Muffaletta

Name: Muffaletta
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 8-10 as a snack
Ingredients: 1 large round white loaf flattish; 150g coppa sliced; 200g mortadella sliced; (or cured salami of choice) 150g napoli salami sliced; 200g provolone sliced; 200g (recipe below) olive salad; 200g green pitted olives; 90g black pitted olives; (mixed pickled veg such as cauli giardiniera courgette) 50g; 4 cloves garlic sliced; 3 tsp capers chopped; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp red chilli flakes; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 50g roasted red pepper from a jar chopped; 2 spring onions chopped; extra virgin olive oil

Published: April 18, 2023 at 11:34 AM

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Serves 8-10 as a snack

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Total time: 20 mins

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Muffaletta is packed with cured meats and a great olive salad. If you’re going on a picnic or just fancy making a seriously good sandwich, this stacked southern US super-sandwich from The Lockhart in London is for you

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What is a muffaletta?

Sicilian immigrant Salvatore Lupo invented the muffuletta (or muffaletta) sandwich more than a century ago. His descendants still operate Central Grocery in New Orleans, where the dense sesame-seeded loaves come packed with four types of cured meats, including coppa, mortadella and salami, two cheeses and crunchy, pickled olive salad.

Muffaletta recipe

Ingredients

Nutrition

1 large round white loaf

flattish
150g coppa

sliced
200g mortadella

sliced
(or cured salami of choice) 150g napoli salami

sliced
200g provolone

sliced
200g (recipe below) olive salad

olive salad

200g green pitted olives
90g black pitted olives
(mixed pickled veg such as cauli giardiniera

courgette) 50g
4 cloves garlic

sliced
3 tsp capers

chopped
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp red chilli flakes
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
50g roasted red pepper from a jar

chopped
2 spring onions

chopped
extra virgin olive oil

Nutrition: per serving

kcal471
fat31g
carbs24.5g
fibre2.2g
protein23.8g
salt3.3g

Method

step 1

To make the olive salad, pulse the olives, giardiniera and garlic in a food processor. Add the capers, herbs, chilli and vinegar and pulse again until chopped, then mix in the pepper and spring onion with enough olive oil to bring it together (about 3-4 tbsp).
step 2

Halve the bread and divide 200g of the olive salad between the top and bottom. Layer the meat and cheese on the bottom and top with the other half. Cut into big wedges to serve.

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