Shooter's sandwich

So, I am checking out the interwebs and I see a link for the "best sandwich in the world"... this picqued my interest... So I click on the link and I find out they are claiming the Shooter's sandwich is the best in the world.. This is the picture of the final product. I had to make one of my own. This was a good project for me since Rx was outta town and I was running out of food.

What is a Shooter's Sandwich you might ask, and where does it come from? Well this might answer your questions... It is named for fox hunters I presume. Roaming around the English countryside, chasing hounds, saying things like "Cheerio!" and "Old Chap" really makes you hungry, so their servants made them a shooter's sandwich to take with them on the road.

Its a bit hard to describe...you know how you go to St. Louis (excuse me.. Panera) bread company and get some cream of lard soup in a bread bowl for like 8 bucks... well think of the shooter's sandwich as a soup in a bread bowl FOR MEN! instead of soup, there are 2 ribeye steaks and mushroom goo.

I baked a nice sourdough loaf and took out the bread in the middle, you need a good crusty bread for this... then chop mushrooms, and onions and sautee with butter, and worcestershire and whatever else you want to make a mushroom goo layer... then you take 2 steaks (rib eyes or NY strips) and sear them however you like them, put one in the bottom of the bread bowl... then the goo layer, then the other dripping steak, them some horseradish and chipotle mayo on the top and put the lid of the bread back on...

At this point you get to use your college text books you havent cracked open in 10 years, but for some reason move after move never seem to part with. Finally a use for my genetics book!

You wrap the sandwich in foil and press it with 5 or 6 heavy books for a good 5/6 hrs in a cool (not regrigerated) place. I chose my cooler with some ice packs sitting in there.

When you are done, it is pretty awesome, have never had a squashed sandwich taste so good.

By coincidence a friend of mine (EU) had seen the same article and made his shooter a day before I did! He improved the plan with much bigger (and rarer) steaks and blue cheese! MMmmmm

Shooter!