A BLT needs for nothing, however, like a bored emperor, it may well nonetheless increase its dominance by conquering new realms. I would argue that of all of the potential conquests a basic bacon, lettuce, and tomato could make, the incorporation of the savory, briny, salty flavors of a Caesar salad is among the most devastatingly scrumptious. The result’s admittedly an umami kick to the tongue, however in a great way—it is a wild trip on a rocket to flavor-space.

You begin with all of the BLT fundamentals: toasted sandwich bread, smoky, crispy bacon, refreshing and crunchy lettuce (besides right here, in honor of the Caesar, we let romaine take the place of iceberg), and juicy, candy summer time tomatoes. However now you energy that up with briny anchovies, forming the culinary equal of a political marriage between empires. Do you, bacon of the land, take anchovies—the bacon of the ocean—to be your lawfully wedded power-partner? Sure, sure we do.

As a result of this entire train is about reaching utter flavor-dominance over the lands, we do not cease there. We add shavings of Parmigiano-Reggiano for a sweet-salty blast of umami and exchange common mayonnaise with dollops of Caesar mayo, which is admittedly only a thicker Caesar dressing filled with extra Parm, anchovies, black pepper, and Worcestershire. (Notice, although, that I provide the choice within the recipe of utilizing common mayo; it will not be the identical, however there’s sufficient happening on this sandwich that switching to plain mayo is not going to smash something.) The Caesar mayo, anchovies, and Parm add lots of salt to this sandwich, so I do not advocate salting the tomatoes as we might for a daily BLT—you want them to chop the salt, not add to it.

The true energy play that turns this sandwich into greater than only a lazy BLT twist is what I do with the sandwich bread: I encrust one facet of every slice in a cracker-crisp frico shell of golden Parmigiano-Reggiano, creating a wonderfully crouton-like cheesy-bread chew.

Might this sandwich exchange a BLT? No, by no means—it has too sturdy of a persona for that. However if you wish to gild the royal-sandwich lily, that is the transfer.

June 2024