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Muffuletta Onion Salad
This New Orleans favorite has a sweet onion twist.
Yield: Makes about 3 cups.
Ingredients
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Onion Salad: |
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medium Mexican sweet onion, finely chopped
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| 3/4 |
cup |
pimentos stuffed olives, finely chopped
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| 2 |
Tablespoons |
capers, drained
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| 2 |
cloves |
(large) garlic, finely minced
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| 2 |
teaspoons |
dried oregano
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| 1 |
Tablespoon |
balsamic vinegar
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Make It a Sandwich: |
| 1 |
loaf |
sourdough round or crusty Italian bread
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provolone cheese, slices
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genoa salami
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deli sliced ham
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Directions:
Mix ingredients together in a large bowl. Store covered in refrigerator. Serve it on crusty Italian bread with sliced provolone, Genoa salami and ham or as a side salad with your favorite cold cuts.
Note:
muffuletta [moof-fuh-LEHT-tuh] This sandwich originated in 1906 at the Central Grocery which many think still makes the best muffuletta in Louisiana. The sandwich consists of a round loaf of crusty Italian bread, split and filled with layers of sliced provolone, Genoa salami and ham topped with "olive salad".
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