Muffuletta Paninis

A flavorful olive salad, packed with capers, basil, and artichokes, is the the secret to these grilled New Orleans-style muffuletta paninis.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 mins
• Total Time: 23 mins
• Calories: 528 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
• cooking spray
• ½ cup chopped kalamata olives
• 2 teaspoons capers, drained
• ¼ lemon, juiced
• 1 cup pimento-stuffed green olives, drained
• ¼ cup diced red onions
• 2 marinated artichoke hearts, drained
• ½ teaspoon roasted garlic
• 8 slices provolone cheese, or to taste
• 8 thin slices ham, or to taste
• 8 slices Genoa salami, or to taste
• 1 loaf crusty Italian bread, sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place stuffed olives, Kalamata olives, red onions, lemon juice, artichoke hearts, basil, olive oil, capers, and garlic in a food processor. Pulse until coarsely chopped. Refrigerate olive salad 8 hours to overnight.

Step 2

Spray a panini press with cooking spray and preheat the grill.

Step 3

Layer 1 slice provolone cheese, 1 spoonful olive salad, 2 slices ham, 2 slices salami, another spoonful olive salad, and 1 additional slice provolone cheese on 4 slices bread; top with 4 additional slices to create 4 sandwiches. Place sandwiches in the preheated panini press and grill until bread is toasted, 3 to 5 minutes each. Cut sandwiches in half.