- Combine all olive relish ingredients together in a large bowl and set aside (for best flavor, allow to marinate in refrigerator at least 1 hour)
- Slice bread in half all of the way through. Lay the top half open on your work surface
- Pull some of the bread from the center of the loaf on both the top and the bottom (to make pockets for the olive relish!)
- Spoon on the olive relish generously over both halves, drizzling the oil/vinegar marinade over the bread as well
- Start layering all meats and cheese on bottom half of bread
- With help of a friend, carefully flip the top of bread back atop the mounds of meat and cheese. Slice and serve!
All Star Muffuletta
Serves 30
Ingredients
Olive Relish (makes enough for sandwich + extra to serve on the side)
- 3 lemons, juiced & zested
- ¼ cup honey
- ½ cup chopped garlic
- 2 tbsp chili flakes
- 2 tbsp ground black pepper
- ¼ cup dried oregano
- 2 red onions, chopped
- 5 red bell peppers, roasted, peeled & chopped
- 5 yellow bell peppers, roasted, peeled & chopped
- 2½ cups banana pepper rings, chopped
- 5 cups green olives w/ pimentos, chopped
- 5 cups pitted kalamata olives, chopped
- 1½ cups capers, chopped
- 1 qt extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups red wine vinegar
Sandwich
- 6’ loaf scali bread (or bread of choice - usually available through bakery special orders)
- 2 lbs sliced Virginia baked ham
- 1½ lbs sliced provolone
- 1½ lbs sliced Genoa salami
- 1½ lbs sliced sweet capicola
- 1 lb sliced mortadella