Garlic Lovers Muffuletta

polly salama's Note:

this is a very rich sandwich and very garlicy. slice it in about 1 inch pieces as a little goes a long way.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 loaf fresh French bread
• 5 stalks celery , with, the, strings, removed
• 6 heads garlic , peeled

15 slices of each of the following

• capacola ham
• genoa salami
• pepperoni
• mozzarella cheese
• provolone cheese
• 25 black olives
• 25 green olives
• 3 tablespoons olive oil

Directions:

1. in a food processor add the celery,garlic,olives and olive oil.
2. process on high until the consistancy of paste.
3. slice the bread in half length wise.
4. gently pull out the bread on the top of loaf leaving a small layer at the top.
5. spread the paste on the entire top.
6. next layer the motzerella cheese then the salami then the provalone cheese then the peperoni then the motzerella then the capacola ham and then the provalone.
7. continue this until you have three layers ending with cheese.
8. wrap in heavy aluminum foil (wrap the entire loaf).
9. put in the oven on 350 for 40 minutes.
10. let it rest for about 5-10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[chilepepper1231]

I made this for my husbands family reunion. It was nice for a picnic on a hot day. It was delicious but I only used six cloves of garlic since I thought 6 heads of garlic was a typo. I also just used honey ham, and hard salami, but I would say it was still pretty darn good.