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My review
The Hot Brown
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Chef John
"Not your average hot turkey sandwich, the Hot Brown was invented at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky to absorb the bourbon that guests would enjoy well into the night."
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Ingredients
1 h 30 m servings 1280Original recipe yields 4 servings
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Season the skinless side of the turkey breast with 1/2 of the kosher salt and herbes de Provence. Season the skin side with the remaining kosher salt. Place turkey skin-side up into an oiled baking dish.
- Roast in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the turkey registers 148 degrees F (64 degrees C), 45 to 60 minutes.
- Place bacon on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Remove turkey from the oven and let cool.
- Bake bacon in the hot oven until about halfway cooked, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Melt butter in a pot over medium heat. Stir in flour until combined. Cook, stirring occasionally, until roux smells like cooked pie crust, about 3 minutes. Whisk in cream all at once. Cook until Mornay sauce is thickened and starting to boil, about 5 minutes. Immediately turn off the heat.
- Season Mornay sauce with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Stir in 1/2 cup Pecorino Romano cheese until combined. Add nutmeg and stir briefly.
- Cut turkey into thick slices. Pull off the skin.
- Stack 2 bread slices on top of each other and trim off the crusts. Cut 1 slice into 2 triangles. Place bread in a small baking dish set on top of a sheet pan. Top bread with 3 slices of turkey. Place 3 tomato slices in between. Ladle 1/4 of the Mornay sauce all over and cover with 2 tablespoons Pecorino Romano cheese. Sprinkle with paprika; lay the partially cooked bacon across the top. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 3 more servings.
- Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
- Bake under the broiler until bacon is crispy and the tops are well browned, about 5 minutes. Place on napkin-lined plates and sprinkle parsley over each dish.
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Footnotes
- Chef's Notes:
- Feel free to buy thick-cut deli turkey so you don't have to make the turkey yourself.
- Substitute Parmesan cheese or a nice extra-sharp Cheddar for the Pecorino Romano if desired. Substitute cayenne for the paprika if preferred.
- Instead of broiling, you can finish by baking in the oven at 475 degrees F (246 degrees C) for the same results. To cheat, you can cook bacon crisp separately, and just top the finished dish, but I think it tastes better if you brown with the bacon on top.
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Most helpful positive review
5/6/2018
This recipe is spot on and stays true to the original Brown Hotel recipe. As someone who does not like turkey, the rich, creamy mornay sauce made it delightfully palatable. The sauce was perfec...
Most helpful critical review
7/21/2019
I live in Louisville Ky and have had the hot brown at the Brown Hotel and it is amazing! I made this hot brown and it was ok but not like the original. The 2 tablespoons of salt it calls for I'm...
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5/6/2018
This recipe is spot on and stays true to the original Brown Hotel recipe. As someone who does not like turkey, the rich, creamy mornay sauce made it delightfully palatable. The sauce was perfec...
5/9/2018
Wonderful, I did not have the 'de provencia or what ever spice it called for. I found bakery bread with that in it, which added a wonderful flavor. Yummy
7/27/2019
another winner from chef john. i followed the recipe exactly and it was very tasty. the only snafu was that i discovered my broiler is on the fritz when i went to finish them so i had to finish...
7/21/2019
I live in Louisville Ky and have had the hot brown at the Brown Hotel and it is amazing! I made this hot brown and it was ok but not like the original. The 2 tablespoons of salt it calls for I'm...
9/17/2018
Another excellent recipe from Chef John. The Mornay needed quite a bit of seasoning, and I ended up using at least 3/4 cup of Romano to get it just right. I've never been to Louisville to have...
12/5/2019
Delicious treat! Next time I think I'll try spreading a bit of mustard on the bread.
12/1/2019
Thanks, Chef John! Another winner (no surprise). Perfect for Thanksgiving leftovers.
10/5/2019
Made as directed except used Parmesan reggiano as I could not find pecorino romano, and used half and half instead of heavy cream. It was decadent as is... would have been way to rich using heav...