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By Monika SinghThis is a specialty of New Orleans. Muffulettas are usually made with a round Italian loaf with thick crust. The olive salad is what sets muffulettas apart from most other sandwiches.
Ingredients
For Olive Salad
1/2 cup kalamata olives, chopped coarsely
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup pimiento-stuffed green olives, chopped coarsely
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 tsp garlic paste
1 onion, chopped finely
1/4 cup finely chopped cauliflower
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp black pepper powder
1/4 tsp crushed red chilliFor Sandwich:
1 round Italian bread with thick crust (8-10" diameter)
200 gms (approx 1/4 pound) provolone cheese, thinly sliced
100 (approx 3 oz) gms salami, sliced
100 gms ham, thinly sliced
100 gms mortadella, thinly sliced
lettuce leavesMethod for olive salad:
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan
- Fry onion, cauliflower till onion are transparent
- Add celery, cauliflower and garlic
- Stir for 2 minutes
- Add oregano, red chilli, pepper powder
- Stir for another 2 mins.
remove from fire - Let is cool
- Add remaining oil, green and kalamata olives
- Stir it well and keep aside
Method to make Sandwich:
- Cut bread in half horizontally
- Remove soft part from centre (1" inside from side) from each half (approx 1" deep)
- Put half of olive salad into bottom half of loaf.
- Layer it with 1/3rd of cheese slices
- Then layer it with ham slices
- Again layer it with 1/3rd of cheese slices
- Layer it with mortedella
- Layer with the remaining cheese slices
- Then put salami slices
- Finally top it with the remaining olive salad
- Cover with the other half loaf
- Preheat the oven at 450 o F
- Wrap the sandwich in a foil
- Bake the sandwich for 20 min (till cheese melts)
- Unwrap
- Cut into wedges with sharp serrated knife
- Serve with wafers and lettuce
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