Saturday, July 23, 2011

Recipe of the Day: Italian Picnic Sandwich

 


This is a great sandwich I make a few times each summer. It usually doesn’t last long enough at my house to actually have a picnic, but it is definitely be perfect for one!


Ingredients:


1 large loaf focaccia bread, purchased same day as sandwich is made


1/4 lb. Pastrami


1/4 lb. Black Forest Ham


1/4 lb. Sandwich Pepperoni


1/4 lb. Salami


1/4 lb. Provolone Cheese


1 tomato


1/2 sweet onion


4-5 peppadew peppers, sliced (optional)


1/3 bottle Girard’s Old World Italian Dressing


10-12 leaves basil


Instructions:


Remove the bread from the bag that it came in-but keep the bag, and set it aside. Cut the focaccia bread in half lengthwise. Brush both sides of the bread with Italian Dressing. 


Layer the meats and cheese on the bottom half of the bread. Top with sliced tomato, onion, peppers and basil. Place the top half of the bread on top of the sandwich, and place the entire sandwich (carefully!) back into the bag it came in and secure with a twist tie. Place the bagged sandwich in the refrigerator, with a large cutting board or other weight on top of the sandwich to press. Refrigerate overnight.


The next day, cut the sandwich into pizza-style slices and wrap the single servings in wax paper. Grab a blanket, a bag of chips and some soda and you’re ready for a picnic!

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