Type | Open sandwich |
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Place of origin | Germany |
Main ingredients | Toast, ham, pineapple, maraschino cherry, cheese |
Toast Hawaii is an open sandwich consisting of a slice of toast with ham and cheese, and a maraschino cherry in the middle of a pineapple, grilled from above, so that the cheese starts to melt. It was invented, or at least made popular, by the German TV cook Clemens Wilmenrod and is considered typical of West Germany in the 1950s.