Face 2 Face Italian Beef Sandwich

Written by Face Rock Creamery

We love a good, cheesy Italian Beef sandwich! These warm sandwiches are in the same family as a French Dip, but make no mistake that they are very different sando experiences (google Italian Beef vs French Dip for some fantastic history and debate on this topic!!). For this sandwich, beef is cooked in savory Italian herbs, sliced thin and warmed up in rich pan jus before the sandwich is assembled with roasted peppers. There are many variations for recipes that range from fully scratch to fast and tasty. We’re aiming for somewhere in the middle to make this a really easy weekday lunch or dinner.

We built our sandwich on a base of French Rolls transformed into flavorful garlic cheese bread with compound butter and melted Face 2 Face Cheddar. French Rolls have excellent jus absorbing qualities, but if you have a favorite roll, go ahead and go with it! We recently discovered that our local retail deli counter now carries Italian Style roast beef, which got us a long way towards the full flavor profile we were looking for. If you can’t find it, regular deli roast beef will work just great. You can add Italian herb blend to your jus to pump up the Italian flavor!

Face 2 Face Italian Beef Sandwich

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Ingredients

1 lb Thin sliced Italian Deli Beef or Roast Beef
1 package or jar of Beef Au Jus
1 TB Italian Herb blend
4 French rolls or stadium rolls
1 batch compound Garlic Butter (see below)
6 oz Face 2 Face Cheddar, shredded
1 green pepper, seeded and sliced into thin strips, optional
1 jar giardiniera or pepperoncini, optional

Garlic Compound Butter

1 stick butter (½ cup), softened
½ teaspoon salt or to taste
1 teaspoon garlic powder
3 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
1 ½ tablespoons fresh chopped herbs basil, oregano, rosemary etc

Directions

Add all ingredients for compound butter to a mortar and pestle or a large bowl and mash the ingredients together until combined. Set aside.
Sauté green peppers in a pan with olive oil until softened. Set aside.
Place Au Jus into a medium saucepan and add 1 TB Italian Herbs. Bring to a simmer, add roast beef, and keep at a just simmering heat while you assemble your rolls.
Open rolls and arrange on a broiler safe baking sheet. Spread both halves of each roll with the compound butter.
Set your oven to broil and toast rolls until lightly browned.
Remove from oven, sprinkle bread halves with grated Face 2 Face Cheddar, and return to the broiler until melted. Watch closely so your bread doesn't burn.
Remove from oven, and distribute beef among the four rolls. Top with green peppers, and pepperoncini.
Serve with a cup of the warm Au Jus for dipping.

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Face 2 Face Italian Beef Sandwich