Spring Ħobż Biż-Żejt Recipe - The Best Sandwich Nobody's Heard Of

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats while sunflower oil is more budget-friendly.

anchovies

🥗Healthier: smoked salmon

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Smoked salmon offers a similar umami flavor, while canned tuna is more economical.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is a dairy-free alternative, while processed cheese is often less expensive.

capers

🥗Healthier: pickles

💰Cheaper: green olives

Pickles can provide a similar tangy flavor, while green olives are often cheaper.

Remove the outer shell of the broad beans by splitting them down the middle and nudging the beans out.

Break open the second shell and retrieve the tender bean inside.

Heat a pan and drizzle it with olive oil.

Saute the broad beans with a generous pinch of salt for 2 to 3 minutes, tossing regularly.

Add sliced green garlic to the pan and sauté for a couple more minutes.

Spread tomato paste edge to edge on the bread.

Drizzle olive oil generously on the bread and season with salt and pepper on both sides.

Add canned mackerel to the sandwich instead of tuna.

Roughly tear olives into quarters and add to the sandwich along with capers and preserved artichokes.

Add torn mint to the sandwich and drizzle with more olive oil and black pepper.

Add a considerable amount of sautéed broad beans to the sandwich.

Squish the sandwich slightly to intermingle the layers before serving.

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