Grandma Sweeney's St. Paul Sandwich ~

I am not exactly sure why this sandwich is named: St. Paul Sandwich, but my 98 year old grandma used to whip these up for us kids when we were little and we absolutely loved them. Grandma would tell us about when she was a girl and her uncle had a diner in which she would occasionally work. This sandwich was one of the items on their menu. I thought in honor of Grandma's love for the St. Patrick's Day holiday, I would post this breakfast sandwich to share some of her Irish notions about food --and a long time family secret recipe...

First off, this sandwich is served on homemade bread--a MUST, {see my post on Homemade Bread with Almond Meal } and is fried like a grilled cheese. It is supposed to have GREEN onions and GREEN peppers, but I only had a red one today, so I used that instead. It also MUST have yellow mustard to complete the flavor profile -- it just has a special taste with the fried/scrambled egg in this hot sandwich.

Here is what you need ~

(serves 2)

4 thick cut slices homemade bread, buttered on one side of each
4 eggs (I use organic brown eggs)
3 green onions, chopped
1/2 green pepper chopped
1/2 c. chopped mushrooms
1 T. fresh chopped tarragon
2 T. yellow mustard
1/2 - 1 t. sea salt
1/2 t. cracked pepper
1 T butter + extra for spreading on bread
1 T olive oil
1 large non stick skillet and one medium non stick skillet

In the large skillet heat butter and olive oil to bubbling. Add veggies and stir to soften about 4 minutes.

Beat eggs with a whisk and add salt, pepper, and tarragon. Pour into the veggies mixture and reduce heat to med-low. Stir around until eggs start to set. Carefully flip over and continue cooking. Turn off heat and leave in skillet.

Heat the smaller skillet to medium-high. Carefully place butter side of bread in the skillet. (Use should hear the sizzle.) Working quickly, squirt a little yellow mustard on the bread and taking a spatula, place the egg mixture on the mustard side of bread. Top with more mustard on the egg and the other slice of bread. Press with spatula. Cover and cook for 1-2 minutes. Flip sandwich and cover again for another minute. You want the buttered bread to get really toasted --golden brown. Serve warm sandwich with a fork on the side to pick up any goodness you lose when eating with your hands. This one is messy but DELICIOUS!!!!