Cooking Instructions

• 1

  Slice the muffuletta rolls in half horizontally and lightly brush each half with olive oil.

• 2

  To build the sandwich, start with an ample amount of olive salad on the bottom of the roll. Then pile on some ham, followed by 4 slices of salami, 3-4 slices of provolone cheese, and top it all with a small amount of olive salad.

• 3

  Close the sandwich with the top half of the bread, and cut the sandwich into quarters.

• 4

  For hot muffulettas: Wrap all 4 quarters together in aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees until the bread is crispy and the cheese begins to melt.

• 5

  *Olive salad can be found in jars on grocery shelves in Louisiana. It’s a mix of olives, cauliflower, carrots, and other vegetables marinated in olive oil. If you cannot purchase jarred olive salad, you can find a good recipe for homemade olive salad online.

• 6

  *Muffuletta bread is a large round roll topped with sesame seeds that can feed 4 people per roll. You can make mini muffulettas by looking for a regular hamburger sized or smaller round rolls with sesame seeds. Many grocery stores have Kaiser rolls with sesame seeds, which work great!