Bobby Flays Muffuletta

17 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 3 tablespoons aged sherry vinegar
  • 1 1/2 cups mixed pitted green olives, such as picholine and cerignola
  • 4 piquillo chiles, or 2 roasted red bell peppers (see Notes, page 22)
  • Cloves from 1 head garlic, roasted
  • 4 anchovy fillets in oil, patted dry
  • 1/2 small red onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano leaves
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 (8- or 9-inch) round loaf Italian bread
  • 1/3 pound thinly sliced Italian Genoa salami
  • 1/3 pound thinly sliced Spanish salami
  • 1/3 pound thinly sliced Serrano ham
  • 1/3 pound thinly sliced capicola ham
  • 1/3 pound thinly sliced Manchego cheese

Directions

  1. 1
    To make the dressing, combine the mayonnaise, mustard, vinegar, olives, peppers, garlic, anchovies, onion, oregano, and parsley in a food processor and pulse until almost smooth (it should be a little chunky); season with salt and pepper.
  2. 2
    Slice the bread in half horizontally.
  3. 3
    Remove a little of the inside of the top crust; then slather the bottom and top halves of the bread with the dressing.
  4. 4
    Layer the meats and cheese on the bottom half of the bread and cover with the top half.
  5. 5
    Wrap the sandwich tightly in foil and place on a baking sheet.
  6. 6
    Put a heavy saute pan on top, and put a few cans inside the pan to weight it down.
  7. 7
    Refrigerate for at least 4 and up to 24 hours.
  8. 8
    Serve at room temperature.

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