How to Make a Dagwood Sandwich

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A Dagwood Sandwich is a fun idea for a party!

The Dagwood Sandwich was made famous by the cartoon character, Dagwood Bumstead, who loved to eat this piled-high sandwich, obviously too large to fit into anyone's mouth.

A "Dagwood" is still a popular sandwich today and is usually made by stacking several sandwiches on top of one another and holding them together with a skewer of some sort. When ready to serve, just take off sandwiches as needed. A very unique and fun idea for a party!

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How to Make a Dagwood Sandwich

DAGWOOD SANDWICH RECIPE
Ingredients:
* 10 slices crusty white bread
* Assorted fresh greens (green leaf, shredded romaine, red leaf and Boston lettuces)
* 1/4 pound each pepperjack cheese, white American cheese, white provolone cheese, cheddar cheese, thinly sliced
* 1/4 pound each turkey, pastrami, salami, Capocollo ham, pepperoni and roast beef, thinly sliced
* 1 ripe large-sized tomato, thinly sliced
* 1/2 yellow pepper, thinly sliced
* 4 pieces Boar's Head bacon, cooked crisp (available in the supermarket meat case)

Building the Sandwich:
1. Lay out five slices of bread. Layer two with green leaf lettuce. Layer each of the remaining three with one of the following: shredded romaine, red leaf lettuce or Boston lettuce.

2. Layer the first green leaf sandwich half with three
slices pepperjack cheese, next add turkey and top with four tomato slices. Cover with another slice of bread and place on spindle.

3. Layer second green leaf sandwich half with three white American cheese slices, add pastrami slices and top with slice of bread. Place on spindle.

4. Layer shredded romaine sandwich half with three slices of provolone cheese; on top of cheese, shingle two slices of salami, next fold one ham slice and place on salami. Then shingle two slices of pepperoni, fold and add one ham slice; top with yellow peppers and bread slice.
Place on spindle.

5. Layer red leaf sandwich half with three slices cheddar, two slices tomato, fold and add roast beef; top with bread slice. Place on spindle.

6. Layer Boston lettuce sandwich with three slices tomato, add four pieces bacon and top with bread. Place on spindle.

7. Garnish top of completed sandwich with cherry tomato skewered by a toothpick or miniature flag of favorite team.

Serves 5

Recipe thanks to: Culinary.net.

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  • Pukeko Jul 18, 2010 @ 6:57 am | delete
    Wow, that is one big sandwich!
  • HorseAndPony Jul 17, 2010 @ 7:02 pm | delete
    I have never made a Dagwood. However, many of our sandwiches in Pittsburgh are large with a combination of strange food items. My favorite is http://www.squidoo.com/RoethlisbergerSandwichRecipe. Lensrolled to The Best Game Day Sandwich Recipe lens and Blessed by The HorseAndPony Angel!
  • partybuzz Jul 17, 2010 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    Thanks so much for the blessing HorseAndPony!! What a nice surprise. :)
  • clouda9 Jul 17, 2010 @ 6:10 pm | delete
    This would be a fun sandwich to make for a party...it would be different for sure. All the pics are making me hungry!
  • hlkljgk Jul 17, 2010 @ 8:26 am | delete
    nope - never mode one. that's a big sandwich!

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