Cuban-American here. I give your take on our sammie a thumb's up. The 3 limes and standard orange is not a bad substitute for sour orange, which admittedly is difficult to come by in most of the US. The pork is pretty true to form. There is no such thing as too much garlic when it comes to a Cuban style shoulder. The cast iron pans was a nice way to crisp up the bread without using a panini press, which I will definitely be using in the future. All in all,. well done!
I grew up eating and making Cuban sandwiches (born and raised in Puerto Rico), and the only thing I would change is the pickle placement and putting mustard on only one side. It may sound silly, but putting the pickles in the top (bread, cheese, pickles, ham, pork, cheese, mustard, bread) actually makes a difference. Even eating the sandwich upside down changes the flavor profile (think of a burger with the lettuce/tomato on the bottom vs the top). I’ve made hundreds of these sandwiches, and the order most definitely makes a difference.
As a chef and an ex film student... these videos are INCREDIBLY well done. Packed full of cooking info and edited superbly. I cannot imagine the amount of work that goes into each one. You're gonna be the next big thing man!
My brother was my best friend we used to cook together, try to master chef up for my mom compete, sadly he passed during the pandemic Since I have learned to cook so many things I wished I could have made him, but Cubano is not one of them, we used to call it the all day sandwich. "Hey I made you a sandwich I started cooking for you 8 hours ago." Best Sandwich Ever, One of my happiest memories.
Brian, I made this recipe last night from start to finish (without any changes or substitutions) & I just wanted to tell you that it is wonderful. I paired it with a Cuban Cole slaw with an optional side of black beans & rice, but it's alot of sandwich & it's an even better as a standalone dish imo. Thanks so much for sharing this delicious recipe with us :)
I was so excited to try this and the wait was so hard lol but one day in the fridge and 6 hours of roast later, it was ready at 8 pm and I have two friends stop by to sample it. Between making the sandwich itself and just eating the pork by itself, it was a huge hit and so good. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos, it's very much appreciated Brian!
You hit it out of the park !!I grew up on this favorite, right in the center of the Cuban community in South Florida. I watched you make the pork just like I make it. How it was passed down to me by my mom. Brilliant finish!!! Mouth watering. Worthy of Versailles in Little Havana!👏
As a Cuban-American, we take a little short cut to marinating the meat. We use a bottle of Mojo Criollo you can find in most ethnic markets. It has the sour orange juice and lime plus all of the seasonings. We also cut slits into the pork and stuff them with garlic cloves. It is how abuela always made it.
I'm cuban and would like to say that your recipe is authentic and on point. You normally can't find cuban bread outside of Florida and the lard is the only way to go!
So, I made this recipe dude. It was bomb, but of course you knew that! I also used the bread and the same frying technique to make a chicken basil pesto sando the next day. The cubano was the favorite though.
For that mojo, it was pretty dang good looking, esp if you don't have the naranja agria (bitter orange). I'd add onions and peppers to it for the lechon (pork), and even some sugar for sweetness if that's your thing. I think Brian has the spirit of this sandwich and it looks killer.
I’ve tried quite a few Cubano recipes including the one from Chef. This is BY FAR the best I’ve had. I totally thought it would be too much garlic but it made for pork that was PURE MAGIC. Thank you for this!
I'm surprised how often this happens: you choose a dish that seems "nice" to me, but isn't something I would actually make. But I watch, and I start thinking, "That looks really good". I expect to make Cubanos in the very near future. Always good stuff here!
Took me two days to make this, but wow was it worth it. Best Cuban sandwich I have ever had (I live in Florida and have had plenty of them to compare).
Cuban-American from Miami here🌞🌴, great job on the Cuban sandwich, 👍, the only thing we do different for the Mojo is use sour oranges instead of lemons, but all in all a great Cuban sandwich! I liked that you put the sandwich in the oven first, had never done it that way myself so I will have to try that next time.........My parents always prepared Cuban sandwiches in the panini maker before heading out to the beach, and packed plantain chips in the picnic basket as snacks. Thank you for the memories ❣️
I've used your Chicago thin crust pizza for the last couple months as my lunch 2-3 times a week. It's super similar to Barnaby's and I'm extremely grateful for your videos! Keep up the great videos!
Not just because I was born in Havana, Cuba do I say this but without a doubt the best sandwich in the world. So incredibly a Symphony of pure deliciousness between two pieces of bread. Now I hungry and I want one. 😋🇨🇺
Love Cubanos. Such a great sandwich. Well done on the home recipe. Since moving out of FL its impossible to find proper Cuban bread but will be trying your recipe this weekend. Next time you make them try "Tampa style" (w/ added Genoa salami and sometimes mayo)
For sure some hard salami, no mayo. When I was a kid we had a Cuban restaurant here, Tallahassee, called "Garcia's" they made the greatest Cuban sandwich. He would drive down several times a week to get bread from one of the Cuban bakeries in Tampa.
Great video, that pork looks great!!! Being from Florida, I'm going to give a little history on the Cuban Sandwich. This sandwich was invented in Tampa Florida by enterprising Cuban food cart operators to feed the cigar workers in Ybor City, there were dozens of cigar factories in the Tampa area at the time, and most of the workers were Cuban. The original sandwich was just as you made it except with the addition of hard salami. Now, in Miami they sometimes add mayo (an abomination). The slash on top of the bread is not done with a lame, I understand that Cuban bakers place a palm frond on the bread to make the indentation. A well made Cuban sandwich is indeed one of the finest sandwiches in the world. It is one of my favorites and I love a good sandwich.
Thank you, someone finally mentioned the salami. I can't believe how many people have forgotten about it, or just don't know. I go to Sarasota, & Tampa every year, I also grew up in DeLand, & even some of the OG places like the Columbia have the Cuban without Salami, or at least you can order it that way, which is a crime
I've lived in Miami my entire life and never seen any Cuban establishment add "Mayonnaise" to a Cuban sandwich. Also, the Miami Cuban sandwich has no Salami. The Salami comes from Tampa where a large Italian population preferred a slice of Salami on their Cuban sandwich.
I want to thank you. I asked you to make this and you did. Spot on too.. When you took that first bite of pork you were tasting my childhood. Im Cuban from Miami. I grew up on this wonderful sandwich. 🥪
I'm Cuban and you, bro, nailed it! Even making the bread with "manteca" or lard. Thanks for keeping it authentic and not jacking it up like so many others tend to do. Keep up the great work!
Two small petty quibbles: the palmetto leaf isn't essential but it does add something to the loaf; I would insert a sheet of parchment, butcher or some other paper between the bottom of the topmost cast-iron pan and the top of the sandwich. I used a brick to apply pressure.The sandwich press (panini-type) is really ideal for these types of sandwiches for providing heat on both sides of the sandwich simultaneously. Good content, well-produced. (I'm from Mia-muh.)
Another great one, Bri! I go to the asian market and get a giant pack of peeled garlic for $2. I think they must tumble them or something because they are definitely not blanched--they still have their full flavor. I'm definitely gonna make those rolls for a future sammie.
@@BrianLagerstrom I have seen them jumping on a giant bag of the stuff on the sidewalk in China Town, NYC back in the mid-nineties, quite sure it is happening out back of a restaurant right now.
@@BrianLagerstrom Stay away from that ultra cheep, pre-peeled garlic mah man. You can find local markets with farmers from around your area that have better stuff. Check out 'Rotten' - a documentary on Netflix if you want further deets on that garlic.
Cuban from Miami here. I 100% approve. Only difference is the bread, we usually throw the yeast in with some flower and water the night before to make it closer to a sourdough style of bread. The places here have a press that is lined with aluminum foil and the foil is coated with butter. And yes, the nuclear yellow mustard is 100% a must. The marinade is what we call Mojito. If you can get your hands on sour orange use that instead of regular oranges. We use this on chicken as well.
Fellow Chicagoan here. Your Italian beef video popped up in my recommendations. It was excellent. I then found this one. Equally excellent. But what earned you my subscription was the inclusion of the Aldi yellow mustard. Great job, I’ll be making a cubano this weekend following your methods!!
Nice Miami-style cubano. You should try the Tampa style, too, where the mojo pork roast is chilled and sliced thin like the ham, and a layer of Genoa salami is added. It's the original version created for and by immigrants working in the Tampa cigar factories in the early 20th century, although folks like to argue about which is more "authentic." I refuse to choose because both are simply too good to squabble over. A slight nitpick: most authentic cubans I've seen assembled have mustard, cheese and pickles only on the top layer, not on the bottom, too. Brian's version is delicious but the extra cheese and mustard changes the experience on the pallet slightly. Clarified butter is not necessary, either. The restaurants just slather regular, room-temp butter on both sides. If the griddle or pan is the right temp, the milk solids won't burn and the inside gets warmed through at the same time the outside gets done. Everyone should try an authentic cuban, but the method (and especially the bread!) can make just about any sandwich you can imagine better!
Dude that lechon (pork) was awesome looking once you pulled it out of the oven! And contrary to normal people's view on garlic quantity, Cubans amp up the garlic and cumin in most recipes. This is "normal" for us cubanos. Thanks for sharing this great recipe!
man, i'm so glad i stumbled across your channel, as a Cuban who moved to Texas I've been subbing my bread for my Cubanos when i do get around to making everything and now i have a viable recipe to make my own... can't wait to make a few loaves right away... might have to run to the store to get a pork shoulder as well...
You and Babish's Cubano reinvigorated my love of cooking(much to my friends and family's delight lol) with cubanos now a treasured regular for holidays and parties
Just showed this to my husband and he said, "no rush...tomorrow?" Sounds delicious and I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks Brian for another amazing recipe!
The cuban is the GOAT sandwich. Lucky enough to have a restaurant in my town run by some cuban ex pats so been a fan since 96 LoL. Sadly COVID did them in. Gotta score yourself some cuban coffee as well.
Made this an hour ago and my family loved it then i made a nutella mint dark chocolate ice cream. Your bread recipes are the best sir. Mabuhay from Philippines 🇵🇭
@@BrianLagerstrom i have friends and colleagues subcribing to your channel. Everything you show in your vids are detailed and spot-on. Although i wish you have a recipe book that you’re selling here in Philippines or we can order online. Keep up the great work sir! And stay safe amidst the pandemic 👍
One of my favorite things about your style is you're like Joshua Weissman in teaching techniques but without the shaming for using some store-bought regular stuff, it's all positive vibes from you
I made this tonight. Excellent! The pork with the garlic & citrus marinade has what the Cubans I get at restaurants doesn't usually have, and I'm retroactively missing that flavor from almost every other Cuban I've ever eaten.
Just pulled the loaves out of the oven for dinner, wowowowowow. House smells amazing and they are BEAUTIFUL! Can’t wait to taste. Thanks! Love from Ohio.
Haven't had a Cuban sandwich since I lived in Florida back in the early 90's. You nailed it especially that Cuban roll. The Cuban community also does a chicken half in a similar marinade and it's too DIE for.
Right straight from South Florida...Eat the Cuban and the chicken one too, yet live to enjoy them and above all don't DIE. We don't want to feel guilty...Shema!!!
I'm happy to see no hard salami cold cuts were used in this recipe. The real way is to uses pernil (pork shoulder). I despise restaurants that use hard salami as a substitute.
Looking at some of the comments. Everybody is a Cuban bread maker it would appear. I come from an Italian family and I can assure you that there are as many different ways of making lasagna or any other Italian dish as there are Italian people. So quit with the condescending comments about whether it is authentic Cuban bread or not.
Dude! You gotta make mojo sauce to go with it! Put it in a squeeze bottle, drizzle a little on each bite as you go, and it transforms one of the best sandwiches on the planet into one of the best foodstuffs ever. I'm serious. Mojo sauce. Do it. It's just not a total cuban without it.
@@BrianLagerstrom I eyeball it sometimes, but this, roughly. 3/4 cup olive oil 3/4 cup lime juice 3/4 cup orange juice 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro 8 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon grated orange peel 1 tablespoon dried oregano 2 teaspoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper Put it all together and blend the shit out of it with an immersion blender. Put that in a condiment squirt bottle and drizzle as you eat. Fridge after dinner. Shake like crazy to re-mix whenever you need it.
I weigh the meat, and add exactly 10g salt, 10g of sugar, 5g of msg per pound of meat. Over 1-3 days the salt and MSG will soak into the meat and pull out the excess water, preserving the flavor of the meat. The sugar offsets the saltiness, this ensures that the meat will taste great before you smoke/grill/roast your meat. I promise that there will be no dry flavorless meat when you follow this rule of thumb
So, it was my second time making the rolls from this recipe and I've got a question for ya. Both times, my dough definitely was not as extensible as yours looked in the video after a 3 minute mix on low speed and then a 6 minute mix on high. I'm using King Arthur bread flour just like you and I've got shearing and tearing at that point big time. It definitely feels like the hydration is a tad higher than what I see in the video or something. Are you sure about the numbers in your recipe? Is it definitely supposed to be 68% hydration? I mean, both times, after the mix and I take it out and put it into a bowl, there is absolutely no way I'm tucking and folding it into a ball like you did without wet hands. There's just no way, the strength isn't there and it sticks bad. The rolls came out fine of course because I know what to do to handle it, but just wonderin'. You sure you didn't sneak in an autolyze on us? lol
I'm using the exact same brand of flour that you use. I find that with King Arthur bread flour that I need to mix/knead the dough longer than most people do for their recipes when they use bread four. I needed more like a 11 minute mix on high for this recipe. However, with that being said, I highly recommend for you to not go off of time when it comes to kneading bread, but rather use the window pane test instead, as I find it much more reliable than using time. I followed everything else in the cubano roll recipe pretty closely except I had a shorter proofing time as my yeast seemed to be super active today. My cubano rolls turned out great with those minor adaptations. Hope this helps.
Bit late, but ambient moisture plays a big role in most dough making, so you really have to play it by ear with how long you knead it and how much water you add.
Hi, It's likely you're making the recipe in a different climate than Mr Lagerstrom. I'd advise slightly reducing the amount of water in the recipe to make a more tensile dough. Even a small % change in the hydration of your mixture will radically impact how quickly/well it comes together, how "plastic" it is, etc.
Brian you deserve more views. Just subscribed, thumbs up. Finally... A chef who knows the proper technique for beautiful roast pork. Learned similar technique(s) from a grandma who showed a young man how to make this dish. (30 years ago, she has since passed, but her smile and gentle but firm tutelage lives on. Love you Hope.) God bless you from West Texas. Stay safe.
you do lose out on some of the browned crust you get from oven roasting and that little bit of texture is nice to have, but if you aren't concerned about browning, a crock pot is a solid way to get that tender pork.
Interesting. Looks good. The ones I have had in Miami have thick slices of pork, not braised, and they use a cinder block to squash it in the press. I will have try this.
Thank you! After visiting Miami and coming back to STL I crave cubanos (especially the cuban bread/toast!!) I was looking for a good recipe for the cuban bread. Can't wait to try it!! 😋
You must’ve been contaminated by Cubans from Miami :) because in Tampa we add salami to it and there’s a historic reason for that. Try it. This is the never ending sandwich war between Tampa and Miami as to who has the “real” Cuban sandwich. In any case, both are very good when well prepared.
Sitting here eating a fresh from the garden tomato sandwich on your baguette recipe. I guess I'll be going to loes tonight to get Cuban sammmy stuffs. Stop trying to make me thiccc, B-man 😬😂 (actually no, don't)
that pork roast marinade recipe looks GREAT............If I have it, I use leftover pulled smoked pork bar-b-que.....add the R. Scott copycat Carolina vinegar pepper sauce and re-heat in microwave.......most of vinegar sauce will absorb into the meat........use store bought sandwich sliced Ham.
Brian, I recently found your channel and have been dreading clicking on this video. So many other foodtubers I watched over the years have "definitive" videos on how to do an "authentic" Cuban, and they're almost all wrong. Thank you for doing justice to my culture's sandwich. The only two points of contention was doing pulled pork instead of sliced pork, which is admittedly, the modern way of making Cubanos because pulled pork is just easier to do. Getting that perfectly tender, but still sliceable pork butt is magic. I do it via sous vide (followed by a quick sear over coals for some smokiness), but I'm not opposed to the modern pulled pork method. The other point of difference is not using sour oranges in the marinade, but that's a hard ingredient to find. I typically recommend people use Badia Mojo for making their own roast pork. For the garlic, I've never seen minced garlic used, I'll have to try that. What is traditional in my family is to poke slits into the pork with a pairing knife, and push bruised cloves of garlic down into the pork. You get little slices of roasted garlic embedded in the meat like this and it's a fun surprise in a bite of sando. All in all I give you a 9.5/10 for adherence to what is traditional (a 10/10 is impossible because every region/family does it slightly differently).
Great Cuban! Kudos on making the bread. I'm lucky enough to have a Latin market up the street that bakes fresh Cuban rolls because the bread is the biggest key to making the perfect Cuban sandwich. Well done.
Yo Brian, decided to try this recipe after I tried your NYC pizza dough, a straight banger btw, and dude this is so good. I've tried a lot of youtuber's recipes and your have by far been the best. I think you experience in a professional kitchen and bakery really shows through the quality of your recipes. Keep up the great work.
Okay, have made this 3 times. It is great and what’s better my three kids (7, 11, 13) love them. I only did the bread once. It was the first time I made bread and it came out okay. I need to make it a few more times to see if I can work on my technique. As a New Yorker I am pretty particular about bread. But living in Cali for 20 years my frustration can be quelled by your recipes. Thanks for you content. This weekend I am starting the 3 loaf from one dough 2.0. Fingers crossed.
For your information: in the Celsius and metric world mostly we are using rounded numbers - 500g flour, 120 degrees Celsius, 50g Butter etc. No one would ever give you a recipe with 493g of flour because this is 2 cups or 121C because it’s whatever in Fahrenheit or 48,5g because it’s 2 caps of a soda bottle worth of butter ツ the most ovens have steps of 5 degrees like yours or even 10. For us Europeans it looks pretty weird if someone uses those overcomplicated numbers. Only core temperature of meat and ingredients that have a huge impact like salt, baking powder etc. have to be precise on the gram - in my opinion! Thanks for this nice video 👌 highly appreciated! For someone who has been to Cuba it’s mouth watering! I’ll give it a try!
Whenever I do a bone in pork shoulder I open it up along the top of the shoulder blade. I feel like that is a good way to get seasoning throughout. Not necessarily better than this method, just how I do it.
I was craving a Cuban sandwhich when I saw this viedo and had to try it, it did not disapoint! Awesome sandwhich, I'll be making them again soon. Thanks for all the great videos, my cooking has imroved a great deal.
Enjoyed watching this video on making a Cuban sandwich! Thanks for the great content 👍 I watched in Florence Italy after dinner at a local restaurant 😋 it was great and made me think of suggesting Steak au Poivre for future content! Have a great day!
Hey man, I just watched yours footage for a first time ever, and it is really great! Does not feel anything so relaxing and simple in cooking videos for a long time! Great job, keep it up! Special like for calculating everything in both: metric and imperial)))
I'm a Cuban-American that's grown up and lived in Miami my entire life. I've enjoyed many of these sandwiches throughout my lifetime. About the only part where you could improve is heating up the sandwich. A sandwich press would've made your life so much easier. Also, with a press, you can omit the step of putting the sandwich in the oven to warm it up. I've made these sandwiches at home, and the press warms them up all the way through. I do have to admit that baking your own bread was a baller move. I've seen a lot of people try to use a substitute because they couldn't get Cuban bread. I once saw someone try to make a Cuban with French bread.🤦♂
Cuban-American here. I give your take on our sammie a thumb's up. The 3 limes and standard orange is not a bad substitute for sour orange, which admittedly is difficult to come by in most of the US. The pork is pretty true to form. There is no such thing as too much garlic when it comes to a Cuban style shoulder. The cast iron pans was a nice way to crisp up the bread without using a panini press, which I will definitely be using in the future. All in all,. well done!
Thanks! This is high praise
I doubt there's something that can be found in Cuba but not in a first world country..
@@UntakenNick who asked
@@KarlMarxUSA some Americans can’t go five minutes without showing their racism.
yeah everybody is from somewhere
I grew up eating and making Cuban sandwiches (born and raised in Puerto Rico), and the only thing I would change is the pickle placement and putting mustard on only one side. It may sound silly, but putting the pickles in the top (bread, cheese, pickles, ham, pork, cheese, mustard, bread) actually makes a difference. Even eating the sandwich upside down changes the flavor profile (think of a burger with the lettuce/tomato on the bottom vs the top).
I’ve made hundreds of these sandwiches, and the order most definitely makes a difference.
I call cap
I love that whenever you make a recipe, you make everything form scratch. My kind of videos. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re the best.
Thanks Oscar
As a chef and an ex film student... these videos are INCREDIBLY well done. Packed full of cooking info and edited superbly. I cannot imagine the amount of work that goes into each one. You're gonna be the next big thing man!
Thanks so much. They are a lot of work ahah cheers chef
You arent wrong
almost at 1M subs now :)
Brian, you are easily one of the most entertaining chefs on TH-cam!
Thanks Todd! I appreciate it
My brother was my best friend we used to cook together, try to master chef up for my mom compete, sadly he passed during the pandemic Since I have learned to cook so many things I wished I could have made him, but Cubano is not one of them, we used to call it the all day sandwich. "Hey I made you a sandwich I started cooking for you 8 hours ago." Best Sandwich Ever, One of my happiest memories.
The movie Chef introduced me to cubanos. Since then, I’ve never looked back. 10/10 video for featuring this dish.
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Brian, I made this recipe last night from start to finish (without any changes or substitutions) & I just wanted to tell you that it is wonderful. I paired it with a Cuban Cole slaw with an optional side of black beans & rice, but it's alot of sandwich & it's an even better as a standalone dish imo. Thanks so much for sharing this delicious recipe with us :)
Omgoodness, I like to paire it with tostones or fry yuca
I was so excited to try this and the wait was so hard lol but one day in the fridge and 6 hours of roast later, it was ready at 8 pm and I have two friends stop by to sample it. Between making the sandwich itself and just eating the pork by itself, it was a huge hit and so good. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos, it's very much appreciated Brian!
It’s upsetting this video doesn’t have more views since this is LITERALLY the best sandwich
tru sandwich with 2,5kg pork
You hit it out of the park !!I grew up on this favorite, right in the center of the Cuban community in South Florida. I watched you make the pork just like I make it. How it was passed down to me
by my mom. Brilliant finish!!! Mouth watering. Worthy of Versailles in Little Havana!👏
As a Cuban-American, we take a little short cut to marinating the meat. We use a bottle of Mojo Criollo you can find in most ethnic markets. It has the sour orange juice and lime plus all of the seasonings. We also cut slits into the pork and stuff them with garlic cloves. It is how abuela always made it.
Would Abuela approve of this Sammy?
I'm cuban and would like to say that your recipe is authentic and on point. You normally can't find cuban bread outside of Florida and the lard is the only way to go!
So, I made this recipe dude. It was bomb, but of course you knew that! I also used the bread and the same frying technique to make a chicken basil pesto sando the next day. The cubano was the favorite though.
So glad it worked out dood
I'm Cuban American so I know how to make a killer mojo. His recipe for it was okay. You can't google the best recipes for it.
For that mojo, it was pretty dang good looking, esp if you don't have the naranja agria (bitter orange). I'd add onions and peppers to it for the lechon (pork), and even some sugar for sweetness if that's your thing. I think Brian has the spirit of this sandwich and it looks killer.
The Cuban is prob the most frequently impersonated sandwich, but never done right.
This looks awesome. Def doing this
As a Cuban living in Miami, having worked at my parents Cuban restaurant and made MANY Cuban sandwiches, I totally agree!
I’ve tried quite a few Cubano recipes including the one from Chef. This is BY FAR the best I’ve had. I totally thought it would be too much garlic but it made for pork that was PURE MAGIC. Thank you for this!
Who is Chef?
I'm surprised how often this happens: you choose a dish that seems "nice" to me, but isn't something I would actually make. But I watch, and I start thinking, "That looks really good". I expect to make Cubanos in the very near future. Always good stuff here!
Good luck, they are worth every bit of the labor. Honestly best sandwich of the year for me so far
Yup, same lolol
He didnt grow the wheat or raise the pig, so he still got a long way to go.
Took me two days to make this, but wow was it worth it. Best Cuban sandwich I have ever had (I live in Florida and have had plenty of them to compare).
Thanks for trying! So glad you gave it a shot!
It took you 2 years????....wtf..
@@miguellorenzo3609 he said 2 days?
Fried in butter. My dude that's all I needed to hear! The smell must be attract the neighbours like in the old cartoons
🙏🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Cuban-American from Miami here🌞🌴, great job on the Cuban sandwich,
👍, the only thing we do different for the Mojo is use sour oranges instead of lemons, but all in all a great Cuban sandwich! I liked that you put the sandwich in the oven first, had never done it that way myself so I will have to try that next time.........My parents always prepared Cuban sandwiches in the panini maker before heading out to the beach, and packed plantain chips in the picnic basket as snacks. Thank you for the memories ❣️
It's good to know about your serrated knife skillz. Thanks for making it clear for us.
Hahaha glad it’s out there now
When I visit Miami, and tasted a Cuban sandwich I was in heaven, thanks for this recipe. Greetings from Switzerland
I've used your Chicago thin crust pizza for the last couple months as my lunch 2-3 times a week.
It's super similar to Barnaby's and I'm extremely grateful for your videos!
Keep up the great videos!
Thanks for trying the recipe
Our Barnaby's finally gave up the ghost and closed, Covid did them in, I will miss them.
Another Chicago institution, Gulliver's, closed recently too. Legendary stuffed pizza there.
I'm a Cuban -american ...I want to thank you for showcasing our beloved Cuban sandwich.....great job !
You killed it with the pork shoulder!!! Whenever I eat a lackluster Cuban it makes me sad so Good job!
Sandwiches are not like pizza, there are ALOT of bad ones out there and they are a real tragedy 🎭
Not just because I was born in Havana, Cuba do I say this but without a doubt the best sandwich in the world. So incredibly a Symphony of pure deliciousness between two pieces of bread. Now I hungry and I want one. 😋🇨🇺
Love Cubanos. Such a great sandwich. Well done on the home recipe. Since moving out of FL its impossible to find proper Cuban bread but will be trying your recipe this weekend. Next time you make them try "Tampa style" (w/ added Genoa salami and sometimes mayo)
Tampa Native here! Always salami since Ybor City in 1890 !! but no mayo
THIS is exactly the kind of 'insider' info needed :) Appreciate the input on the Tampa variety!
For sure some hard salami, no mayo. When I was a kid we had a Cuban restaurant here, Tallahassee, called "Garcia's" they made the greatest Cuban sandwich. He would drive down several times a week to get bread from one of the Cuban bakeries in Tampa.
@@patmos68 probably La Segunda bakery
@@jernigan007 @patmos68 yeah it depended on where I would get mine as to whether they used mayo. was always a small amount and agree it isn't needed
Far and Away the best cooking channel on TH-cam (& I've viewed over 3 DOZEN!!)
Thanks very much!
The cuban and the reuben are my two favorites; glad you shared this with us.
Rueben is coming up one of these days
Looks fantastic. Missing one thing. Genoa salami to make the original Cuban sandwich. It’s a Tampa thing. Just try it.
Great video, that pork looks great!!! Being from Florida, I'm going to give a little history on the Cuban Sandwich. This sandwich was invented in Tampa Florida by enterprising Cuban food cart operators to feed the cigar workers in Ybor City, there were dozens of cigar factories in the Tampa area at the time, and most of the workers were Cuban. The original sandwich was just as you made it except with the addition of hard salami. Now, in Miami they sometimes add mayo (an abomination). The slash on top of the bread is not done with a lame, I understand that Cuban bakers place a palm frond on the bread to make the indentation. A well made Cuban sandwich is indeed one of the finest sandwiches in the world. It is one of my favorites and I love a good sandwich.
Cheers!
Thank you, someone finally mentioned the salami. I can't believe how many people have forgotten about it, or just don't know. I go to Sarasota, & Tampa every year, I also grew up in DeLand, & even some of the OG places like the Columbia have the Cuban without Salami, or at least you can order it that way, which is a crime
thank you for the insight and for calling it a cuban ❤️
I've lived in Miami my entire life and never seen any Cuban establishment add "Mayonnaise" to a Cuban sandwich. Also, the Miami Cuban sandwich has no Salami. The Salami comes from Tampa where a large Italian population preferred a slice of Salami on their Cuban sandwich.
No mayo for me just a little slash of melted butter instead inside the sandwich for me
can you freeze leftover pork after shredding? or how long does it "survive" in the fridge?
Being born and raised in Tampa FL, where the Cuban was created not Miami, you did an ok job. You just forgot the salami.
I want to thank you. I asked you to make this and you did. Spot on too.. When you took that first bite of pork you were tasting my childhood. Im Cuban from Miami. I grew up on this wonderful sandwich. 🥪
It was a wonderful bite
I'm Cuban and you, bro, nailed it! Even making the bread with "manteca" or lard. Thanks for keeping it authentic and not jacking it up like so many others tend to do. Keep up the great work!
Thanks man!
Concur! Completamente auténtico! 🇨🇺
Two small petty quibbles: the palmetto leaf isn't essential but it does add something to the loaf; I would insert a sheet of parchment, butcher or some other paper between the bottom of the topmost cast-iron pan and the top of the sandwich. I used a brick to apply pressure.The sandwich press (panini-type) is really ideal for these types of sandwiches for providing heat on both sides of the sandwich simultaneously. Good content, well-produced. (I'm from Mia-muh.)
Another great one, Bri! I go to the asian market and get a giant pack of peeled garlic for $2. I think they must tumble them or something because they are definitely not blanched--they still have their full flavor. I'm definitely gonna make those rolls for a future sammie.
I do that peeled garlic move too, but someone told me Chinese prisoners peel it with their feet and I kinda got spooked. Was I lied to?
@@BrianLagerstrom 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@BrianLagerstrom I have seen them jumping on a giant bag of the stuff on the sidewalk in China Town, NYC back in the mid-nineties, quite sure it is happening out back of a restaurant right now.
@@BrianLagerstrom LOL
@@BrianLagerstrom Stay away from that ultra cheep, pre-peeled garlic mah man. You can find local markets with farmers from around your area that have better stuff. Check out 'Rotten' - a documentary on Netflix if you want further deets on that garlic.
Cuban from Miami here. I 100% approve. Only difference is the bread, we usually throw the yeast in with some flower and water the night before to make it closer to a sourdough style of bread. The places here have a press that is lined with aluminum foil and the foil is coated with butter. And yes, the nuclear yellow mustard is 100% a must.
The marinade is what we call Mojito. If you can get your hands on sour orange use that instead of regular oranges. We use this on chicken as well.
That little shrug after "It's fried in butter" tells me all I need to know, definitely making this soon
I hope you do!
Fellow Chicagoan here.
Your Italian beef video popped up in my recommendations. It was excellent.
I then found this one. Equally excellent.
But what earned you my subscription was the inclusion of the Aldi yellow mustard.
Great job, I’ll be making a cubano this weekend following your methods!!
I noticed the Burmans plug as well; it's what's in my fridge!
You’re making my favorite sandwich in the whole world? I definitely have to watch this later!
Hope you enjoy
@@BrianLagerstrom Excellent video...Ive been making cubans for a couple years now but Im gonna try your version next. Best sandwich ever invented IMO
Nice Miami-style cubano. You should try the Tampa style, too, where the mojo pork roast is chilled and sliced thin like the ham, and a layer of Genoa salami is added. It's the original version created for and by immigrants working in the Tampa cigar factories in the early 20th century, although folks like to argue about which is more "authentic." I refuse to choose because both are simply too good to squabble over. A slight nitpick: most authentic cubans I've seen assembled have mustard, cheese and pickles only on the top layer, not on the bottom, too. Brian's version is delicious but the extra cheese and mustard changes the experience on the pallet slightly. Clarified butter is not necessary, either. The restaurants just slather regular, room-temp butter on both sides. If the griddle or pan is the right temp, the milk solids won't burn and the inside gets warmed through at the same time the outside gets done. Everyone should try an authentic cuban, but the method (and especially the bread!) can make just about any sandwich you can imagine better!
I’m sooo going to make this including the incredible bread! I’m learning so much from you with bread techniques I’m so impressed! Keep em coming 😁
Thanks Allison!
The yellow mustard sequence made me laugh out loud. Thank you Brian for your humor.
Love the sandwich episode. Keep em' coming! Definitely going to make this when it cools down a little bit.
Dude that lechon (pork) was awesome looking once you pulled it out of the oven! And contrary to normal people's view on garlic quantity, Cubans amp up the garlic and cumin in most recipes. This is "normal" for us cubanos. Thanks for sharing this great recipe!
I gotta make one of these! I love how you make almost everything from scratch. I'm surprised you didn't slice the ham too!
My favorite part of all these videos is the slow mo dances at the end. 🤣
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@@BrianLagerstrom thanks for the great videos! New(ish) subscriber here.
The sudden mustard squirts had me dying 🤣🤣🤣 Bomb sandwich 😋
man, i'm so glad i stumbled across your channel, as a Cuban who moved to Texas I've been subbing my bread for my Cubanos when i do get around to making everything and now i have a viable recipe to make my own... can't wait to make a few loaves right away... might have to run to the store to get a pork shoulder as well...
You and Babish's Cubano reinvigorated my love of cooking(much to my friends and family's delight lol) with cubanos now a treasured regular for holidays and parties
Just showed this to my husband and he said, "no rush...tomorrow?" Sounds delicious and I will let you know how it turns out. Thanks Brian for another amazing recipe!
Thanks for watching! Good luck
The cuban is the GOAT sandwich. Lucky enough to have a restaurant in my town run by some cuban ex pats so been a fan since 96 LoL. Sadly COVID did them in. Gotta score yourself some cuban coffee as well.
What does goat mean other than it being an animal?
@@woodonfire7406 Greatest of all time.
Made this an hour ago and my family loved it then i made a nutella mint dark chocolate ice cream. Your bread recipes are the best sir. Mabuhay from Philippines 🇵🇭
Amazing! Thanks for trying
@@BrianLagerstrom i have friends and colleagues subcribing to your channel. Everything you show in your vids are detailed and spot-on. Although i wish you have a recipe book that you’re selling here in Philippines or we can order online. Keep up the great work sir! And stay safe amidst the pandemic 👍
One of my favorite things about your style is you're like Joshua Weissman in teaching techniques but without the shaming for using some store-bought regular stuff, it's all positive vibes from you
And without all the weird video effects, food slapping, and "Papa like" baby talk.
This channel is a cheeky copy of Joschua's channel.
@@honkmc9551 I can agree that his videos feel a lot like Joshua's older videos, which I'm here for
I’ll take that as a compliment! Hopefully differentiate myself from him more in the future. Thanks for watching
@@BrianLagerstrom I love the style and personal touches you put in your vids, I'm so excited to see where you go!
I made this tonight. Excellent! The pork with the garlic & citrus marinade has what the Cubans I get at restaurants doesn't usually have, and I'm retroactively missing that flavor from almost every other Cuban I've ever eaten.
Gotta go with that spicy mustard next time! Sandwich looks sooo good
Just pulled the loaves out of the oven for dinner, wowowowowow. House smells amazing and they are BEAUTIFUL! Can’t wait to taste. Thanks! Love from Ohio.
Haven't had a Cuban sandwich since I lived in Florida back in the early 90's. You nailed it especially that Cuban roll. The Cuban community also does a chicken half in a similar marinade and it's too DIE for.
Woah that sounds dope
Right straight from South Florida...Eat the Cuban and the chicken one too, yet live to enjoy them and above all don't DIE. We don't want to feel guilty...Shema!!!
I'm happy to see no hard salami cold cuts were used in this recipe. The real way is to uses pernil (pork shoulder). I despise restaurants that use hard salami as a substitute.
I’m also not a huge fan of pork loin on Cubans.
If it doesn't have salami its not a true Cuban... learn the history of the Cuban...
Looking at some of the comments. Everybody is a Cuban bread maker it would appear. I come from an Italian family and I can assure you that there are as many different ways of making lasagna or any other Italian dish as there are Italian people. So quit with the condescending comments about whether it is authentic Cuban bread or not.
A lot of “experts” in the world. Haha
These are truly delicious sandwiches, for thosed who haven't tried them. It's all about the bread ! Slightly sweeter than a typical bread roll.
Dude! You gotta make mojo sauce to go with it! Put it in a squeeze bottle, drizzle a little on each bite as you go, and it transforms one of the best sandwiches on the planet into one of the best foodstuffs ever. I'm serious. Mojo sauce. Do it. It's just not a total cuban without it.
What’s your recipe
@@BrianLagerstrom I eyeball it sometimes, but this, roughly.
3/4 cup olive oil
3/4 cup lime juice
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
8 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Put it all together and blend the shit out of it with an immersion blender. Put that in a condiment squirt bottle and drizzle as you eat. Fridge after dinner. Shake like crazy to re-mix whenever you need it.
I weigh the meat, and add exactly 10g salt, 10g of sugar, 5g of msg per pound of meat. Over 1-3 days the salt and MSG will soak into the meat and pull out the excess water, preserving the flavor of the meat. The sugar offsets the saltiness, this ensures that the meat will taste great before you smoke/grill/roast your meat. I promise that there will be no dry flavorless meat when you follow this rule of thumb
Hello, do you add this to marinade or as a dry rub? Thanks
🤙 Viva Cubã!
I tried your recipe yesterday . Wife and boys loved it . Will repeat for sure . Thanks !
Thanks Robert! So glad
So, it was my second time making the rolls from this recipe and I've got a question for ya. Both times, my dough definitely was not as extensible as yours looked in the video after a 3 minute mix on low speed and then a 6 minute mix on high. I'm using King Arthur bread flour just like you and I've got shearing and tearing at that point big time. It definitely feels like the hydration is a tad higher than what I see in the video or something. Are you sure about the numbers in your recipe? Is it definitely supposed to be 68% hydration? I mean, both times, after the mix and I take it out and put it into a bowl, there is absolutely no way I'm tucking and folding it into a ball like you did without wet hands. There's just no way, the strength isn't there and it sticks bad. The rolls came out fine of course because I know what to do to handle it, but just wonderin'. You sure you didn't sneak in an autolyze on us? lol
I'm using the exact same brand of flour that you use. I find that with King Arthur bread flour that I need to mix/knead the dough longer than most people do for their recipes when they use bread four. I needed more like a 11 minute mix on high for this recipe. However, with that being said, I highly recommend for you to not go off of time when it comes to kneading bread, but rather use the window pane test instead, as I find it much more reliable than using time. I followed everything else in the cubano roll recipe pretty closely except I had a shorter proofing time as my yeast seemed to be super active today. My cubano rolls turned out great with those minor adaptations. Hope this helps.
You can simply reduce the water a little bit. it will only change your product in long term like over a day.
Bit late, but ambient moisture plays a big role in most dough making, so you really have to play it by ear with how long you knead it and how much water you add.
Hi,
It's likely you're making the recipe in a different climate than Mr Lagerstrom. I'd advise slightly reducing the amount of water in the recipe to make a more tensile dough. Even a small % change in the hydration of your mixture will radically impact how quickly/well it comes together, how "plastic" it is, etc.
Right on Brian. I continue to be super impressed at your sandwich craft. Bravo.
Thanks for watching Ken
Tampa Native here: it's our tradition to add salami too
I almost covered that. I should have
Brian you deserve more views. Just subscribed, thumbs up. Finally... A chef who knows the proper technique for beautiful roast pork. Learned similar technique(s) from a grandma who showed a young man how to make this dish. (30 years ago, she has since passed, but her smile and gentle but firm tutelage lives on. Love you Hope.) God bless you from West Texas. Stay safe.
Thanks for that sub 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻glad you found the channel
I’m not super big on crock pots but I feel like this recipe is a perfect use for one
you do lose out on some of the browned crust you get from oven roasting and that little bit of texture is nice to have, but if you aren't concerned about browning, a crock pot is a solid way to get that tender pork.
Interesting. Looks good. The ones I have had in Miami have thick slices of pork, not braised, and they use a cinder block to squash it in the press. I will have try this.
NSFW if you can’t have a lunch break in next minute.
Thank you! After visiting Miami and coming back to STL I crave cubanos (especially the cuban bread/toast!!) I was looking for a good recipe for the cuban bread. Can't wait to try it!! 😋
You must’ve been contaminated by Cubans from Miami :) because in Tampa we add salami to it and there’s a historic reason for that. Try it. This is the never ending sandwich war between Tampa and Miami as to who has the “real” Cuban sandwich. In any case, both are very good when well prepared.
Not only that but it needs mayo too.
Sitting here eating a fresh from the garden tomato sandwich on your baguette recipe. I guess I'll be going to loes tonight to get Cuban sammmy stuffs. Stop trying to make me thiccc, B-man 😬😂 (actually no, don't)
the fuck you say bro
Hahaha good luck wit that Cuban. Fresh Tom on bag is pro lev
that pork roast marinade recipe looks GREAT............If I have it, I use leftover pulled smoked pork bar-b-que.....add the R. Scott copycat Carolina vinegar pepper sauce and re-heat in microwave.......most of vinegar sauce will absorb into the meat........use store bought sandwich sliced Ham.
Just needs some Genoa...
Brian,
I recently found your channel and have been dreading clicking on this video. So many other foodtubers I watched over the years have "definitive" videos on how to do an "authentic" Cuban, and they're almost all wrong. Thank you for doing justice to my culture's sandwich. The only two points of contention was doing pulled pork instead of sliced pork, which is admittedly, the modern way of making Cubanos because pulled pork is just easier to do. Getting that perfectly tender, but still sliceable pork butt is magic. I do it via sous vide (followed by a quick sear over coals for some smokiness), but I'm not opposed to the modern pulled pork method. The other point of difference is not using sour oranges in the marinade, but that's a hard ingredient to find. I typically recommend people use Badia Mojo for making their own roast pork. For the garlic, I've never seen minced garlic used, I'll have to try that. What is traditional in my family is to poke slits into the pork with a pairing knife, and push bruised cloves of garlic down into the pork. You get little slices of roasted garlic embedded in the meat like this and it's a fun surprise in a bite of sando. All in all I give you a 9.5/10 for adherence to what is traditional (a 10/10 is impossible because every region/family does it slightly differently).
Great Cuban! Kudos on making the bread. I'm lucky enough to have a Latin market up the street that bakes fresh Cuban rolls because the bread is the biggest key to making the perfect Cuban sandwich. Well done.
Thanks Dave!
And you are lucky
Yo Brian, decided to try this recipe after I tried your NYC pizza dough, a straight banger btw, and dude this is so good. I've tried a lot of youtuber's recipes and your have by far been the best. I think you experience in a professional kitchen and bakery really shows through the quality of your recipes. Keep up the great work.
Thanks very much for trying, and thanks for reporting back. Im glad these recipes worked for you!
Okay, have made this 3 times. It is great and what’s better my three kids (7, 11, 13) love them. I only did the bread once. It was the first time I made bread and it came out okay. I need to make it a few more times to see if I can work on my technique. As a New Yorker I am pretty particular about bread. But living in Cali for 20 years my frustration can be quelled by your recipes. Thanks for you content. This weekend I am starting the 3 loaf from one dough 2.0. Fingers crossed.
Wonderful! Thanks for the clear explanation of the pork seasoning. As a child I was mesmerized by the Cuban sandwich. Now the mystery is unveiled
It’s amazing
I've made this twice now - so so good! The rolls are my new go-to for sandos.
Hi Brian, new to the channel currently binging everything. Question on the pork -- do you have an internal doneness temp we can shoot for?
the cuban is the king of all sandwiches and no one can change my mind!
Fantastic. This might make it onto next week's menu. You remain at the very top of the TH-cam cooking market.
I hope you do try. Thanks for watching.
And thanks D Payne, always great seeing your name in the coms
@@BrianLagerstrom I'm glad to be here!
For your information: in the Celsius and metric world mostly we are using rounded numbers - 500g flour, 120 degrees Celsius, 50g Butter etc. No one would ever give you a recipe with 493g of flour because this is 2 cups or 121C because it’s whatever in Fahrenheit or 48,5g because it’s 2 caps of a soda bottle worth of butter ツ the most ovens have steps of 5 degrees like yours or even 10. For us Europeans it looks pretty weird if someone uses those overcomplicated numbers. Only core temperature of meat and ingredients that have a huge impact like salt, baking powder etc. have to be precise on the gram - in my opinion!
Thanks for this nice video 👌 highly appreciated! For someone who has been to Cuba it’s mouth watering! I’ll give it a try!
I'm very grateful for your videos. You have such high quality for your videos. Very good. I am excited to try your recipe, sir.
Whenever I do a bone in pork shoulder I open it up along the top of the shoulder blade. I feel like that is a good way to get seasoning throughout. Not necessarily better than this method, just how I do it.
I was craving a Cuban sandwhich when I saw this viedo and had to try it, it did not disapoint! Awesome sandwhich, I'll be making them again soon. Thanks for all the great videos, my cooking has imroved a great deal.
"You might be thinking that this is an excessive amount of garlic"
I would literally never think this.
Wow your bread skill is a pleasure to watch. Many thanks, Regards Karen.
Thanks for watching K
Probably my most favorite sandwich by far! Yours looks amazing.
Enjoyed watching this video on making a Cuban sandwich! Thanks for the great content 👍 I watched in Florence Italy after dinner at a local restaurant 😋 it was great and made me think of suggesting Steak au Poivre for future content! Have a great day!
Happy to report I made this and the pork worked very well! (Although I used his ciabatta recipe for the bread because I like a former sandwich.)
Hey man, I just watched yours footage for a first time ever, and it is really great!
Does not feel anything so relaxing and simple in cooking videos for a long time!
Great job, keep it up!
Special like for calculating everything in both: metric and imperial)))
I'm a Cuban-American that's grown up and lived in Miami my entire life. I've enjoyed many of these sandwiches throughout my lifetime. About the only part where you could improve is heating up the sandwich. A sandwich press would've made your life so much easier. Also, with a press, you can omit the step of putting the sandwich in the oven to warm it up. I've made these sandwiches at home, and the press warms them up all the way through.
I do have to admit that baking your own bread was a baller move. I've seen a lot of people try to use a substitute because they couldn't get Cuban bread. I once saw someone try to make a Cuban with French bread.🤦♂
that is the BEST sandwich...you did it justice my friend. well done. your bread looks outstanding.
Elite fooding and videoing, love the work you do and time you invest in these