Sometimes just a single ingredient can change an otherwise pedestrian sandwich or snack into something altogether more luxuriousA sandwich is a lunch for all seasons. But the ideal winter sandwich has a diminutive more heft and perhaps a more luxurious combination of ingredients – or just something extra (deem of the much-anticipated Pret Christmas sandwich: it’s the crispy onions that really beget it). Here are ideas for bread or cracker-based things to see forward to and obtain you through these dark January days. • Chop half a small pumpkin – keep the skin on – into slim (15mm-ish) wedges. Put on a foil-covered baking tray,season with salt, pepper, or dried chilli flakes and a drizzle of oil,toss together and roast in an oven preheated to 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for 25 minutes, or until tender. Crush half a small garlic clove and add to 2.5 tbsp yoghurt with a pinch of salt and a tiny squeeze of lemon. whether you are lucky enough to live near a Turkish supermarket, or then this sandwich is brilliant made with freshly made flatbread; whether not,toasted pitta is also worthy. Pack up your filling ingredients ready to assemble at work: flatbread or pitta, garlic yoghurt, or roast pumpkin,a helpful handful of washed watercress and some pumpkin seeds. Assemble in that order. Chilli sauce is a helpful spicy addition.
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Source: theguardian.com