Too much oil. Cut the oil in 1/2 and was plenty. Otherwise made just as stated.

Pretty good! I'm not a fan of olives (especially Kalamatas), but this wasn't bad at all. I wouldn't make this often, but for Fat Tuesday fare, it hit the spot. :) To my surprise, I thought the olive salad was the best part! If the ratio of Kalamata / stuffed green olives were reversed, it would have not been to my liking at all. So that the olive taste wouldn't overwhelm every bite, I coarsely chopped mine (as opposed to crushing them). I also chopped my pepperoncini (biting into a whole one didn't appeal to me). Because I prefer a warm sandwich, I heated mine (foil covered) in a 250 degree oven for about 25 minutes. Ironically, my local Italian market didn't have seeded Italian bread, but I found a 1 lb. loaf at a popular grocery chain. I'm soooo glad I found a seeded loaf of bread. It really made a HUGE difference, IMHO. NOTE: Plan ahead so that you can refrigerate your assembled sandwich for a few hours - and be sure to add some of the oil from your olive salad so that it soaks into your bread (it adds GREAT flavor...yum!). I've never had a true muffaletta from Central Grocery, but if it tastes anything like this, I'd be in for a real treat! Thanks for sharing, Jenn! :-)

Absolutely awesome for salt lovers!!!! Pure heaven. Things not really needed in olive salad (which will save time and money) - pickled cauliflower, celery, and carrots.

I made this for the super bowl and tasted it yesterday, my husband said it will be a hit and I thought it was the best turkey sandwich I ever tasted. I made a few changes to adjust for turkey: Instead of cauliflower, capers, and marinated onion I used a small jar of marinated artichokes, 5 sundried tomatoes in oil, and 7 oz jar of roasted red pepper, and 2 T of chopped onion, and put everything in the food processor. I am surving it on ciabatta rolls with sliced Roma tomatoes.

Reeeeeeally tasty! I made this for a catering event that had a bit of a theme... and this fit perfectly for New Orleans! The flavors are incredible together - but it's a bit messy!! I love the presentation but it's so hard to eat! Oh well, it was a hit!

I started by making the bread. I used Mama D’s Italian from this site, it is a favorite of mine and the recipe will produce 2, 9”- 10” boules.When the loaves were formed for the second rise, I spritzed it with a little water and sprinkled sesame seeds on top and covered. About 20-25 minutes later they were ready for the oven and just before I put them in, I gently brushed on an egg mixture of 2 TBSP of cold water and 1 egg. Assembly: I had made the olive salad, as written, the day before and put the mixture into a jar and made sure there was plenty of olive oil to cover the mixture. I then carefully hollowed out the top and bottom of the bread after slicing through the middle. I weighed out the mixture into 4 prep bowls and then laid out the meats and cheeses for assembly. I spread the salad into each half of the bread evenly and started layering the meat and cheese on, making sure everything came out to the edge. After the last of the cheese was layered on, I aligned the top to the bottom and flipped the top to the bottom. I ended up with 2, 3+ pound sandwiches. I wrapped both sandwiches in plastic wrap and have them in the fridge to let the flavors come together. *UPDATE* Just got back from the party, and the Muffuletta was a big hit. I'll be using this quite often for sure!

Rating this probably isn't fair since I had to change so much. 1. I bought jarred olive salad. I'm sure homemade would be better but time was short and the ingredients would have been very expensive. (I will try it for a special occassion sometime.) 2. I used swiss and provolone. 3. I don't know what mortadella is. I used salami, turkey and pepperoni. The point with the meet seems to be to add to the bold taste of the sandwich. Ham would be better than turkey I'm sure, but since I only had turkey it was fine. 4. Bread is very important. It must be soft bread. Mine was a little crusty and we agreed soft would be better. He made the comment not knowing I didn't have the right bread. 5. I wasn't sure my teenagers would like the olive taste. Wrong. They loved it.

Fantastic!!

This is one fantastic sandwich!!! Make sure you follow the directions to refrigerate the olive relish overnight. You could eat it with a spoon!

Excellent recipe. I made this for a party, and it was a success. The olive spread is delicious. Taste even better the next day. Thank for sharing this recipe.