What is the correct order for the ingredients for a BLT should it be top to bottom bacon lettuce and then tomato?
I'm sure there are many variations of the BLT, however the basic
ingredients for a BLT are in the name. Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato.
Southern style BLT (Texas & Louisiana) from my experience is
fried bacon on toast with mayonnaise. To layer the BLT the way I
did in the restaurants I worked in. First piece of toast, light
mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, then bacon topped with light
mayonnaise on final piece of toast.
I was taught there were two main reasons we layered the BLT in
this manner.
1. the bacon on the BLT is hot, heat rises, placing the bacon on
the top of the BLT helps prevent the heat from the bacon to cause
the lettuce or tomato to become soggy from heat, after all, lettuce
and tomato on a sandwich are best served cold.
2. placing the tomato between the lettuce and tomato will help
prevent the juices from the tomato soaking too much into the toast
making the sandwich soggy.
So Top to Bottom (since I told the steps bottom to top)
Bacon - Tomato - Lettuce
Bottom to Top
Lettuce - Tomato - Bacon