By Kristen Kuchar

At Mash Lab Brewing & Kitchen in Windsor, you’ll find plenty of hearty sandwiches to accompany a house-made beer – smoked pulled pork, hot roast beef, chicken salad, and the classic one featured here: a smoked pastrami sandwich. And you can’t beat the Irish Red Ale to go alongside, with malts sourced from Ireland.

Its malty, sweet backbone and delicate bouquet complement the hearty flavors of this deli classic perfectly, explains Cristin Peratt, owner and marketing manager. The house-made sauerkraut complements the salty pastrami while the thousand island gives it sweetness. Topped off with Swiss cheese it has the ultimate “perfect bite” we all search for.

At Mash Lab, the crew is making sauerkraut on-site and a house-smoked pastrami, utilizing traditional brine ingredients – water, salt, brown sugar, pink curing salt, whole coriander, black peppercorn, cloves and cinnamon. But if you don’t quite have the time to make it yourself and are craving this at home, swap it out for quick, store-bought ingredients.

Ingredients:
Smoked pastrami
Sauerkraut
Thousand Island dressing
Swiss cheese
Toasted marble rye bread

Directions:
Toast marble rye bread.
Layer with smoked pastrami, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese, and top with Thousand Island dressing,