Cubanos

Do not EVER throw away pickle juice when your pickles are gone!!! There are many uses for leftover pickle juice. Here is one of those uses.

This will require some planning before making these sandwiches.

Ingredients:

• 1+ cup pickle juice

• 1 1/2 lb pork loin
• Loaf of French bread
• 1/2 lb sliced deli ham
• 1/2 lb sliced Swiss cheese
• Jar of sliced pickles
• Yellow mustard

1) Place the pork loin and pickle juice in a ziplock bag. Let marinate over night or at least eight hours.

2) Heat grill to medium heat. Place pork loin on grill and do not disturb for 10 minutes. Flip for another 10 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 170 degrees.

3) Remove loin from heat, cover with foil and let rest while preparing sandwiches.

4) Cut bread in half lengthwise. Remove some of the inside of the bread to make room for filling.

5) Layer sandwich with cheese, ham, pickles and yellow mustard.

6) Slice pork loin into 1/4 inch slices. Layer sliced pork onto sandwich.

7) Cut loaf into preferred size sandwiches.

8) Final step is to grill sandwiches on panini press until bread is toasted and cheese is melted.

The pickle flavor of Cubanos is my favorite and marinating the pork in pickle juice brings this sandwich to a new level!

Enjoy!