Italian toasties

Name: Italian toasties
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 800 grams (or 2 x 400g) bloomer loaf; 1 serving olive oil, for drizzling; 2 Tbsps sundried tomato paste; 200 grams provolone cheese, sliced (if you cant find this, just use 2 balls of mozzarella instead of 1); 140 grams your favourite sliced ham; 1 serving selection of favourite pizza toppings, such as olives, antipasti peppers, artichokes or aubergine slices; 1 ball mozzarella, sliced; 1 small crisps, gherkins and cocktail pickled onions, to serve

Italian toasties might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 706 calories, 38g of protein, and 27g of fat. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires crisps, selection of favourite pizza toppings, sundried tomato paste, and provolone cheese. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Onion Toasties, Onion Toasties, and Mushrooms with pesto toasties.

Instructions

Split the loaf through the middle, leaving it attached at one side, and open it up like a book. Scrape away some of the soft bread inside (use to make breadcrumbs), then drizzle generously with olive oil.

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Breadcrumbs

Olive Oil

Bread

Spread the tomato paste over both sides, then start layering up your fillings on top. Start with the provolone and ham, then add any of your favourite pizza toppings, if you like, finishing with the mozzarella. Scatter with oregano, season with salt and pepper, then carefully close the sandwich and squash it down with your hands to flatten. Wrap tightly in foil. Can be made up to a day ahead and chilled.

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Salt And Pepper

Tomato Paste

Mozzarella

Provolone

Oregano

Spread

Squash

Wrap

Ham

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Aluminum Foil

To serve, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas

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Oven

Place the foil-wrapped sandwich onto the oven shelf and bake for 30 mins from room temperature or 35 mins from the fridge. Lift onto a board, unwrap, then slice into roughly 6 sandwiches.

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Serve with bowls of crisps, gherkins and pickled onions and let everyone help themselves.

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Pickled Onion

Gherkins

Chips

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Bowl

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Bowl

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Servings:

800grams

(or 2 x 400g) bloomer loaf 1serving

olive oil, for drizzling 2Tbsps

sundried tomato paste 200grams

provolone cheese, sliced (if you can't find this, just use 2 balls of mozzarella instead of 1)140grams

your favourite sliced ham 1serving

selection of favourite pizza toppings, such as olives, antipasti peppers, artichokes or aubergine slices 1ball

mozzarella, sliced 1small

crisps, gherkins and cocktail pickled onions, to serve

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Italian can be paired with Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. You could try Santa Margherita Chianti Classico Riserva. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 27 dollars per bottle.