BLT sandwiches will taste even better by adding a common ingredient that experts love. A dietitian and food expert shared how adding one extra ingredient can transform the classic BLT sandwich into the most craveable sarnie.
The Secret Ingredient: Garlic
Sandwiches are the backbone of any swift lunchtime meal, whether you are rustling them up from scratch or grabbing something ready-made from the supermarket. The BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) remains a timeless sandwich filling, delivering a delightful combination of fresh and salty flavours with every mouthful. Yet to give the humble sarnie an extra punch of flavour, dietitian and food expert Sara Haas has revealed the one ingredient she adds to the sandwich to take it to the next level. If you are already spreading mayo on the bread, consider grating in a touch of garlic.
Sara wrote for Simply Recipes: "Though there may be nothing wrong with your BLT sandwich, what if I told you that one ingredient you already have in the kitchen could take it to the next level? I learned this easy trick from Southern Living's classic BLT recipe: Grate garlic into the mayonnaise. It's as easy as that!"
How Garlic Enhances the BLT
Sara explained that incorporating garlic into the mayo, as well as other dishes, can actually help the remaining ingredients to shine and intensify upon eating. In short, garlic can play an important supporting role for the BLT. She wrote: "This is the reason why you should add garlic to your BLT. That big, bold, aromatic flavour it provides heightens the bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes, creating the most craveable BLT! But don't worry. You're not adding so much that all you taste is garlic." The key, however, is not to overpower the sandwich with that sharp, tangy flavour. This is precisely why Southern Living recommends mayonnaise as the vehicle for carrying the garlic.
Preparation Tips
The most effective way to incorporate garlic into your sandwich is to grate it directly into the mayo. In doing so, you can achieve the bold garlic flavour while the mayo tempers the pungent allium. Using mayo as a base makes it simpler to spread the garlic flavour evenly throughout the sandwich. Grating the garlic yields the best results; if you do not have a grater to hand, Sara suggests smashing the garlic bulb instead. Remove the skin and mince the garlic until you are left with tiny pieces, then stir them directly into the mayo. Simply spread as much garlic mayo as desired. Any leftover garlic mayo should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge, where it will keep for three days.
