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Big Picnic Sandwich
This big picnic sandwich is an Italian-style sammie piled high with salami, mortadella, ham, and provolone, spread with a quick-blended red pepper sauce and dressed with crunchy lettuce.
Ingredients
- 4jarred roasted red peppers
- salt to taste
- red pepper, to taste (optional)
- 1 largesemolina loaf, or ciabatta
- ¼ cupmayonnaise
- 10pepperoncini, sliced
- ½ teaspoonoregano, plus more to taste
- 5 ouncessalami
- 12 ouncessliced provolone
- 8 ouncesuncured ham
- 4 ouncesmortadella
- ¾iceberg lettuce, shredded
- 1 tablespoonolive oil, or more to taste
- pepperoncini brine, or to taste
Directions
- 1
Gather all ingredients.
- 2
Combine roasted red peppers, salt, and red pepper flakes in a blender. Blend on High until a smooth paste forms.
- 3
Cut bread loaf lengthwise along the middle.
- 4
Spread mayonnaise on 1 side of the loaf and red pepper paste on the other.
- 5
Sprinkle chopped pepperoncini on top of the pepper spread, and season with salt and oregano.
- 6
On the mayo side, layer salami, provolone, ham and mortadella, folding meat with some height where appropriate.
- 7
Combine lettuce, olive oil, 1 tablespoon pepperoncini brine, and 1/2 teaspoon oregano in a bowl; mix well and place on top of meats.
- 8
Close the lid of the giant sandwich and insert toothpicks or cocktail skewers to keep in place.
- 9
Slice on arrival into 8 or 10 squares and serve.