Beef on Weck- On a Roll

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There’s a Throwdown going on with the theme: “On a roll”

https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=299561

Unique to the Buffalo/Rochester, NY area is a sandwich called Beef on Weck.

Basically roast beef on a kummelweck roll.
A Kaiser style roll with coarse salt and caraway seeds on it.

I used a round rump roast from the half beef we bought and seasoned it well with Q-Salt.

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Smoked it low and slow on the Shirley

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When it hit 125F IT, I pulled and rested it

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Then it went into the fridge overnight to chill out.

While the meat was smoking, I harvested some cucumbers and made quick pickles

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Next up was the Kummelweck roll.

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The dough went into the fridge with the beef and the pickles for an overnight nap.

Today I portioned out the dough

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While the dough was rising, I had time enough for a 3.5 mile paddle at our local reservoir.

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Returned home to slice up the beef (after a 30 min visit to the freezer)

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Sliced up some sweet potatoes on the mandolin and made sweet tater chips while the buns were baking.

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Before baking, the buns were hit with flake salt and caraway seeds.

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Slathered the buns with extra hot horseradish and added a pile of beef.

Added a pickle spear and some au-jus and we had dinner
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What an awesome day and great food when you got back from your adventure on the water!
 
Awesome! There's a local Que joint that has Beef on Weck every now and then as a special. Good stuff!
 
Absolutely beautiful meal, John! I've heard of the sandwich but have never had the pleasure. That was the perfect ending to a great day!
 
Oh, Come On!
How do we compete with that???

Awesome cook, but I'm surprised you didn't raise the cow!

Honestly, looks FANTASTIC! Great job, John!
 
Now how did I miss that? Beef on Weck.

We have a sports bar here in St. Petersburg called Buffalo City Bar and Grill that serves Beef on Weck.

Yours looks awesome, John. Great sandwich.
 
Looks like a good bite. What brand horseradish do you use? Lately, it seems I can't find a horseradish that has as much kick as in the past. I'm looking for the nose burning, eyes watering take you breath away kind. All of the brands I regularly buy seem to have gone mild.


Thanks,


Robert
 
Looks like a good bite. What brand horseradish do you use? Lately, it seems I can't find a horseradish that has as much kick as in the past. I'm looking for the nose burning, eyes watering take you breath away kind. All of the brands I regularly buy seem to have gone mild.


Thanks,


Robert


Sadly this was also pretty mild, even though it was listed as coarse, Extra Hot, it was not.

I was able to slather both sides of the bun and eat it without much nose burn or eye watering.
With the good stuff, I would have gotten that just by opening the lid.
 
What mandolin do you have? Mine has killer ratings, but struggles on tough veggies. Yours looks like it didn't have an issue at all with how smooth those sweet potato cuts are.
 
Looks great and on par with the better places we have around here for fresh carved beef on weck!

Fortunately we still have a couple of local producers of strong horseradish here.
 
Looks like a good bite. What brand horseradish do you use? Lately, it seems I can't find a horseradish that has as much kick as in the past. I'm looking for the nose burning, eyes watering take you breath away kind. All of the brands I regularly buy seem to have gone mild.


Thanks,


Robert

It's super simple to make your own if you can find the root in your grocery store and have a food processor or coffe grinder. You can make it as hot as you want. You'll never buy a jar of it again.
 
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