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1 Round loaf Italian bread
1/4 lb Mortadella; thinly sliced
1/4 lb Ham; thinly sliced
1/4 lb Hard Genoa salami; thinly
-sliced
1/4 lb Mozzarella cheese; sliced
1/4 lb Provolone cheese; sliced
1 c Olive salad with oil
Split a muffuletta loaf or a loaf of Italian bread horizontally.
Spread each half with equal parts of olive salad and oil. Place
meats and cheeses evenly on bottom half and cover with top half
of bread. Cut in quarters. Enjoy!
Serves four timid dieters, two hearty New Orleanians or one
incredible maiale.
While Central Grocery do not give out their muffuletta olive salad
recipe, lots of folks have tried to duplicate it, with varying degrees
of success. I've been saying for years now that I'm going to get a jar
of olive salad from Central and reverse-engineer it, but until then,
this will do quite nicely.
New Orleanian cook and cookbook author Chiqui Collier was kind
enough to share this recipe with me for this site, and says, "It
is my pleasure to send you the recipe for the original muffletta
sandwich that was created by the grandfather of a lady i worked
with 28 years ago." (Presumably that was Signor Salvadore.)
"The recipe for the olive salad is the exact way it was given to me.
It makes over a gallon. It stores very well in the refrigerator for
many months and makes great gifts along with the recipe for the
sandwich.
It does appear in the cookbook, "Cookery N'Orleans Style"
by Chiqui Pumilia Collier.
