MUFFULETTA Recipe
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Ingredients: Olive Relish:
1 1/2 cups of pimento stuffed olives, chopped
1 cup black Kalamata olives, pitted & chopped
2/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup fresh parsley, minced
4 oz. jar of pimentos, drained & chopped
4 anchovy fillets, mashed to a paste
2 Tbsp. capers
1 Tbsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. dried oregano
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Loaf of Italian Bread – 9 inch round
1/4 lb. Italian salami, sliced thin
1/4 lb. Mortadella, sliced thin
1/4 lb. Provolone cheese, sliced thin
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Directions:For the Olive Relish -- In a glass or ceramic bowl, mix together the first 6 ingredients; and let stand, covered, over night.
Use a fine sieve set over a bowl, drain relish and reserve the liquid dressing.
Add capers, garlic, oregano & pepper to drained relish.
Cut the bread horizontally and remove the soft centre bread from the top and bottom halves, leaving each shell with 1/2-inch of bread. Brush the inside of the shells with the reserved dressing and mound half of the olive relish in the bottom shell, pressing it firmly.
Alternate layers of Italian salami, Provolone and Mortadella – ending with a layer of Mortedella over the olive relish.
Mound the remaining olive relish, leave a 3/4-inch rim and cover with the top shell.
Wrap in tin foil and chill, weighted with a 3 lb. weight, for at least 30 minutes.
Cut sandwich in wedges and serve. |
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Notes: This “big sandwich” is great for dinner, lunch, casual entertaining, whatever! Apparently, it originated in New Orleans in the ‘20s.
I have had this sandwich in New Orleans just as listed above. However, at O’Reilly’s Bar in New Orleans I had one that was heated. That was an incredible treat – the cheese was all melty and wonderful.
If I were going to heat it…
After the 30 minutes weighted in the fridge
I would put it in a 375°F oven for about 30 minutes.
QUOTE:
"There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will."
Robert Frost
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