I have served this totally delicious and interesting sandwich in all of my restaurants as a luncheon and brunch item. My oldest son spent quite a bit of time with me at the restaurants and he loved this served up with grape jelly. The youngest was there too but doesn’t remember as much…he was much younger so as I write this, I realize I will have to make him one this week as he just said to me “mom, that sounds really good!”

Perhaps you’ve heard of it before, perhaps you’ve tried it before or perhaps this is a new experience for you. Either way I think you’ll want to try it at least once. Because of the batter and frying, I can’t tell you that this will be a low calorie sandwich; actually I wouldn’t really want to know what the calories are but I’m sure it’s still better than a Big Mac if not equal. What really matters here I think, is that splurging very once in a while is well deserved and when we’re happier, well hey, we tend to be healthier!

What you will need for two sandwiches:

Batter which consists of:

1 large egg
1/3 cup of all purpose flour
1/3 cup of water
¼ teaspoon sea salt or regular salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
And oil for frying

If you don’t have a deep fat fryer, you can cook this in a skillet with about 2 inches of oil over medium high heat. As you know, I use soybean oil for frying; I have mixed feelings on Canola oil. It used to be considered healthy oil and many still use it for such but there is controversy over it as being a, well, bad choice for your body and after some research my choice is soybean or corn, you decide for yourself.

Lightly stir your batter together (over stirring raises the gluten in the flour) and heat your oil.

For each sandwich:

2 slices of Bread, white is standard for this recipe but you may use your favorite.
1 slice of ham
1 slice of Swiss cheese
1 slice of turkey

Press sandwich together and cut into triangles. Toothpick each triangle to hold together and dip quarters into batter and place in oil. Fry until golden brown, if using a skillet you may have to use tongs to flip over to finish browning. When cooked and browned turn onto a paper toweled plate to absorb oil and then place on your serving plate and remove toothpicks. Dust with powdered sugar and serve raspberry jam or your favorite jam or jelly to the side.

Enjoy and as always, have a wonderful and blessed week!
Sue