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Best-in-the-Midwest Lobster Roll: Smack Shack (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 23/31

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Best-in-the-Midwest Lobster Roll: Smack Shack (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

From its humble food truck-in-a-parking-lot origins to its multiple brick-and-mortar locations today, the Smack Shack earned nationwide attention when it was featured on an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Now it's one of the most popular coastal seafood eateries in the Midwest, thanks in large part to its signature roll, featuring chilled lobster with lemon aioli, tarragon and cucumber, served atop toasted milk bread. If you prefer your lobster hot, you can always opt for the Connecticut roll, with warm lobster dressed in butter, lemon and chives on a warm split-top bun.


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Ingredients

  • 4 slices of bread
  • 4 slices of ham
  • 6 cherry tomatoes
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Flour
  • Egg yolk
  • Breadcrumbs

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. On a large piece of plastic wrap, press one slice of bread flat with a rolling pin.
  3. Add one slice of ham, cherry tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.
  4. Take the four corners of the bread, pull them in towards the center, pinch them together so that the bread maintains the shape.
  5. Envelope the bread in the plastic wrap. Gather and twist the ends on top to seal the sandwich dumpling.
  6. Repeat this step with the other slices of bread.
  7. Refrigerate.
  8. Remove the bread balls from the fridge and roll each one in flour, then egg yolk, then breadcrumbs.
  9. Bake for 15 minutes.
  10. Serve alone or with dipping sauces of your choice.