Cuban sandwiches
Ham-pork pressed melts
A Cuban sandwich is a pressed sandwich of roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard on Cuban bread.
The bread is buttered and the sandwich grilled in a press until crispy.
Associated with Cuban immigrant communities in Florida, particularly Tampa and Miami, which dispute its origins.
We grabbed Cuban sandwiches from the corner café.
- hamCured pig thigh
- mustardTangy seed-paste condiment
- roast porkBaked pig meat
- pork shoulderSwine foreleg cut
- picklesVegetables preserved in brine
Swiss cheese · yellow mustard · tradition · Caribbean culture · culinary · Little Havana · grilling · hoagies · plancha · Black Forest ham · lunch counter · marinating · poor boys · panini · slicing · Tampa · lunch · midday meal
- FloridaMiami, Orlando, Tampa, Everglades, Florida Keys
- MiamiSouth Beach, Little Havana, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Little Haiti
- Cuban foodarroz con pollo, black beans, cafe cubano, croquetas, flan