[Sca-cooks] OT...sandwiches

[Antonia di Benedetto Calvo]

On 31/10/2013 8:53 a.m., Mercy Neumark wrote:
> "There are several sandwiches in Annals of the Caliph's Kitchens. I've
> made /wast/ (a stuffed loaf served cut into wedges) at a couple of
> lunches-- it's quite delicious.
>
> Antonia"
>
> Do you have the original source please? I would love to see it. Thank you!
>
A recipe for wast (filled sandwich) made by Ibn Dihqana
(this is a slight paraphrasing of  Nawal Nasrallah's translation)

Choose a round and thick bread made with fine, bran-free flour. Using a 
knife, cut it crosswise in half and set it aside.  Take meat of cooled 
sikbaj (beef stew made with vinegar) and shred it.  Finely chop leaf 
vegetables.

Cover one piece of bread vegetables followed by a layer of the prepared 
meat.  Sprinkle surface with pleasant-tasting salt followed by chopped 
cheese, chopped olives, and chopped walnuts, almonds, pistachios and 
pine nuts. Add another layer of the chopped vegetables and cover with 
the other half of the bread.  Keep the prepared sandwich pressed for 
about an hour.  [...]

Cut the filled sandwiches into squares and then into triangles. Arrange 
the pieces on a platter and serve them, God willing.

Antonia