Suggestions for Re-Heating Sliced Pastrami

[MWS]

Hi Everyone,

I did my first pastrami (Hab's recipe) yesterday and it turned out great. I will be making my first sandwich today and was wondering what you Pastrami makers do when re-heating slices of pastrami. I thought I would wrap some slices in tightly sealed foil with a couple of drops of water and place in a 350F oven for a few minutes. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks

[Gizmo]

That will work MWS.
I also will toss slices on a hot griddle with a little non-stick spay and just give the surface a quick crispin.

The Best IMHO:
You can also create the sandwich open face with the pastrami and cheese on top, toss it under the broiler until the cheese starts bubbling.  Yummmm.

[Habanero Smoker]

Both you and Gizmo have good ways of reheating. I've tried a couple of ways. If I'm only reheating enough for a sandwich I place the slices on a plate, sprinkle a little water on it, cover with plastic wrap and give it 15 second at a time until it is at the temperature I like. I also have an electric steamer that has two trays. This steamer will easily steam about 3-4 pounds of pastrami without any problems.

[Biggun]

Steaming is the way to go! Plumps it up good and moist- the big name delis do it that way! ;)

[iceman]

Steaming is the way to go! Plumps it up good and moist- the big name delis do it that way! ;)

Yeppers. Steaming has my vote too.  ;)

[West Coast Kansan]

I wonder if I can do that with my wife's new clothes dryer  ??? It steams and has some kind of a rack to put stuff on inside of it...

Seemed like a bad buy to me when I saw them hooking up a water hose to the dryer.  Kinda coming together for me now...  8)

[Mr Walleye]

I wonder if I can do that with my wife's new clothes dryer  ??? It steams and has some kind of a rack to put stuff on inside of it...

Seemed like a bad buy to me when I saw them hooking up a water hose to the dryer.  Kinda coming together for me now...  8)

:D  ;D  ;D  ;D

I can see it now WCK!  :o

Mike

[MWS]

I have to say, the pastrami is quite possibly the best thing to come out of my Bradley. I sliced it thin, made a foil pouch with a few drops of water and let it steam for about 5 mins at 350F in the toaster oven. I bought a nice German rye loaf fresh out of the oven at the local bakery and made a sandwich with a good horseradish mustard and pickle on the side. Ive already gone through two pounds of the stuff.

I know you purests are going to be put off, but, I used a four pound top round roast sliced horizontally that gave me two - 2 inch thick slabs. It worked like a hot dang. Briskets are hard to come by up here. Cheers

[iceman]

I can testify first hand about the severe consequences of modifying the boss lady's appliances.  :o
I am no longer allowed in the house with tools "Unsupervised)!!!  >:(
WCK be careful buddy. We all like you the way you are and don't want to remember you as "the way you were" after getting home from the ER. :D ;D ;)
Just one example was when I installed a steam generator in the Viking convection oven to help me with bread baking. I was baking some french bread and the boss lady went to "peek" to see how it was doing. Well first off it would have helped if I had told her I installed it. After she replaced the make-up and re-did the hair from the steam bath the trouble began. I swear she made Jackie Chan look like he was moving in slow motion when she started whopping on me. :'( ::)
From now on I check with the "Project engineer" before starting anything.
Careful on the brainstorming. :D ;)

[West Coast Kansan]

 :D  :D  :D ok, great forum with good advice about making sure she is not home when I try it.

MWS no purist stuff from me... pastrami comes from just about anything that will hold still not even beef  ;D I get a lot of 'purist stuff from my son anyway.

[Habanero Smoker]

I can testify first hand about the severe consequences of modifying the boss lady's appliances.  :o
I am no longer allowed in the house with tools "Unsupervised)!!!  >:(
WCK be careful buddy. We all like you the way you are and don't want to remember you as "the way you were" after getting home from the ER. :D ;D ;)
Just one example was when I installed a steam generator in the Viking convection oven to help me with bread baking. I was baking some french bread and the boss lady went to "peek" to see how it was doing. Well first off it would have helped if I had told her I installed it. After she replaced the make-up and re-did the hair from the steam bath the trouble began. I swear she made Jackie Chan look like he was moving in slow motion when she started whopping on me. :'( ::)
From now on I check with the "Project engineer" before starting anything.
Careful on the brainstorming. :D ;)

After reading this I fell out of my chair, because I was laughing so hard. ;D