This recipe for hearty roast beef and brie sandwiches was inspired by the delectable Gatsby Arrow sandwich at Booeymongers in Georgetown. It’s a sensational flavor combination!
Ok, before I start telling you about the best sandwich in the Entire World, I need to give you just a tiny bit of background, and I will start this by telling you I am a proud graduate of Georgetown University. That’s right, I am a Hoya just like my dad, and while I’m not telling you exactly HOW long ago I graduated, let’s just say that Patrick Ewing lived in the on-campus apartment right next door. You do the math.
Georgetown was a fabulous place to go to college in so many ways. The gorgeous campus, the fact that we were right in Washington DC, some of the best professors in the world, and a campus pub where I would…well, never mind.
You will note that the cafeteria was NOT included in the list of Georgetown wonderfulness. Because it was not wonderful. At all. Ever. So every so often we would trundle down Prospect Street to the world’s most fantastic sandwich shop, which is (thank goodness!) still there, and that is Booeymonger.
Affectionately known by the Hoya faithful as Booey’s. And there was only one thing I ever got at Booey’s…the Gatsby Arrow.
I have no idea how it got that name, I just know it is the most delicious sandwich I know…a baguette stuffed with rare roast beef, Brie cheese and lettuce. When I make my own version I use a little Dijon mustard as well. It brings me right back to my college days, only without the blue book exams and the eight track tapes.
So here you go, the very best sandwich I know. Go Hoyas!
Roast Beef and Brie Sandwiches, aka The Gatsby Arrow
This recipe for hearty roast beef and brie sandwiches was inspired by the delectable Gatsby Arrow sandwich at Booeymongers in Georgetown. It’s a sensational flavor combination!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- One loaf french bread
- 1/2 pound rare roast beef, sliced very thin
- 1/2 pound Brie cheese
- Romaine lettuce leaves
- Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Split the loaf of bread down the middle and spread one or both sides with mustard, depending on how much of a mustard-lover you are.
- Layer the roast beef on the bottom of the loaf, top with lettuce and then slices of Brie. Place top of loaf on sandwich. Cut into as many sandwiches sections as you like!
Michelle says
After seeing this recipe posted the other day, I went out and bought all the ingredients. I’ve been eating one (or two) of these sandwiches every day! Sooo good! Love Brie, love French bread, love roast beef! Yum!
Kate Morgan Jackson says
I’m so glad!! Looks like we have the same taste in delectable sandwiches! :)
Nathan Schattman says
Hoya Saxa! Although I was more of a chicken madness man myself. CAS’91
Kate Morgan Jackson says
Hurray, another Hoya heard from! And you can’t go wrong with any of those sandwiches. Memories…