Finding something to do with leftovers can be a daunting task. Often times we just re-make the original meal. Something we still struggle with is being inventive with our leftovers. Well on the Sunday after making the pork carnitas, I was watching Cooking with Daisy on PBS and she was making a pork sandwich. Well Daisy, I just happen to have some left over pork so why don't I follow your idea here and make one myself. As I've already mentioned, we like to make things from scratch if we can, so Matt baked up a loaf of French bread for our sandwich. To construct it I did a layer of mayonnaise in order to prevent the bread from getting to soggy. I topped that with the shredded pork which I squeezed out as much residual moisture as I could. Topped that with more of the marinated onion relish, and finally top with cheese, we used cheddar. Now the fun part, take the sandwich and wrap it tightly in foil. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Place the foil wrapped sandwich on a baking sheet, place another baking sheet on top of it then place a weight on the top of that sheet, we used my cast iron skillet. By doing this you have pretty much created a large panini press which helps make a nice crust and holds the sandwich together when cutting into pieces. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the cheese is melted. We actually enjoyed this almost more than the original meal to start with.
This is a very versatile concept and can be used with almost any combination of toppings. Use this to create a pizza sandwich, or a baked meatball sub with the marinara on the side for dipping. The possibilities are endless and gives a whole new spin to the standard boring sandwich.
Daisy's sandwich was Mayo, pork roast, bread and butter pickles and swiss cheese. This layer combination seems to work well.
P.S Sorry this post is so untimely
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