Smashed Chickpea Sandwich

The CC is not normally into celebrity chef-style recipes but this one is absolutely smashing.

It's from Tom Colicchio's 'wichcraft, and it's an absolute masterpiece in its simplicity, excellence and the fact that it can be made ahead of time.

The original is literally soaking in olive oil but you can go easy on that. However, this is the place to use your finest not the generic stuff. Incidentally, the filling works fine just by itself. It's something you can just eat from the container all day long.

Bookmark this one. The CC personally guarantees that it will rock your world!


Ingredients

2 cups cooked chickpeas
1/2 cup black olives (thinly sliced)
1 red onion (finely diced)
1/2 cup parsley (finely minced)

lemon zest (from 1 lemon)
juice from the same lemon

1/3 cup olive oil (your finest!)
salt
black pepper

Recipe

Smash the cooked chickpeas with a potato masher. You want a broken mixture not a puree.

Make a vinaigrette out of the olive oil and lemon. Mix everything together. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Lemon Laws

The CC encountered the most unusual use of a lemon today in a sandwich. After the lemon had been (partially) squeezed, the lemon was sliced razor-thin in a mandoline, and used as a layering in the tuna sandwich.

Most excellent it was!

Slicing Sandwiches

Everyone claims that sandwiches taste the same way whether cut in half or on the diagonal but anyone with taste knows the "truth" - that diagonal-cut ones taste better!

To all that have struggled with this (and you know who you are!) you are not alone.

The CC is with you!