Binging with Babish: World's Greatest Sandwich from Spanglish

Spanglish, the movie your aunt refers to as a "must-watch!", is home to a Thomas Keller-inspired creation known around the internet as "The World's Greatest Sandwich". Can such familiar ingredients earn such a prestigious moniker? Let's find out, and let's take it one step further: by baking our own rustic country loaf to act as the "bread" for our creation. Recipe below!

Music: "Cream on Chrome" by Ratatat

RECIPE

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*Ingredients*

1c room temperature wtaer
1/2 tsp instant yeast
5.5 oz bread flour
5 oz whole wheat flour
19.25 oz bread flour
2.75 oz rye flour
1 1/3c room temperature water
2 tbsp honey
2 tsp salt

*Method*

In the bowl of a stand mixer, make a sponge - combine water and yeast until dissolved. Add first two flours and roughly mix, until a tight dough forms. Cover and let rest ferment at room temperature for at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.

Add remaining flours, water, and honey to the sponge, and mix until combined. Attach dough hook to stand mixer, and knead on low speed for 15 minutes, until dough is loose and sticky. Add salt during last 3 minutes of mixing. Remove from bowl, place in a large oiled tub, cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 2 hours, until tripled in size.

Preheat oven to 450F, with a pizza stone on the middle rack, and a metal pan you don't care about on the rack below. On a well-floured work surface, turn out dough. Fold four corners into the center of the dough, and place in a cheese-cloth lined colander or banneton, and let rise for 45 minutes, or until almost doubled in size. Invert onto a pizza peel lined with parchment paper. Bring two cups of water to a boil. Just before placing in the oven, slash the dough and spray the surface with water from a spray bottle. Slide onto the pizza stone, and pour boiling water into the preheated pan below, closing the oven door immediately. Bake for 35-45 minutes, turning halfway through if not browning evenly - remove from oven when internal temperature registers 210F. Let rest a minimum of 2 hours before slicing.

[legallyblindtoyotaprius]

Everybody knows the best chefs sleep on the kitchen floor

[PvtGlarb]

"let it ferment for as long as possible"
10 years later: its time

[TheStallion]

I can't get enough of this channel

[mineman]

i trick i learned from my father who was a baker most of his life is that you should put a tray with ice cubes on it in the oven the same time you put the bread in as it will keep the inside of the oven moist and give you a better crust. im not 100% sure why you cant just use a bowl of water, but its probably something to do with the fact that the ice has to melt before it can properly evaporate, which is kind of like a natural timer on when to add humidity and how fast that humidity will rise.

[iLOVEpicklesBRO]

I definitely only feel comfortable saying this bc my icon makes me kind of anonymous but your videos weirdly make me feel better about food? I've struggled with an eating disorder for a long time and making food makes me appreciate it more, like it's not something to fight, and your passion for it just... helps. So thank you.

[annabellealpar]

I like how the intro implies that he sleeps on his kitchen floor

[sarahdeen]

12 hours....
Person: What you doing today?
Me: making a sandwich

[OwnageeGamingChannel]

While this video is good it is nice to look back and appreciate how much the narration and filming have improved in 2½ years.

[__skillz]

Ahhhh back when Andrew wouldn't show his face

[TheTomatoMan]

Dude another video so quickly!? This is awesome. Loving your content and production quality!

[elevate]

"Hey it's 6 AM, why you get up so early?" "I'm making dinner" 😂

[BigAfroPower]

Man, thanks to reddit i found your channel and i'm not disappointed ! your future on youtube is bright.

[dongeraci]

I made this when the movie came out. The recipe
was on the dvd speacial features. it truly is ONE of
the simplest, yet greatest sandwiches ever.

[BassemBassiouny]

I left a comment here because hey, apparently that's something you're supposed to do on Youtube.

[Quebecboys]

Hey! Proud to be french canadian when I see a ''Fin du Monde'' being poured in the US.

[UNLKYHNTR]

12 HOURS?!?!?!?!


brb...going to subway

[doughnutheart]

12 hours of work for a 3 minutes video 😩
Now that's dedication

[CrabBaskets]

Just recently discovered this series. And for the record I freaking love these recipes. But the true icing on this metaphorical cake for me is the Ratatat music toy play in the background of a lot of your videos. Thanks and keep up the amazing content.

[TheSinep]

i let out an audible moan when you showed the crumb shot and now people are staring at me.

[TheGogeta]

In Bavaria we make 3 crosses in the air before we bake it to bless the bread^^