Muffaletta Pizza
A New Orleans-inspired pizza topped with olive salad, meats, and cheese, mimicking the flavors of a classic muffaletta sandwich.
Ingredients
- 8 jumbo black olives, pitted
- 8 pitted green olives
- 2 tablespoons chopped celery
- 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
- 2 cloves chopped garlic
- 6 leaves chopped fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh
- parsley
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and freshly ground black
- pepper to taste
- 1 (16 ounce) package ready made
- pizza crust
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder to
- taste
- salt to taste
- 2 ounces shredded mozzarella
- cheese
- 2 ounces shredded provolone
- cheese
- 2 ounces grated parmesan
- cheese
- 2 ounces thinly sliced hard salami,
- cut into strips
- 2 ounces thinly sliced mortadella,
- cut into strips
- 4 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto,
- cut into strips
Directions
- In a medium bowl, mix jumbo black olives, green olives, celery, red
- onion, garlic, basil, parsley, olive oil, oregano, salt and freshly
- ground black pepper. Cover and chill in the refrigerator until using.
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Sprinkle pizza crust
- with olive oil, salt and garlic powder.
- Place the crust directly on the oven rack. Bake for about 5 minutes.
- Do not allow crust to become overly browned or crisp. Remove
- from heat and allow to cool.
- In a medium bowl, mix together mozzarella cheese, Provolone
- cheese, Parmesan cheese, hard salami, mortadella and prosciutto.
- Stir in the olive mixture.
- Preheat the broiler. Spread the cheese and vegetable mixture over
- the baked pizza crust.
- Broil 5 minutes, or until cheeses are melted and meats are lightly
- browned. Cut into 3 inch squares and serve immediately.
- Ingredients Directions
