The Reuben

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
From Scratch: 10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over

By Michael Ruhlman

Published 2019

  • About

However this sandwich came into being (Wikipedia lists numerous possible origins), I’d go so far as to say that if you haven’t made your own Reuben, you don’t really understand what a truly remarkable sandwich it is. The combination of cured beef, tart sauerkraut, a rich Russian dressing, and melted Swiss cheese, piled on rye bread and fried like a grilled cheese sandwich, is outstanding. It has all the great components of any satisfying dish: crunch, juiciness, fattiness, and the tart tast