Escalivada Sandwich with Vegan Pesto: A Light & Easy Lunch
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Light and easy, yes. Deliciously fire-roasted and smoky? Also yes. If you're short on time you don't have to skimp on flavor with this vegan sandwich. All that fire-roasting, you see, goes a long way.
Escalivada Sandwich with Vegan Pesto
Total Time: Dependent on your toasters ability to achieve your ideal crispiness and color.
Servings: One stacked sandwich, or two more reasonably-sized ones.
Ingredients
- Donostia Foods Escalivada (Fire-Roasted Eggplant, Pimientos, and Onion)
- Vegan Pesto or Salsa Verde
- fresh lettuce
- crusty, fresh sourdough for toasting
Directions
1. Slice and toast those slices from your fresh loaf of sourdough.
2. Open a tray of escalivada and drain the juices. You can leave the juices, but if the sandwiches structural integrity is important to you, drain the juices.
3. Apply your desired amount of vegan pesto or salsa verde to your freshly toasted slices, and build upward.
4. Eat, joyously.
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One afternoon not that long ago, A.J. Weiss was sitting in a cafe, tapping his pen on an empty note pad, and staring out the window. The prior accumulated years of adventure, heartbreak, and common drudgery had all amounted to this, a particular moment, for reasons both unknown and fairly straightforward. The most straightforward being that he worked at Blue Planet Foods, Ltd., importer of high-quality food products and ingredients, and that he had set forth to complete the task of conjuring a suitable name for the company's new Spanish specialty food brand. After a certain amount of consideration and voluminous list-making, Donostia Foods came to be.
What was the inspiration for this (superb) brand name? Donostia-San Sebastián, a small coastal city in Basque Country in northern Spain, renowned for its restaurants, gastronomic societies, and culinary traditions. A place where locals and visitors alike wander the cobblestones of the old town in the warm evening light, drifting amongst the pintxo bars to sample unparalleled small-bites accompanied by the effervescent local wine, txakoli, and sharing in the laughter that becomes the fondest of memories; a place that exudes good food, good drinks, and a general sense of revelry. All of which is quite enjoyable.
With Donostia Foods we hope to introduce more people in the United States to the gastronomic pleasures of Donostia-San Sebastián and Spain as a whole, with a continually expanding product line of the best examples of the best products we can find and with the conviviality of the place itself.
Thank you for your interest in Donostia Foods, and if there's anything we can do for you, please contact us.
A.J. Weiss in the village of Espelette in Basque Country.
