Beef Manhattan
Encyclopedia
Beef Manhattan is a dish consisting of roast beef
and gravy
. It is often served with mashed potato
es either on top or on the side. A variation on this dish is Turkey Manhattan, which substitutes turkey
for the roast beef. The term "Manhattan" is a misnomer as the beef and turkey variants are usually referred to as
"Open Face Sandwiches
" in New York and much of the Eastern United States and the term "Manhattan" is limited to the Midwest, the South, and parts of the Western United States. It is unlikely that restaurants in the New York City
area would understand what a customer was asking for if the diner used the "Manhattan" phrase.
The dish was first served under the name "Beef Manhattan" in a now defunct Indianapolis deli in the late 1940s where it gained traction as a Hoosier staple. In Indiana, it is served on bread. The roast beef is sliced and put on bread like a sandwich, then cut corner to corner and plated in a V shape. Mashed potatoes are served between the two halves, and the whole is covered in gravy.
Roast beef
Roast beef is a dish of beef which is roasted in an oven. Essentially prepared as a main meal, the leftovers can be and are often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make hash...
and gravy
Gravy
Gravy is a sauce made often from the juices that run naturally from meat or vegetables during cooking. In North America the term can refer to a wider variety of sauces and gravy is often thicker than in Britain...
. It is often served with mashed potato
Mashed potato
Mashed potato is made by mashing freshly boiled potatoes with a ricer, fork, potato masher, food mill, or whipping them with a hand beater. Dehydrated and frozen mashed potatoes are available in many places...
es either on top or on the side. A variation on this dish is Turkey Manhattan, which substitutes turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
for the roast beef. The term "Manhattan" is a misnomer as the beef and turkey variants are usually referred to as
"Open Face Sandwiches
Open sandwich
An open sandwich, also known as an open face/faced sandwich, Ulrich Sandwich, bread baser, or tartine, consists of a single slice of bread with one or more food items on top.- In various countries :...
" in New York and much of the Eastern United States and the term "Manhattan" is limited to the Midwest, the South, and parts of the Western United States. It is unlikely that restaurants in the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
area would understand what a customer was asking for if the diner used the "Manhattan" phrase.
The dish was first served under the name "Beef Manhattan" in a now defunct Indianapolis deli in the late 1940s where it gained traction as a Hoosier staple. In Indiana, it is served on bread. The roast beef is sliced and put on bread like a sandwich, then cut corner to corner and plated in a V shape. Mashed potatoes are served between the two halves, and the whole is covered in gravy.