The Simple Life

Name: The Simple Life
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 ounces sharp cheddar cheese cut into 12 equal slices or graded; 8 slices potato bread; 2 crowns of broccoli cut into florettes; Half cup olive oil; 2 cloves garlic; 8 ounces country ham cut into eight equal slices; 4 tablespoons butter for finishing

Thomas Harrington @ChefTomakazi88

Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States

The greatness of this sandwich depends on its simplicity so it requires the finest ingredients to impress one shopping for the ham if possible choose fathers country hams in Bremen Kentucky where the family has been carrying its own hand since 1945 on a farm it has owned since 1840 for the cheese if you can’t get all your hands on it by cave age Grafton Village cheddar from Vermont. Great ingredients and a classic flavor combination are sometimes all you need for an extraordinary sandwich

Thomas Harrington @ChefTomakazi88

Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States

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Ingredients

2 hrs

4 servings

12 ouncessharp cheddar cheese cut into 12 equal slices or graded
8 slicespotato bread
2crowns of broccoli cut into florettes
Halfcup olive oil
2 clovesgarlic
8 ouncescountry ham cut into eight equal slices
4 tablespoonsbutter for finishing

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Steps

2 hrs

1

To roast broccoli preheat the oven to 350°F in a bowl combine the broccoli oil and garlic and toss to coat the broccoli evenly transferred to a baking dish and roast for about one hour until the broccoli and garlic are tender and slightly chard let cool to room temperature use a fork to crush the broccoli and the garlic then mix the garlic in the oil with the broccoli until fully incorporated
2

Line up a half of the bread slices on worksurface top each slice with 2 cheese slices, 1/4 of a broccoli, 2 ham slices and a third cheese slice. close sandwich with the remaining bread slices
3

Line a large platter with paper towels in a skillet over high heat melt 1 tablespoon of butter turn down the heat to low add one sandwich and cook turning once Two to three minutes on each side until browned and crisp on both sides and the cheese is melted. Transfer to the platter and blot excess grease. Repeat on all other sandwiches. Cut her in half and go