Adam Gertler

I’m super excited to announce the debut of “Gertler’s Wurst”.  My own line of smoked sausage deliciousness.  The First flavor will be The Pastrami Dog,which I’ve been working on for two years.  It’s a sausage that looks like a hot dog but has the flavor profile of pastrami.  “What the heck does that mean?” you ask.  It means lots of garlic, smoke, coriander, black pepper and spice.  Pastrami has long been one of my favorite things in the world.   Some of you may remember I featured The #19 at Langer’s deli on The Best Thing I Ever Ate.  I’ve been making sausage for the past three years and I’m finally at a place where I feel my sausage is good enough to be called the wurst.

The Pastrami dog will be featured on Food Network’s program, The Best Thing I Ever Made on July 1st at 11:30 AM est.  On the show, I’ll be preparing the Reuben Dog which is the pastrami sausage on a split top rye bun with Gruyere cheese, 1000 island dressing and cole slaw, although sauerkraut works great too.

The Original Smoked Beef Pastrami Dog will be available online only through this site some time before the  July 1st air date of this program.  I’ll also be posting various recipes using The Original Smoked Beef Pastrami Dog in the coming weeks.

I’m so excited to announce that my new line of smoked sausages will be available to the the public.  Sort of.  Jamie and I will be on “Sausage Tour” over the next few months, popping up to sell amazing sausages wherever they are needed.  Our first stop will be at The Boardroom in The North Beach section of San Francisco.  We will be featuring The Reuben Dog, soon to be featured on Food Network’s The Best Thing I Ever Made,  prepared with my pastrami sausage as well as a Chicken Fontina sausage with arugula and Terroni chlis.  Fresh cut fries a spicy aioli will also be available for the munching.  These loaded sandwiches will cost $8 each, $3 for fries, or a combo for $10.  All Gertler’s Wurst food will be cash only and an ATM machine is available on premises.

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