Pickled Vegetable Sandwiches with Cream Cheese
Looking for a tasty sandwich bursting with flavour? Try these pickled vegetable sandwiches with cream cheese using the quick pickling method.
Servings: 2 sandwiches
Calories: 571kcal
Ingredients
- 4 slices sourdough bread (bloomers bread or tiger bread would be good too)
- 1 clove garlic (you won't use it all)
- 150 g vegan cream cheese (I used Tesco herb & garlic cream cheese)
- 1 carrot (peeled into slices) - small to medium carrot
- ⅓ cucumber (peeled, leaving aside the wet seeds in the centre)
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar (you can use other vinegars, see notes)
- 2 teaspoons caster sugar
- 1 pinch salt & pepper
- 2 handfuls salad leaves
- 1 large tomato (sliced)
- 1 teaspoon sriracha (optional, see notes for alternative drizzles)
Instructions
- First, make the pickled veggies. Add the slices of carrot and cucumber to a mixing bowl with the vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper.
- Mix well, then set aside.
- Toast your bread.
- Rub one side of each slice of toasted bread with a clove of garlic, to impart lots of flavour.
- Top one slice of your toasted bread with a thick layer of cream cheese and a thin coating on the other slice.
- Add a layer of salad leaves (to the slice with a thick layer of cream cheese), then half the pickled vegetables (draining as much liquid off as possible as you lift them out of the bowl with a fork).
- Now, add a layer of sliced tomato and season with black pepper,
- Finish with a drizzle of sriracha (look at my tips above for other drizzle ideas).
- Top with the other spread slice of toasted bread and cut in half before serving. Make another sandwich with the same filling.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Bread - sourdough, bloomers or tiger bread all work well.
- Pickling vinegar - you can use any vinegar, such as white or red wine vinegar, cider vinegar, flavoured vinegar or even balsamic vinegar.
- Cream cheese - you can use plain cream cheese or herb and garlic.
- Spice - for a bit of spice add chilli flakes to the pickle liquid
- Drizzle - instead of sriracha, you can add a drizzle of vegan salad cream, yellow American mustard, balsamic drizzle or hot sauce.
- Storing pickles - these quick pickles will keep in the fridge for 1-2 days.
- Cutting down calories - you can cut the calories, by spreading your sandwich with a thinner layer of cream cheese. Also, the bloomers and tiger bread have less calories than sourdough.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 571kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1161mg | Potassium: 548mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 5967IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 145mg | Iron: 6mg
