Hello Food Lovers and Crime Readers! The Agatha Christie aficionados out there may be thinking “The Elsa Greer? But she is from Five Little Pigs and we were expecting a recipe from The Moving Finger. Has something gone horribly wrong? The complete opposite in fact. Something has gone tremendously right in that I have a new job. At least for the next 12 months. Things went a little bit like this. Person x in my company got a 12-month secondment into another team. My boss then got a 12-month secondment into that person’s role. And I am now on a 12-month secondment into my now ex-bosses role. The 12-month secondment for my old role is yet to be filled so at the moment I am double hatting. All of which means I have yet to cook the recipe for The Moving Finger. But I already had made this one because the Oeufs Caroline recipe was a last-minute idea.
I’m also prevaricating on The Moving Finger post because I am trying to decide between two of the food items mentioned in the book. And anyway, who doesn’t love a roast beef sandwich? Well, vegans, vegetarians, Hindus….but for everyone else, this is an awesome sandwich that befits a strong character like Elsa. She is after all ranked sixth in a Reddit poll on Christie villains and the highest-ranked female wrong ‘un. So if anyone deserves a sandwich in their honor it is Elsa. And as she was the little pig who had roast beef, the main filling for this sandwich was a no-brainer. The rest of the ingredients are things that I like to eat in sandwiches and that I think go well with roast beef – such as watercress, pickled onions, blue cheese and horseradish.
The Recipe – The Elsa Greer
PrintThe Elsa Greer – A Roast Beef Sandwich
A roast beef sandwich names after Elsa Greer, the villain in Five Little Pigs
Ingredients
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 2 slices of bread – I used a potato and rosemary bread
- Butter
- 2 – 3 slices of roast beef
- Slices of Tomato
- Sprigs of watercress
- Blue cheese, crumbled, as much or as little as you like
- Horseradish cream
- Mayonnaise
To Serve (Optional)
- Potato Chips
- Beer (preferably non-poisoned)
Instructions
Place your onions, red wine vinegar and sugar into a small bowl and allow to quickly pickle. You can leave this as long as you like but they will be ready after 30 mins.
Mix the mayo and the horseradish in a small bowl. Start with a tablespoon of mayo to half a teaspoon of horseradish but feel free to adjust to your level of bite!
Spread one slice of bread with butter and the other with the horseradish mayo.
Layer your your watercress, tomato, cheese beef and drained onion onto one slice of bread and top with the other.
Serve with chips and a cold beer!
Enjoy while reading Five Little Pigs!
Notes
If you don’t like blue cheese, you could use a nice sharp cheddar.
Hate horseradish? Or mayo? Sub in some mustard.
No Watercress? Iceberg or Cos will work.
Have a great week! The Moving Finger Post is coming…
