Pressed Mediterranean Sandwiches

Name: Pressed Mediterranean Sandwiches
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 loaves ciabatta or Italian bread; 16 fresh basil leaves; 79 milliliters olive oil; 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar; 340 grams sliced Genoa salami; 8 servings Salt and pepper; 4 ripe tomatoes, sliced

Pressed Mediterranean Sandwiches is a dairy free recipe with 8 servings. One portion of this dish contains around 20g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 522 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a main course. If you have loaves ciabatta, genoa salami, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the red wine vinegar you could follow this main course with the Cherry-Berry Pie as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 20 minutes.

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together oil and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Vinegar

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

Halve each loaf, starting at one side, but don't cut through second side. Press loaves open and remove some soft center to hollow out slightly.

Brush each loaf generously with oil mixture; set aside some oil mixture.

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Cooking Oil

Cover each bottom half with salami and then tomatoes; brush tomatoes with remaining oil. Insert basil leaves between tomato slices. Close sandwiches and wrap each with 2 layers of plastic wrap or aluminum foil; place on a baking sheet and put in refrigerator.

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Tomato Slices

Fresh Basil

Tomato

Salami

Wrap

Cooking Oil

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Aluminum Foil

Baking Sheet

Plastic Wrap

Place a large cutting board or another baking sheet on sandwiches and weigh it down with about 12 pounds of canned food to press sandwiches; refrigerate for 3 hours (see inset above). Quarter crosswise and serve.

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Cutting Board