The John Oliver Sandwich

The New York City restaurant Penelope serves a cult-favorite sandwich called the John Oliver: fresh goat cheese and a generous serving of kalamata olive tapenade together on (yes, really) toasted cranberry walnut bread. It's an uncanny pairing: sweet, nutty, briny, and creamy all at once.

  • Serves

    makes 1 Sandwich

Ingredients

  • 2 (1/2"-thick) slices cranberry-walnut bread
  • 2 tbsp. goat cheese, softened
  • 2 tbsp. kalamata olive tapenade

Instructions

Step 1

Toast the bread until golden and warm. Spread one slice of bread with goat cheese, the other with olive tapenade, and sandwich both pieces together.
  1. Toast the bread until golden and warm. Spread one slice of bread with goat cheese, the other with olive tapenade, and sandwich both pieces together.
Recipes

The John Oliver Sandwich

  • Serves

    makes 1 Sandwich

Goat Cheese and Olive Tapenade Sandwich
HELEN ROSNER

The New York City restaurant Penelope serves a cult-favorite sandwich called the John Oliver: fresh goat cheese and a generous serving of kalamata olive tapenade together on (yes, really) toasted cranberry walnut bread. It's an uncanny pairing: sweet, nutty, briny, and creamy all at once.

Ingredients

  • 2 (1/2"-thick) slices cranberry-walnut bread
  • 2 tbsp. goat cheese, softened
  • 2 tbsp. kalamata olive tapenade

Instructions

Step 1

Toast the bread until golden and warm. Spread one slice of bread with goat cheese, the other with olive tapenade, and sandwich both pieces together.
  1. Toast the bread until golden and warm. Spread one slice of bread with goat cheese, the other with olive tapenade, and sandwich both pieces together.

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