muffuletta

[Syrinx]

Does anyone know what all goes into that olive salad that they put on muffulettas, like they sell in New Orleans? I love those sandwiches, but my attempts to duplicate them have not been successful. Anyone know?

[xray s]

1. MMMmm...Muffuletta!

Try this

http://www.gumbopages.com/food/samwiches/muff.html


For the olive salad:
1 gallon large pimento stuffed green olives, slightly crushed and well drained
1 quart jar pickled cauliflower, drained and sliced
2 small jars capers, drained
1 whole stalk celery, sliced diagonally
4 large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced diagonally
1 small jar celery seeds
1 small jar oregano
1 large head fresh garlic, peeled and minced
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 jar pepperoncini, drained (small salad peppers) left whole
1 pound large Greek black olives
1 jar cocktail onions, drained
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl or pot and mix well. Place in a large jar and cover with 1/2 olive oil and 1/2 Crisco oil. Store tightly covered in refrigerator. Allow to marinate for at least 24 hours before using.

Of course, this would probably make enough to feed all of us at DU! So...lets EAT!

[alwynsw]

5. Bought is easier

I keep a jar in the fridge. Go on and buy it online of you want. It's MUCH better if you go to the little grocery (I forget the name) across from Cafe du Monde in the Quarter.

[Syrinx]

6. Is it Central Grocery?

That's where the sandwich was invented, I understand.

[alwynsw]

7. Yup! That's it!

I'm so bad with names, if I couldn't call ol Whatshername, Honey, I'd have to sleep on the couch.

[Syrinx]

10. that's enough for the Army

Yeah, lets send it to the Army in Iraq. And the Marines.

> So...lets EAT!

That reminds me of Firesign Theatre! So let's eat! :)

[The Lone Liberal]

2. If you can’t make it you can buy it.

http://cajun-store.com/mufolsal.html

[SOteric]

3. I use an equal amount by weight

of pitted kalamata olives and giardinara, whir it in the blender and spread it on the baguette.

[Syrinx]

4. thanks guys!

I'm going to give it another shot sometimes real soon. I really wish I had one RIGHT NOW, but New Orleans is about a five-hour drive from here. :(

[scarlet_owl]

8. Oooh. Olive Salad!

There is a deli/natural food store here in town that sells a "tofulatta". It is made with Korean BBQ tofu, olive salad, lettuce and tomato on seeded sourdough. I am not a huge fan of tofu, but this is one sandwich that I actually crave. One of my co-workers loves muffulettas. She looked into getting them FedExed to her, but it was ungodly expensive.

[Syrinx]

12. isn't that sort of sacrligious?

soy muffaletta?

[scarlet_owl]

13. Not really. The only way it really resembles a muffuletta

is the olive salad and the name. I have never had a real muffuletta, but I hear it has sausage on it and I don't eat pork. I'm not a vegetarian or anything, pork just makes me gag. The rest of the ingredients on it sound pretty good, though.

[ronzo]

15. Salami, Ham...

with provelone and olive salad on focaccia-type bread.

yep. pork...

[blitzen]

9. don't know how to make it, but....

it's for sale in every grocery store in South Louisiana. Very good stuff.

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. I worked in a restaurant 20 years ago that served muffelettas

and I'm trying to remember the ingredients

green olives, chopped carrots (?) and what else? in olive oil?

Damn, I'm getting old. I must've made olive salad 100 times.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Trader Joe's

sells a pretty good premade olive salad for muffuletta. In fact I think it's what they call the salad.

[grasswire]

16. you also...

....can order it from zatarains.com

I love zatarains products. Many are not available in the Pacific Northwest, but what I can get I love!

[pdx_prog]

17. It's quite easy!

I lived in NO for about 7 years, and quite frequently make them myself. I usauuly chop up some onion, mushroom and celery, then mix in with some sliced salad olives. Put in enough "good" olive oil to saok them good, then add in some white wine vinegar to taste (a little goes a LONG way. I usually shake it up real good and let sit in the fridge overnight.

Yum yum!

[pdx_prog]

18. also....

I usually get some good bread....layer it with provolone cheese, genoa salami, proscetta (spelling?), and ham.

[DrWeird]

19. Oh, it's a sandwich.

I thought it was a new Stan Lee cartoon on Spike TV.