Hot Pastrami Sliders (for The Crock Pot)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 16 ounces thinly sliced lean deli pastrami
• 12 ounces smithwick's irish ale or 12 ounces other dark beer
• 10 1/2 ounces beef consomme
• 1 small onion, slivered
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 4 ounces thinly sliced baby swiss cheese
• 8 small hard rolls or 8 small dinner rolls or 8 small rye rolls, split
• coarse ground mustard, as needed
• 1 deli barrel-style pickle, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 whisk together ale, consomme and mustard in a regular crock pot. add slivered onion and cooked deli pastrami.
• 2 cover and cook on high for 3 hours.
• 3 drain pastrami and reserve cooking liquid.
• 4 serve pastrami on rolls with swiss cheese, mustard and pickle slices.
• 5 place in toaster oven or moderate oven to crisp up the rolls and get the cheese a little melty if you like.
• 6 serve along with a cup of the cooking liquid as an au jus dip.