Cultured Palate: Dishes from Cuba
| April 25, 2018
3. Elena Ruz
This particular sandwich is odd: slices of roast turkey slices sit between pieces of egg bread, smeared with cream cheese and strawberry jam. The ingredients might seem completely ridiculous, but the combination of sweet jam, gooey cheese, savory bread, and rich turkey is surprisingly addictive. The sandwich is named after socialite Elena Ruz, who frequently ordered this from the El Carmelo restaurant in the 1920s.
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