Kentucky’s Legendary Brown Sandwich

For the turkey bacon

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Gently rub the whole turkey breast with olive oil and generously sprinkle salt and pepper on the meat.
• Place the turkey on a roasting pan and cook until it begins to brown, about 50 minutes.
• Increase the heat to 420° F and roast until the skin gets golden and crispy
• Take out the turkey from the oven and allow it to cool.
• Cut the cooked turkey breast into thick slices of about 1/4^th of an inch.

For the sauce

• Put butter and flour in a sauce pan and cook them over medium heat for 5minutes while stirring continuously.
• The roux will be slight golden in color.
• Raise the heat to medium-high and add the milk in the mixture.
• Whisk thoroughly for about 5 minutes until the sauce gets thicken.
• Season the batter with salt and pepper as per your taste.
• Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the Cheddar, pecorino and nutmeg.

For the sandwich

• Preheat the broiler.
• Lay down the thick bread slices on a large pan.
• Equally top the sliced turkey over the bread.
• Layer with the bacon, sliced tomatoes and pecorino.
• Now generously pour down the thick sauce over the sandwiches.
• Broil the sandwiches until the sauce turns a bit brownish, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer the sandwiches to a plate and sprinkle with the paprika and parsley.

Trivia
The brown sandwich was first introduced at the Brown hotel in 1920’s by a chef named Fred K. Schmidt in Louisville, Kentucky. He came up with this idea to feed the late night revelers at the hotel.