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Breton Sandwich

This is a sandwich with a difference: its Breton character comes not only from the crab in mayonnaise, but also from pieces of "galette" (buckwheat pancake), fried in butter.

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Last modified on: November 11^th 2015

For 4 sandwiches, you will need:

0 1 red onion
1 1 tomato
2 50 g lettuce leaves
3 1 buckwheat pancake
4 30 g butter
5 100 g crab meat
6 50 g Mayonnaise
7 1 tablespoon herbs of your choice
8 8 slices thin toast
9 salt
Total weight: 920 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	7 min.	22 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Peel 1 red onion and slice thinly into rounds.

Slice 1 tomato (I'm using a green variety here).

Prepare the lettuce leaves.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Melt 30 g butter in a frying pan on medium heat.

Tear 1 buckwheat pancake into pieces and fry until golden brown.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Wjen nicely browned, salt lightly and set aside.

Mix 100 g crab meat with 50 g Mayonnaise and the chopped 1 tablespoon herbs of your choice.

Stage 4

Lay a slice of toast on the worktop.

Stage 5

Spread a layer of crab mayonnaise with herbs, then add a slice of tomato and a few onion rings.

Stage 6

Add some lettuce and pieces of fried buckwheat pancake.

Stage 7

Top with a second piece of toast.

Stage 8 - 10 min.

Make all the sandwiches like this.

These sandwiches are traditionally served cut into triangles and held one on top of the other with toothpicks.

Remarks

You can use a sea fish, such as salmon, instead of the crab if you prefer.

Keeping:

Should be eaten the day it is made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,917 Kcal or 8,026 Kj	54 gr	259 gr	74 gr
96 %	21 %	24 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
208 Kcal or 871 Kj	6 gr	28 gr	8 gr
10 %	2 %	3 %	1 %

Per sandwiche
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
479 Kcal or 2,005 Kj	14 gr	65 gr	18 gr
24 %	5 %	6 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 sandwiches : 6.98 €
Per sandwiche : 1.75 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Crab meat: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Crab Cakes, Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, Seafood feuillantines, ... All
	Lettuce leaves: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Scandinavian cocktail, ... All
	Mayonnaise: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken club sandwich, Mixed salad with curry mayo, Coleslaw, Seafood feuillantines, Cocktail sauce, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tea and white chocolate biscuits, Breton galettes (pancakes), Kouign-amann brioche, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Sautéed green vegetables, ... All

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