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Thespaghetti sandwich orspaghetti jaffle in Australia is asandwich prepared using cookedspaghetti, a sauce and bread as primary ingredients. It is sold at some underground concession areas near subway stations inTokyo, Japan, and has been purveyed at theTarget Field baseball park inMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. and in some U.S. restaurants.[1]
Cooked spaghetti with sauce and bread are used to prepare the spaghetti sandwich.[2][3] It is sometimes prepared usingleftover spaghetti,[2][3][4] and the spaghetti can be chopped[5] or left whole.Butter ormargarine is sometimes used as an ingredient, spread on the bread.[2][3] Abread roll, sliced bread andgarlic bread can be used to prepare the sandwich.[4][5][6] Additional ingredients used in its preparation can include cheeses such as gratedParmesan cheese and spices such asgarlic powder andoregano.[2] It can be served cold or hot, and can be cooked using apie iron.[2]
The spaghetti sandwich is a food inJapanese cuisine.[7] In Tokyo, the sandwich is prepared using a meat sauce, a sliced French roll or white bread, and has been described as a "Tokyo novelty."[8] Some underground concession areas near subway stations in Tokyo sell the spaghetti sandwich, and it has been described as a "handy commuter snack."[8]Yakisoba-pan is a similar noodle sandwich that is more common in concession areas near Tokyo subway stations.[8]
TheTarget Field baseball park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, included a spaghetti sandwich on its concessions fare in 2013, named the Spaghetti Pie Panino.[1] It was prepared using cooked spaghetti, pasta sauce, meatballs and mozzarella cheese.[1]
A cooking variation that is used at a restaurant inLong Island City in Queens, New York City, involves using anegg wash to coat a mixture of sauce, pasta, and cheese, and then baking it into apatty using ablini pan.[5] The patty has a moist texture on the inside and a crispy exterior.[5]
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