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Muffuletta Party Sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 1 12-count package Savory Butter Dinner Rolls, I used King's Hawaiian
  • 3/4 cup Central Grocery olive salad, undrained and divided
  • 1/4 lb. each deli mortadella, ham, salami, provolone, Swiss, sliced thin
  • 3 T. melted butter
  • sesame seeds

Instructions

  • Do ahead:
    Slide rolls out of the package but do not separate. Slice the entire sheet of rolls in half horizontally. You know, at the equator. Put the bottom slab in a casserole dish that just holds them. The 8 ½” x 11”-ish one worked for me.
  • Spread a generous ½ cup of olive salad on the bottom slab of rolls, including plenty of the oily dressing. Layer the meats on next, then the cheese, and then the balance of the olive salad. Top with the top slab of the rolls. Carefully cut between the sandwiches.
  • Brush the tops of the rolls with all the butter, paying close attention to the edges and spaces between the rolls. Sprinkle the tops with sesame seeds. Cover with foil and put a heavy cutting board or a sheet pan with something heavy--a can of something?--on top. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
  • To serve:
    Bake covered at 350° for at least 30 minutes if cold, closer to 20 minutes if room temperature.