutes. Uncover; bake until golden brown, 5-10 minutes longer.

LOUISVILLE HOT BROWN

Steps:

• Make the cheese sauce:.
• In a 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour and cook mixture, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes. Add milk and continue to stir. Increase heat to medium-high and bring mixture to a boil. Cook for 1 more minute. Remove saucepan from heat and whisk in cheeses, mustard, Tabasco sauce, and salt. Cover and keep warm.
• Cook the bacon:.
• In a large skillet, cook bacon over high heat until crisp and brown -- 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper towel to drain. When bacon is cool, crumble or coarsely chop.
• Make the sandwiches:.
• Preheat oven broiler. In a large ovenproof dish, arrange toasted bread slices and layer them with turkey and tomato slices. Sprinkle with pepper and spoon cheese sauce on top. Place the sandwiches under broiler and cook until sauce begins to brown lightly -- 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle with bacon, and serve immediately.

HOT BROWN

Steps:

• Prepare the sandwich: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Cut 4 bread slices in half diagonally. Divide the remaining 4 whole slices among four individual 7-by-9-inch (or other similarly sized) baking dishes (see Tip), and place 2 pieces of halved bread on opposite sides of the bread, positioning the longest side of each triangle closest to the whole slice of bread. The formation will look like a two-way arrow. Nestle a piece of tomato on either side of the whole slices of bread, forming a square shape with the bread triangles. Divide the turkey slices among the whole slices of bread. Transfer the casseroles to the oven to toast as you prepare the sauce.
• Prepare the Mornay sauce: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour until mixture forms a roux. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking frequently, 2 minutes. Whisk heavy cream and milk into the roux and cook over medium until the sauce begins to simmer and thicken, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove the sauce from the heat and whisk in 1/2 cup Pecorino Romano until the sauce is smooth. Add nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove the dishes from the oven and pour the Mornay sauce over each, smothering the meat, bread and tomatoes.
• Sprinkle additional Pecorino Romano on top of each dish and broil until the cheese begins to brown and bubble, 4 to 5 minutes, working in batches, if necessary.
• Remove from the broiler and cross 2 slices of bacon over each dish. Sprinkle with parsley and paprika, and serve immediately.

KENTUCKY HOT BROWN

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.
• Gradually add flour, stirring constantly, until smooth and free from lumps.
• Gradually stir in milk until sauce comes to a gentle boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
• Add Parmesan cheese and stir until melted and well blended.
• In a small bowl, beat egg.
• Gradually add 1 cup of hot cheese sauce, 1/3 cup at a time, to the egg, stirring constantly.
• Gradually add egg mixture to remaining sauce, stirring constantly until well blended; add salt and pepper to taste.
• Fold in whipped cream.
• For each Hot Brown sandwich, place two slices of toasted bread on a metal (or flameproof) dish.
• Cover the toast with a liberal amount of turkey.
• Pour a generous amount of sauce over the turkey.
• Sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese.
• Place entire dish under a broiler until the sauce is speckled brown and bubbly.
• Remove from broiler, sprinkle with diced pimientos, cross two pieces of bacon over the top, and serve immediately.