Fillings and spreads for sandwiches

• The filling is the heart of the sandwich, providing flavor and body
• Dry fillings include sliced or cooked meat, poultry, and cheese
• Moist fillings are ingredients mixed with salad dressing or mayonnaise
• Possible fillings for sandwiches:

  • Meat and poultry
  • Meats should be cooked, covered, and refrigerated before slicing
  • Thinly sliced meats are more tender and juicier than thickly sliced
• Types of fillings:

  • Beef products: roast beef, hamburger patties, steaks, corned beef
  • Pork products: roast pork, barbeque pork, ham, bacon
  • Poultry: turkey breast, chicken breasts
  • Sausage products: salami, frankfurters, bologna, liverwurst, luncheon meats, grilled sausages
• Cheese should remain covered until ready to use to prevent drying out
• Seafood fillings should be chilled at all times

  • Seafood fillings include tuna, sardines, smoked salmon, shrimp, anchovies, fried fish, grilled or pan-fried fish fillets
• Popular salad fillings for sandwiches:

  • Tuna salad, egg salad, chicken or turkey salad, ham salad
• Vegetable items like lettuce, tomato, and onion are essential in sandwich production

  • Any vegetable used in salads can also be used in sandwiches
• Miscellaneous fillings:

  • Fruits, fresh or dried, jelly, peanut butter, hard-cooked egg, nuts
• Popular sandwich filling combinations:

  • Chicken Salad
  • Egg and Cheese
  • Chicken and Bacon
  • BLT – Bacon Lettuce and Tomato
  • Cheese and Onion
  • Prawn mayonnaise
  • Chicken and Ham
  • Cheese and Ham
  • Salmon and Cucumber
  • Tuna and Cucumber
  • Pimiento Cheese
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly
  • Egg and Bacon
  • Ham and Egg
  • Corn Beef and Cheese
  • Cream Cheese and Bacon
  • Chicken Caesar
  • Chicken and Stuffing
  • Apple Slaw
  • Cream Cheese with finely chopped celery and grated carrots
• Purposes of spreads:

  • Protect the bread from soaking up moisture from the fillings
  • Add flavor
  • Add moisture
• Butter protects the bread from moisture and should be softened before spreading

  • Margarine can be used as a substitute for flavored butter
• Mayonnaise is preferred over butter as a spread for sandwiches as it adds more flavor

  • Sandwiches made with mayonnaise should be served immediately or refrigerated until served