Christmas Leftovers Bread Bowl Sandwich (Muffuletta)
Here’s an epic way to use your Christmas leftover – make a toasted bread bowl sandwich! Based on a type of Italian sandwich called Muffulettas, these are currently all the rage in Sydney so you can feel very on trend!
Ingredients
- 1 round or oval bread loaf
- 300 g ham turkey and other cooked meat slices
- 1 cup roughly chopped antipasto things olives, sun dried tomato, chargrilled peppers, artichokes, feta etc
- 5 slices cheese of choice
- 3 big handfuls baby spinach ~75g / 2.5oz
- GARLIC BUTTER:
- 50 g salted butter melted
- 1 garlic clove minced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
- Mix butter and garlic.
- Cut the top off the bread loaf. Pick out bread from the loaf and the lid, leaving a wall and floor about 1.5cm / 3/5" thick.
- Place bread on a large sheet of foil on a baking tray.
- Dab / brush inside with butter. Layer with: half spinach, turkey, antipasto things, remaining spinach, ham, cheese.
- Tuck flappy bits inside the loaf, top with lid.
- Brush with butter all over. Wrap with foil.
- Weigh down with something flat and heavy - cast iron skillet is ideal.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Remove skillet and foil.
- Bake for a further 10 minutes until golden.
- Cut into thick slices and serve immediately!