Pastrami Rueben Sando

What You Need

Ingredients

  • Max’s Dutch Crunch Roll
  • ¼ - ⅓ lb. Pastrami
  • ½ Cup Sauerkraut
  • 2 Slices Swiss Cheese
  • Russian Dressing (Courtesy of Claire Saffitz)
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For warming your Dutch Crunch Roll

Everyone’s oven is different, yours may take a little more or a little less. Remember, you can always toast it more, but there’s no un-toast setting on your oven!

Sauerkraut
  • 99.9 times out of 100, store-bought sauerkraut will get the job done, especially if you get the fresh stuff from the refrigerated section of the grocery store. If you want to get wild and set up your own fermentation station, check out Brad Leone’s original and updated sauerkraut recipes!
  • Add a pinch of salt, mix, and taste. Repeat until it’s perfect.
Cutting carbs?

Scrape out some of the insides of the roll to make room for more fixin’s!

Get Prepped

Max’s Dutch Crunch Roll
  1. Preheat oven or toaster oven to 400 degrees F
  2. Toss an unsliced roll in the oven for 2-ish minutes
  3. Let roll cool for 5-ish minutes to get that signature crispy top
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Ovens vary

Everyone’s oven is different, yours may take a little more or a little less. Remember, you can always toast it more, but there’s no un-toast setting on your oven!

Cutting carbs?

Scrape out some of the insides of the roll to make room for more fixin’s!

Pastrami & Swiss
  1. Layer your pastrami on a foil-lined baking sheet and add the Swiss cheese on top.
  2. Place in your preheated oven at the same time as your Dutch Crunch roll until the cheese is melted and pastrami is warmed through.
Sauerkraut
  1. Taste and salt to taste then mix. Repeat until it’s perfect.
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Get Wild

99.9 times out of 100, store-bought sauerkraut will get the job done, especially if you get the fresh stuff from the refrigerated section of the grocery store. If you want to get wild and set up your own fermentation station, check out Brad Leone’s original and updated sauerkraut recipes!

Russian Dressing
  1. Add all your ingredients (besides salt) to a bowl and mix thoroughly.

The Build

Pastrami Rueben Sandwich Diagram

Put It All Together

  1. Slice your roll in half along the equator. You should see a little “lip” of topping on the side. Start your slice right above that. 5. For an extra saucy sando, drizzle more Russian Dressing on top of your ‘kraut. 6. Add your toasty top half and enjoy
  2. Slather your Russian Dressing on both sides of the roll.
  3. Add your cheesy pastrami to the bottom half of your roll.
  4. Add your Sauerkraut on top.
  5. For an extra saucy sando, drizzle more Russian Dressing on top of your ‘kraut.
  6. Add your toasty top half and enjoy.
TIP

For extra credit, wrap your sando to let all the ingredients get to know each other and keep them all in place.

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