Some of my favorite sandwiches need very little prep work, just the right combination of top-notch ingredients. This is one of them. Dark bread, smoky fish, tart apple, and complex Gouda make magic together. All you have to do is slice, spread, cut, eat, and smile.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
2 slices pumpernickel bread
2 ounces smoked trout, flaked with a fork
1 ounce aged Gouda cheese, cut into thin slices or crumbled
1/2 small to medium Granny Smith apple, cored and cut into 1/4-inch slices
A few leaves baby arugula or baby spinach
Freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
To assemble the sandwich, spread the mayonnaise on one side of both pieces of bread. Mound the trout on one of the bread slices, then top with the Gouda, the apple, and the arugula. Season with pepper. Top with the other slice of bread, cut in half, and eat.
Reprinted with permission from Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One by Joe Yonan. Copyright © 2011 by Joe Yonan. Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. Buy the full book at Amazon or AbeBooks.
