Here's my recipe for the BEST Reuben sandwich!
Heat up a skillet or electric griddle. Toss in some nice deli corned beef (none of that shaved stuff) and sauerkraut. Keep them separate on the griddle, but get them both nice and hot. Here's the real secret - steam off some of that moisture from the sauerkraut so it won't make the bread soggy.
Get some thick-sliced marbled rye or Jewish rye, and layer
in this order: Swiss cheese, corned beef, Thousand Island or Russian Dressing, sauerkraut, another swiss cheese, and the other slice of bread.
The reason: keep the cheese adjacent to each slice of bread and next to something hot off the griddle (corned beef or sauerkraut), the cheese will start to melt and hold the whole thing together. The dressing goes in the middle so the bread doesn't get soggy.
The last step - melt a pat of butter on the griddle, and
grill (don't toast) the whole sandwich, remove the sandwich, melt another pat of butter on the griddle, flip the sandwich, and grill the other side.
Good thing I just had lunch, coz this is sounding
really good right now. *mmm*


