Real N'awlins Muffuletta

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A genuine muffuletta should be made on oven-fresh round Italian bread loves topped with sesame seeds. The spicy, tangy olive salad is what really sets this meat and cheese sandwich apart. These gigantic sandwiches were invented a century ago at Sicilian Deli here in New Orleans. Be sure to use high-quality ingredients as it really makes a difference!

Prep
29 min
Cook
87 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 To make the olive salad: Roughly chop together green olives, Kalamata olives, pepperoncini, cauliflower, cocktail onions, garlic, capers, celery, and carrot.
  2. 2 Combine with oregano, basil, black pepper, and celery seed in a medium bowl. Add in olive oil, canola oil, and vinegar. Mix together and transfer the mixture into a glass jar (or other nonreactive container). Pour in more oil to cover if needed.
  3. 3 Cover jar or container and refrigerate at least 8 hours to overnight.
  4. 4 To make the sandwiches: Cut loaves of bread in half horizontally; hollow out some of the excess bread to make room for filling.
  5. 5 Spread each piece of bread with equal amounts of the olive salad, including oil.
  6. 6 Layer bottom half of each loaf with 1/2 of the salami, ham, mortadella, mozzarella, and Provolone slices.
  7. 7 Replace top half on each loaf and cut the sandwiches into quarters.
  8. 8 Serve immediately, or wrap tightly and refrigerate for a few hours; this will allow for the flavors to mingle and the olive salad to soak into the bread.

Nutrition per serving

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