real nawlins muffuletta

Real Nawlins Muffuletta

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!

Ingreadient

Olive Salad:

1 cup pimento-stuffed green olives, crushed
½ cup drained kalamata olives, crushed
½ cup pepperoncini, drained
¼ cup roughly chopped pickled cauliflower florets
¼ cup marinated cocktail onions
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons drained capers
1 tablespoon chopped celery
1 tablespoon chopped carrot
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
¾ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ teaspoon celery seed
½ cup olive oil
¼ cup canola oil
¼ cup red wine vinegar

Sandwiches:

2 (1 pound) loaves Italian bread
8 ounces thinly sliced Genoa salami
8 ounces thinly sliced cooked ham
8 ounces sliced mortadella
8 ounces sliced mozzarella cheese
8 ounces sliced provolone cheese

Direction

To make the olive salad: Roughly chop together green olives, Kalamata olives, pepperoncini, cauliflower, cocktail onions, garlic, capers, celery, and carrot.
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.
Cover jar or container and refrigerate at least 8 hours to overnight.
To make the sandwiches: Cut loaves of bread in half horizontally; hollow out some of the excess bread to make room for filling.
Spread each piece of bread with equal amounts of the olive salad, including oil.
Layer bottom half of each loaf with 1/2 of the salami, ham, mortadella, mozzarella, and Provolone slices.
Replace top half on each loaf and cut the sandwiches into quarters.
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.