Muffaletta!

I usually make some weird piece of crap... er, food, and since Nick is coming over for supper tonight, I thought I'd make something that actually tastes good (for a change).  On tonight's menu: Muffaletta, sweet potato fries and mixed berry cobbler. First, the fries.


I peeled and sliced two good-sized sweet potatoes.

I poured on a tablespoon or two of olive oil, about a tablespoon of cumin, paprika and curry powder, mixed them by hand in the bowl, then in the oven for 40 minutes at 400 degrees. They came out looking like this:

 

Not overly crisp since they were baked in the oven, but still pretty good.

Now: the muffaletta. 

First is an olive salad; a cup of green olives, a cup of black olives, a cup of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil), a tablespoon or so of parsley leaves,  three minced cloves of garlic and about a half a cup of white wine (the nasty wine I used a few entries back). Terrible to drink, but dandy to cook with. I made this last night, and let it sit overnight.

 

A loaf of sourdough bread. I added a can of the worst soda on the face of the planet for a size comparison.

(Honestly, if you ever get the chance to taste Moxie, run the other way. Really. I'm not kidding.)

I cut off the top third and removed a lot of the bread to make room for the innards.

I poured some of the liquid off the salad and into the bottom part of the loaf.

A layer of cotto salami, then a layer of provolone.

Then some ham, more provolone, more salami, etc.  Then I added most of the olive salad.

Ta-dah!!

And what about dessert, you ask?  Oh, you didn't ask? Hum. Well, I'll just pretend someone asked about desert. 

Mixed berry cobbler. Here's the recipe:

1/4 c. butter
3/4 c. milk
2 c. berries (or more, if desired)
1/4 c. sugar, or to taste
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. flour
1 c. sugar

Melt the butter in a 9x13 inch baking pan. Layer berries over the butter. Sprinkle with the 1/4 cup of sugar.

Mix the baking powder, 1 cup sugar and the flour together and add the milk to make a thin batter.

Pour the batter over the berries and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Do not stir the mixture.

It's best right out of the oven with some ice cream.

 Nick and I were both stuffed before dessert, but that's no reason to skip something as tasty as this.

Anyway, in case you thought all I ever ate was bad, old recipes found in an old Milwaukee Power and Light cookbook, I actually do eat some pretty good stuff.

Next time, however, I'll be back to some other gastric disaster.

Until then, bon apetit!