Muffuletta Slices

Name: Muffuletta Slices
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 59 milliliters basil pesto; 1 baguette French bread (16 oz; about 20 inches long), cut in half horizontally; 59 milliliters chives-and-onion cream cheese spread (from 8-oz container); 184 grams jar marinated artichoke hearts, well drained, patted dry and finely chopped; 118 milliliters roasted red bell peppers (from 12-oz jar), patted dry, cut into 1 1/2-inch strips; 113 grams thinly sliced salami

Muffuletta Slices might be just the Creole recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 18 servings with 63 calories, 2g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up basil pesto, marinated artichoke hearts, salami, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 15 minutes.

Instructions

Remove some of soft bread from center of top half of baguette to make a long, narrow well. If desired, cut off about 1/2 inch of pointed ends of baguette.

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In small bowl, mix cream cheese spread and artichokes. Generously spread mixture in long, narrow well in top half of baguette.

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Spread pesto over cream cheese mixture.

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Place roasted pepper strips on bottom half of baguette. Fold salami slices in half; layer diagonally over peppers, overlapping slices slightly.

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Place top half of baguette, pesto side down, over salami; press halves together well. Thread olives onto toothpicks or cocktail picks; insert toothpicks through all layers at 1-inch intervals.

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