Sandwich aux Aubergines
Eggplant sandwich; grilled or fried.
Eggplant sandwich; grilled or fried.
The traiteur-case sandwich runs on jarred, marinated artichoke hearts, not fresh ones, plus the split French habit of eating the same vegetable two different ways.
Six or eight marinated vegetables off the antipasti shelf, a few slices of cured ham, a slab of mozzarella, pressed into a crusted loaf. The platter in a roll, eaten right now.
Le grand aïoli is a whole Provençal feast of salt cod and boiled vegetables shared at a village table. This sandwich packs that platter into bread, with the sauce as structural binder, not garnish.
France's dominant meatless boulangerie build: fresh chèvre with honey on a split baguette, a specific substitution for cured pork that the chains codified from Loire Valley dairy culture.