This guy made a take-off of the original Norristown "Zep" sandwich by combining the ingred. into a loaf of bread. His is not the classice because he adds ham and the original should only have salami - but sure sounds good for a picnic or on a boat....Cis!
NORRISTOWN "ZEP" BREAD
Still popular the "Zep" was created approximately 100 years ago in Norristown Pennsylvania. The "Zep" is similar to a hoagie or a hero sandwich, There is no lettuce. I decided to bake everything into one loaf. The bread can be sliced or chunked, serve plain or with a dipping sauce. I can eat the whole at one time, so I don't make it too-too often. As a youngster my uncle rode from Phoenixville to Norristown (10 miles each way) on Saturday evening to buy these sandwiches. We were sort the original home delivery. We would take orders from the family, some neighbors and friends. It was worth the trip to trip to sit down and eat such a wonderful concoction.
1/2 cup diced salami
1/2 cup diced ham
1/2 cup diced cheese
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp oregano
1 Tbs garlic powder
1 Tbs flour
1 pkg. dried yeast
1 1/4 cups warm water (110 to 115 degrees)
1 tsp sugar
2 Tbs honey
2 Tbs butter or margarine
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1. Mix the first seven ingredients, making sure the flour coats the ingredients.
2. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar. Stir in honey, butter, salt and whole wheat flour Add in the all-purpose flour and work together.
3. Cover mixing bowl and rise until doubled in a warm place for about 30 minutes. Beat down with wooden spoon. Incorporate "Zep" ingredients.
4. Pour into a standard size loaf pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place until batter reaches edge of pan for about30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375-degrees and bake 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Makes one delicious loaf
Tips
What is a zep? The sandwich has been a regional favorite since the 1940′s, but a large amount of Philadelphia-area residents surprisingly have never heard of it before. Though the sandwiches true origins are up to speculation, all signs point to the name coming directly from the Hindenburg zeppelin. Made with only one meat, provolone cheese, tomatoes, and raw onion, on crusty Italian bread, the zep has stayed tried and true through all these years.
So what exactly is a Norristown Zep?
• Rule number one: only one kind of meat, cut thick. On a classic Zep, it's cooked salami: pink and specked with peppercorns, more bologna than genoa, along with mild provolone, also thick cut.
• Rule number two: no lettuce. Tomatoes and lots of fresh sliced onion, dressed with salad oil and oregano.
• Rule number three: it must be on fresh bread from Conshohocken Bakery (also purveyors of fantastic tomato pie). The bread is flatter and wider than a seeded Italian hoagie loaf
NORRISTOWN "ZEP" BREAD
Still popular the "Zep" was created approximately 100 years ago in Norristown Pennsylvania. The "Zep" is similar to a hoagie or a hero sandwich, There is no lettuce. I decided to bake everything into one loaf. The bread can be sliced or chunked, serve plain or with a dipping sauce. I can eat the whole at one time, so I don't make it too-too often. As a youngster my uncle rode from Phoenixville to Norristown (10 miles each way) on Saturday evening to buy these sandwiches. We were sort the original home delivery. We would take orders from the family, some neighbors and friends. It was worth the trip to trip to sit down and eat such a wonderful concoction.
1/2 cup diced salami
1/2 cup diced ham
1/2 cup diced cheese
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp oregano
1 Tbs garlic powder
1 Tbs flour
1 pkg. dried yeast
1 1/4 cups warm water (110 to 115 degrees)
1 tsp sugar
2 Tbs honey
2 Tbs butter or margarine
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1. Mix the first seven ingredients, making sure the flour coats the ingredients.
2. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Sprinkle with a teaspoon of sugar. Stir in honey, butter, salt and whole wheat flour Add in the all-purpose flour and work together.
3. Cover mixing bowl and rise until doubled in a warm place for about 30 minutes. Beat down with wooden spoon. Incorporate "Zep" ingredients.
4. Pour into a standard size loaf pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place until batter reaches edge of pan for about30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375-degrees and bake 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Makes one delicious loaf
Tips
What is a zep? The sandwich has been a regional favorite since the 1940′s, but a large amount of Philadelphia-area residents surprisingly have never heard of it before. Though the sandwiches true origins are up to speculation, all signs point to the name coming directly from the Hindenburg zeppelin. Made with only one meat, provolone cheese, tomatoes, and raw onion, on crusty Italian bread, the zep has stayed tried and true through all these years.
So what exactly is a Norristown Zep?
• Rule number one: only one kind of meat, cut thick. On a classic Zep, it's cooked salami: pink and specked with peppercorns, more bologna than genoa, along with mild provolone, also thick cut.
• Rule number two: no lettuce. Tomatoes and lots of fresh sliced onion, dressed with salad oil and oregano.
• Rule number three: it must be on fresh bread from Conshohocken Bakery (also purveyors of fantastic tomato pie). The bread is flatter and wider than a seeded Italian hoagie loaf
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