Jupiter Sandwich: Out of This World!

Jeff the Chef
"Jupiter Sandwich," from Make It Like a Man!

This isn’t just any ham sandwich. The Brie, Swiss, and avocado in this Jupiter Sandwich are such a good match. The chewiness of the bread: so satisfying. And of course, the bacon. Bacon is just so perfect in this sweet-and-savory context. You know how it is when you get a bit of pancake syrup on your bacon? It’s like that.

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Jupiter Sandwich

Recipe by Make It Like a Man!Course: LunchDifficulty: Easy
Makes

2

large sandwiches
Or

4

small ones

This is the kind of sandwich you take on a picnic. It can also be cut into small slices and served buffet-style.

Ingredients

  • 1 baguette

  • 2 Tbs butter, softened

  • 2 Tbs mayo

  • 2 Tbs Dijon

  • ¼ cup strawberry jam

  • Coarse black pepper, to taste

  • 2 slices of baby Swiss

  • 2 thin slices of Brie

  • 8 strips bacon, cooked crispy

  • ½ lb. (more or less, or to taste) thinly sliced country ham,

  • 1 avocado

Directions

  • Trim off and repurpose the baguette’s heels. Cut the loaf into 3 equal-length pieces. Repurpose one of the thirds. Split the remaining two pieces horizontally, not all the way through, like a hot dog bun. Open the pieces so they can lie flat; they won’t want to stay flat, but that’s OK.
  • Stir the butter, mayo, and mustard together until smooth; use a small, flexible spatula to spread on it on the bread, across the entire surface of what will form the interior of the two sandwiches. Spread the jam over that. Pepper the jammy surface to taste. Layer in the ham, bacon, Swiss, and brie. Fold the sandwiches up into sub sandwich shape. At this point, you can tightly wrap the sandwiches and hold them in the fridge for several hours, if need be.
  • Remove the avocado’s flesh from its skin and discard the pits. Either tuck avocado wedges into each sandwich the way you would tuck a dill spear into a Chicago dog, or slice the avocado halves and tuck in the slices.
  • Wrap the sandwiches with in plastic wrap. Then, if you want to be fancy, wrap them in parchment (or segments of the bag the baguette came in) and tie them up with string. Keep chilled and serve within 3 hours.
"Jupiter Sandwich," from Make It Like a Man!

Social Learning

I modeled this sandwich after the flavors of the Monte Cristo. (The Romans called Montecristo “Mount Jupiter.” Dumas wrote The Count of Monte Cristo during the Bourbon Restoration, which seems to beg for a cocktail pairing. I’ll work on that.)

This is the kind of sandwich that doesn’t mind compression. That makes it a good candidate for wrapping up and taking out for a picnic, which seems like a great idea now that the weather’s turning warmer and we can finally venture out of our covid caves. The avocado will eventually brown, but burying it in the sandwich and wrapping the sandwich as tightly as you can – binding it right up with tight plastic wrap – will help keep the avocado from the oxygen that browns it. Plus, browning takes quite some time anyway. I’ve taken this sandwich on many picnics in the before-times (made in the late morning, eaten in the late afternoon) and have never had problems.

To manage time, you can cook the bacon many days in advance and keep it refrigerated. Although they’re good cold, it’s better if you let the cheeses come to room temperature.

"Jupiter Sandwich," from Make It Like a Man!
Jupiter Sandwich

Credit for images on this page: Make It Like a Man! This content was not solicited by anyone, nor was it written in exchange for anything. Thanks, Kesor. Thanks Prosper Circle. Contrary to popular belief, I did not invent this sandwich while stationed on Jupiter station, before I fled and escaped to the past. True, I was there in 2372, when the owner of the station’s café decided to leave, and many of the café’s recipes were lost in the wake of her departure, but I continue to maintain that the Jupiter Sandwich was not among them. I invented it here, in what you people call the present. 

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46 thoughts on “Jupiter Sandwich: Out of This World!”

  2. Looks and sounds delicious. We have about a week left here for picnic weather before the pollen becomes unbearable. This would be a great sandwich to take on a drive and stop along the road for a picnic
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    • If you took away the ham and bacon, you still might have the makings of an interesting sandwich here. It’d be interesting to look for ways to make that happen.

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  4. You are so right! This isn’t just any ham sandwich. What a meal! Love the cheese, a good quality bread, and the strawberry jam. Now that was a surprise! Being a jam lover, I know that one bite of this sandwich and I’d be hooked.

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    • Thanks, Eva – although with your set-up, you could eat this outdoors in a snowstorm!

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  7. Monte Cristo was sure what popped into my mind when reading the intro. Great idea Jeff and yes perfect for a walk in the forest fika. I love a good Monte Cristo with strawberry jam on top so I’m all in for your Jupiter Sandwich. I’m saving this to make for our, hopefully soon to come, spring forest walks…
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  8. Holy cow, Jeff. I need this sandwich in my life! I immediately caught the Monte Cristo riff here – but then I stumbled across the bacon (!!), brie and swiss. This is the kind of sandwich that would make the Jupiter station café popular across the entire universe!
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  10. This is a wonderful combination. And, before you even said it, I was thinking that this sandwich, wrapped in parchment, would be the perfect picnic fare when it is hot as blazes here and we drive up the mountain to cool off in the shade of the pine forest. And, yes, bacon.

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  12. YUM! Love the addition of the strawberry jam. With the brie, that is just a stunning combo! And this is my favorite way to prepare the bread for a sandwich! The ratio is just so much better this way. Definitely my kind of sandwich right here Jeff. 😋
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  14. Hmmm, yum-yum. Sadly I had to give up on buying avocados here. First hard as a stone, later black inside. Plus… expensive, too! But once we can travel again and I´m back in Perth… guess what we´ll do 🙂
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    • I hate when that happens. It kind of comes and goes where I live: sometimes, I can get great ones, and sometimes, they’re all bad.

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    • Thank, Abbe! Mmm, I like the sound of a Saturn Sandwich. I’ll have to figure out what goes on it!

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  18. What a delicious-looking sandwich!! All of those flavors sound wonderful together and I cant wait to make these soon. Have you ever tried the ham, cheddar, apple butter and Dijon sandwich from Bon Appetit? Also unique and delicious!

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