Muffaletta Recipe

New Orleans Muffuletta Recipe

This muffuletta sandwich recipe is made in the authentic New Orlean’s style! Flavorful and delicious stuffed with meats, cheese, and the quintensential olive salad you love.

Prep: 10min

Total: 10min

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 serving, calories 489 kcal, Sugar 4 g, Sodium 890 mg, Fat 26 g, Saturated Fat 9 g, Carbohydrate 42 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 25 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, unSaturated Fat 14 g

Ingredients:

• 1 10-inch round Italian bread
• 1 cup Olive Salad
• 1/4 lb Capicola or deli ham (4-6 slices)
• 1/4 lb Genoa Salami (6-8 slices)
• 1/4 lb Mortadella (4-6 slices)
• 1/8 lb Sliced Mozzarella (3-4 thin slices)
• 1/8 lb Provolone (3-4 thin slices)

Instruction:

1. Slice the round bread in half horizontally and open it on a flat surface.
2. Brush both inner sides of the bread with oil from the Olive Salad or extra virgin olive oil, go a little heavier on the bottom.
3. Begin layering thre ham, salami, and mortadella on the bottom half of the bread. Top with cheeses.
4. Next, add the olive salad from the center out and spread it, leaving about a half-inch around the edge. Place the top half of the bread over the olive mixture, and press down to let the bread absorb the olive salad juices.
5. Using a bread knife, slice the round sandwich into 4 to 6 wedges.
6. Optional: place the whole sandwich, before slicing, on a large baking sheet, and toast/warm-up in a 350F preheated oven for about 5 minutes.

Muffaletta

Prep: 15min

Total: 45min

Yield: Yield:

Ingredients:

• 1 large round bread loaf, 8- to 9-inches in diameter
• 1 cup Creole olive salad
• 4 ounces salami, thinly sliced
• 4 ounces cappicola, thinly sliced
• 4 ounces mortadella, or deli ham, thinly sliced
• 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
• 4 ounces provolone, thinly sliced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Pickled pepperoncini, for garnish

Instruction:

1 large round bread loaf, 8- to 9-inches in diameter 1 cup Creole olive salad 4 ounces salami, thinly sliced 4 ounces cappicola, thinly sliced 4 ounces mortadella, or deli ham, thinly sliced 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced 4 ounces provolone, thinly sliced 3 tablespoons olive oil Salt and pepper Pickled pepperoncini, for garnish

Muffaletta with Olive Tapenade

Total: 0 1h20min0

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Serving Size: 1 of 8 servings

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 of 8 servings, calories 575, Fat 40g, Saturated Fat 16g, Carbohydrate 25g, Fiber 2g, Sugar 1g, Protein 28g, Cholesterol 88mg, Sodium 1650mg

Ingredients:

• One 10-inch round loaf Italian bread
• 1 cup mixed pitted olives, roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup pickled vegetables, such as giardiniera, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped roasted red peppers
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 pound salami, deli sliced
• 1/2 pound provolone, deli sliced
• 1/2 pound capicola, deli sliced
• 1/2 pound smoked mozzarella, deli sliced
• 1/2 pound mortadella, deli sliced

Instruction:

1. Divide the bread lengthwise. Scoop out some of the dough-y interior and reserve for another use.
2. Combine the olives, oil, pickled vegetables, red peppers, parsley, vinegar, garlic and Italian seasoning in a bowl. Spread half of the olive tapenade on the bottom half of the bread. Layer the salami, provolone, capicola, mozzarella, mortadella and the rest of the olive tapenade. Top with the other half of the bread and wrap the entire loaf in plastic wrap. Top the wrapped sandwich with a cast iron pan and set aside to rest for 1 hour. To facilitate easy cutting, skewer the muffaletta with 4 skewers and cut into 8 even triangles.

Muffaletta Recipe

This muffaletta recipe is the ultimate sandwich from New Orleans, piled high with Italian meats, cheese, and a homemade spicy olive tapenade. Feeds a crowd!

Prep: 15min

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 580 kcal, Carbohydrate 26 g, Protein 28 g, Fat 50 g, Saturated Fat 15 g, Cholesterol 83 mg, Sodium 2822 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 2 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 1 cup green olives (chopped)
• 1 cup giardiniera (chopped (or use pickled peppers))
• ½ cup roasted red peppers (chopped)
• 1 shallot (minced)
• 2 tablespoons capers
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 10- inch loaf of round Italian bread (use Muffaletta bread if you can obtain it, but Italian is great)
• ½ pound sliced capicola (or use deli ham, or both!)
• ½ pound sliced mortadella
• ½ pound sliced salami
• ½ pound sliced provolone cheese

Instruction:

1. Mix together the olives, giardiniera, roasted red peppers, shallot, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, basil and oregano in large bowl.
2. Unwrap the sandwich, slice it into 8 triangular pieces and serve.

Authentic New Orleans Muffuletta Recipe

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