ham and jam WITH CHEESE!
1 demi baguette
4oz sliced ham
4oz camembert cheese
3tbsp blackberry rosemary jam
ingredients
1. Slice your baguette in half length-wise. Schmear your creamy, footy cheese of choice onto one side and load the other side up with ham. Place directly on an oven rack, open-faced, under a low broil. Remove from the oven once the cheese is soft and the ham and bread is warm.
2. Spread your jam on the sandwich wherever you see fit.
3. Smush it shut and enjoy.
process
yield: 1 sandwich
cook time: 10 minutes
course: main
a perfectly sweet and savory sandwich with a creamy, funky, camembert cheese
This lovely sandwich, among many other things, was kindly brought to us by the French. Well, sort-of. It was likely inspired by the classic jamon-beurre, which is ham and butter on a baguette. The addition of jam was ingenious.
I used last weeks blackberry rosemary jam on this sandwich and I think I unintentionally made that jam specifically for this. The subtle rosemary flavor shone so brightly with the ham, which leads me to believe there is no other jam more suitable for this sandwich. Cheese is not optional on this sandwich, but Camembert is. A Triple Creme Brie would serve the same purpose with less funk, but Taleggio would do the same with more funk. The choice is yours.
Fun fact - "ham and jam" were also radio code words used by British forces during the D-Day invasion to signal the capture of two bridges in Normandy. Now you know.
Thank you for being here! Please enjoy this perfect sandwich!