The bread is essential when making the best Cuban sandwich possible, but if you don't have pan Cubano on hand, here's an expert-approved swap.

My taste testers loved this bread but commented that there was too much salt. I agree. The salt predominates and could probably be scaled back from 1 tablespoon to 1 teaspoon.

Around 95% of the country’s Cuban bread is made in this area, he estimates, and 98% of that is baked by La Segunda. So, ... someone can create a substitute that will “act like a palmetto leaf. ...

TAMPA, Fla. — For as far back as anyone can remember, Tampa bakers have used palmetto leaves to make Cuban bread. And for the last three decades, the same man has traveled the state collectin… ...