Saturday night I made a tomato tart that was pretty much a bust. It looked gorgeous but the crust was gummy and I thought the filling needed a little oomph. But, it was a Todd English recipe so I was convinced that it was salvageble. The original recipe called for baking it in an 8" cast iron skillet but I wanted to use a tart pan since my 8" cast iron skillet is rather a wreck. So, the idea was to make another on Sunday and pre-bake the crust. That tart was halfway done - pre-baked and the ingredients ready to go - when I got around to reading the instructions on the Mezzetta site. Big oops. The contest was over on the 6th. That meant I needed to make the sandwiches NOW and get the recipe entered NOW. Well, fine then, we'd have the sandwiches for dinner and the tart for breakfast. Problem solved. Well, except for the fact that Connie whined that he couldn't have slices of happiness for two days in a row. (I'll update the blog on those treats shortly.)
Italian Garden Sandwich
Ingredients:
1/2 c Hellman's olive oil mayonnaise
2 ciabatta buns
8 slices genoa salami
6 slices capicola
4 slices provolone cheese
roasted red and yellow peppers
Directions:
Put the vegetables in the bowl of a food processor
Process until they're crushed.
Add the mayonnaise and process until you've got a slightly chunky aioli.
Toast the ciabatta buns. Smear the cut sides with the aioli.
Layer on the meats, cheese and peppers. Start with the salami, then half the provolone,
then the peppers
Then the other half of the provolone, then the capicola.
You're using that order try and keep the peppers from slip-sliding away while you're eating the sandwich. The melty cheese will envelope them...
Either wrap the sandwiches in foil and bake at 350 for about 15 min or grill them in a skillet on dry heat until the cheese melts.
16 comments:
Well, that's just a sandwich filled with complete loveliness! I think I would still manage to make a mess while eating it though. All part of the fun! :)
Kate,
I love gardiniera vegetables, and this sandwich looks very much like a Muffeletta, the sandwich made famous by the Italian Central Grocery in New Orleans.
Très magnicifent et bon appetit!
CCR
=:~)
WOW! How amazing! What a fantastic sandwich
@ Chef Ryan - we love gardiniera too! I had no idea where the sandwich originate - more good trivia - thank you :-) And, I actually posted a muffaletta sandwich about a week ago. It was fantastic. But, nothing compares to getting the REAL thing down in New Orleans. YUMMMM Kate
Oooh yum. That looks great. Total Italian muffeletta. Good luck on the contest!
Love Italian sandwiches and yours looks particularly delicious!
I would love to eat this sandwich as would the rest of my family! Looks delicious and I love the gardiniera vegetables added to the mayo!
Well now I'm hungry! These look awesome! Nice Job!
Looks wonderful! I can totally relate to the hunt for elusive ingredients in this city...it's getting better, but still... You make such fun/interesting foods!
O delicious! It sounds and looks a little like a muffaletta....
now that was truly thinking outside the box....it does remind a bit of a muffaletta! I have to say I'm going to be rethinking my sandwich spreads now, Thanks so much for the inspriation!
I'd have to skip the peppers since I'm not too into them but the rest looks delicious. Personally, I've never tried aioli (uhh, did I spell that right?) but I just might now.
Thanks for a new idea!
Wonderful flavors in that sandwich! I really enjoy the Italian flavors.
mmmmmm... that made my mouth water! WOW!
Reminds me of a quick and easy muffeletta sandwich.
YUM!
amazing tempting sandwhich.
I love your solution to puree teh vegtables with mayo. Brilliant!
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