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Perfect Pairs: 2-Ingredient Sandwiches

The sandwich is the ultimate exercise in edible gestalt: Great vegetables, cheeses, meats, and breads make, in the aggregate, something so much more wonderful than any one ingredient alone. While there's a time and a place for ten-ingredient Dagwoods and double-decker club sandwiches, there's a particular magic to be found in the very simplest sandwiches. These nine sandwich variations call for just two ingredients each (plus bread, of course, and the occasional grind of pepper); they are, in our opinion, the very pinnacle of lunchtime perfection.

Credit: Helen Rosner

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Tomato and Avocado

Sweet, juicy heirloom tomatoes and slices of just-ripe avocado work in perfect harmony no matter what you serve them on, but a slice of seven-grain bread adds a perfect amount of texture and crunch.

See the recipe for Tomato and Avocado Sandwich »

Comments (3)

by FOODFANCIER on 2012-09-11

Salt? Mayonnaise?

by VIKELAROSE on 2012-09-11

i love the combo of ricotta and honey (with a little salt and fresh ground black pepper)! never thought about red pepper flakes, ill have to try that.