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Muffalettas – N’Awlins Style

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Nobody does food like New Orleans, where the sandwich of choice is the muffaletta (moo-fuh-LET-uh). Here’s how we harness this Mardi Gras party in a bread boule at our house.

Ingredients

  • 1 loaf Sourdough Bread, Round Boule
  • 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 24 whole Pimento-stuffed Green Olives, Small
  • ½ cans (4 1/4 Oz. Size) Chopped Black Olives
  • 3 Tablespoons Italian Olive Salad (optional)
  • ⅓ cups Mayonnaise (not Miracle Whip!)
  • 2 Tablespoons Green Olive Juice, From The Jar
  • 1 pound Old-fashioned Or Baked Deli Ham, Thinly Sliced
  • 4 slices Provolone Cheese

Preparation

Start by slicing your sourdough boule horizontally so that the bottom is 1″ thick. Using your fingers or a spoon, remove most of the excess bread from the top, leaving a deep indentation in the dome of your boule.

Drizzle one tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil over each half of the bread, making sure it covers all the way out to the edges. Place both halves, oiled side down on a griddle and toast until the bread is a beautiful golden brown. If you don’t have a griddle, a non-stick skillet works just as well. I like to weigh down the top half so the surface is pressed down onto the griddle.

While the bread is toasting, chop the green olives, open the can of black olives, and spoon out 3 tablespoons of Italian Olive Salad mix (if you can find it, use it); set aside.

Once your bread is toasted to a beautiful, crispy golden brown, remove it from the griddle and place both sides face up on a cutting board.

In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise and green olive juice and blend until smooth (it will be a little on the thin side). Dress each half of the bread with the mayonnaise mixture. Make sure you spread it all the way out to the edges. Next, spread the green olives and olive salad on the top half, and the black olives on the bottom half.

Layer your thin-sliced ham over the top of the black olives, making sure the ham goes all the way out to the edges again. (Remember – no honey or maple glazed ham, please! It will ruin the flavor of the sandwich. You really just need a simple old-fashioned or baked deli ham here.) Arrange your provolone cheese slices over the top of your green olives. Place both halves face-up on a baking sheet and toast them under the broiler for 3-4 minutes, or until the ham warms and the cheese melts and turns a gorgeous golden brown. Remove from the broiler.

Using a spatula, flip the top half onto the bottom half to bring your sandwich together. Allow your muffaletta to rest for at least 5 minutes before you cut it. Using a serrated bread knife, cut the muffaletta into wedges.

Now grab a cold Abita beer and a bag of spicy Cajun potato chips and dig in! It’s a Mardi Gras party on a paper plate (beads not included).

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Clabbergirl on 2.24.2011

Fixin’ to eat ‘dat!

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Clabbergirl on 3.9.2011

We had this last night! Middle child came into kitchen and said, “Ooh, what is that good smell?” I used Mezzetta’s Giardiniera instead of olive salad (couldn’t find any). Also used garlic-stuffed green olives (minus garlic) and their juice because that is what we had. Delicious! Now I just gotta find some crawdads…

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Twinks on 3.2.2011

I so wanted to try this recipe, but was concerned hubby wouldn’t eat it. I’m happy to report that he gave it a big thumbs up, saying several times how good it was. I followed the recipe exactly and I did use the olive salad. Delicious! Thanks for sharing!

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