Community Pick
A Real Maine "Italian"
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 453.59 g sliced deli ham
- 8 slice deli cheese (american)
- 2 sour dill pickles, sliced
- 1 tomatoes, sliced
- 12 Greek olives, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 small green pepper, sliced
- 4 small hoagie rolls
- red wine vinegar
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
directions
- Cut sub rolls in half, but not completely through.
- Layer cheese and ham on each of the rolls.
- Top with sliced pickles, tomato, olives, onion, and green pepper.
- Drizzle each sandwich with oil and vinegar and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Enjoy!
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Reviews
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No Vinegar in a real Maine Italian - just SOUR pickles to give that mouth puckering sourness. The Italian Sandwich is not called Italian from it's ingredients it's called the Italian from the Italian immigrants who invented it and made it in a little shop in Portland, ME. Hope that clears up the mystery as to why it is called the Italian sandwich. Enjoy
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Southern Maine native here.. Grew up in Otisfield and Sebago Lake Village and later lived in Portland as a young adult. Difficult to clone the original Amato's Italian Sandwich but when away from home I do the best I can. I've even tried to make my own rolls to get more authentic but haven't found the right bread recipe yet. The olives in the original are just plain black olives and there is no vinegar. It is a vegetable oil blend that includes olive oil. Otherwise the ingredients in this recipe are spot on. Bit of trivia.. our school lunch program use to make "Italian Sandwiches" on hamburger rolls when I was growing up. Same ingredients just on a hamburger roll.
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