Classic Hero Sandwich

Recipe Summary

Recipe courtesy Gourmet Magazine

Ingredients

• Loaf Italian bread
• 6 slices hard salami
• 6 slices prosciutto
• 6 slices mortadella
• 6 thin slices capicola (seasoned smoked ham) or other cooked ham
• 4 thin slices provolone
• 3 bottled hot cherry peppers or pepperincini, to taste, sliced thinly
• 3 roasted peppers, sliced very thin
• 3/4 cup finely shredded lettuce
• 1/2 small onion, sliced very thin
• 3 roasted peppers
• 1/4 cup red-wine vinegar
• Salt and pepper
• 3/4 olive oil
• 1/4 cup fresh herbs (parsley, thyme, oregano and basil)

Directions

Halve the rolls horizontally, leaving on edge cut to form a hinge. Moisten the cut side of the rolls with vanaigrette, and on the bottom halves of the rolls layer the salami, the prosciutto, mortadella, capicola and then the provolone, peppers, lettuce and onions. In a small bowl whisk red wine vinegar, salt and pepper, oil and stir in fresh herbs, salt and pepper to taste, drizzle the dressing over the fillings, and cover the fillings with the top halves of the rolls. Cut each sandwich in half.