Pressed Italian Sandwiches

Name: Pressed Italian Sandwiches
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps balsamic vinegar; 8 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 1 ciabatta loaf (about 8 by 14 by 2 in.); 6 leaves fresh basil, torn into bite-size pieces; 227 grams fresh mozzarella, sliced; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 118 milliliters store-bought black or green olive tapenade; 85 grams thinly sliced prosciutto; 1 roasted red bell pepper, chopped; 113 grams thinly sliced Genoa salami; 113 grams thinly sliced spicy Italian cold cuts, such as coppa or capocolla

The recipe Pressed Italian Sandwiches could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in roughly 20 minutes. One portion of this dish contains around 16g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 357 calories. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up genoa salami, basil, olive tapenade, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salami you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Dessert Salami as a dessert. It works well as a rather cheap main course.

Instructions

Cut ciabatta in half horizontally.

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Ciabatta

Spread bottom half with tapenade.

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Spread

Drizzle cut side of top half with vinegar and oil.

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Vinegar

Cooking Oil

Arrange salami on top of tapenade, followed by the prosciutto, cold cuts, mozzarella, red pepper, and basil.

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Mozzarella

Prosciutto

Red Pepper

Deli Meat

Tapenade

Salami

Basil

Sprinkle with pepper to taste and place top half of loaf on filling.

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Pepper

Wrap sandwich thoroughly with plastic wrap or foil.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Aluminum Foil

Place a heavy cutting board or other flat object on top of sandwich and weight it down with a 2- to 4-lb. weight (such as a large pot or six-pack of soda).

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Pop

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Cutting Board