Niçoise muffuletta sandwiches

Your picnic will never be the same with this no-hassle, easy to share, heavenly giant sandwich. Best news? Only takes 30 minutes to tackle!

Your picnic will never be the same with this no-hassle, easy to share, heavenly giant sandwich. Best news? Only takes 30 minutes to tackle!

Niçoise muffuletta sandwiches

  • 4 eggs
  • 100 g green beans, trimmed (about 1 cup)
  • 3 80-g cans oil-packed tuna, drained
  • 3 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 3 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2 anchovy fillets
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 loaf round Italian bread (370 g)
  • 1 1/2 cups arugula
  • 1 tomato, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion

Method:

Boil eggs in a large pot of water over medium-high for 8 min. Add green beans to eggs and cook until beans are tender-crisp, 2 to 3 more min. Drain beans and eggs, and rinse with cold water. Peel eggs and thinly slice crosswise. Chop green beans into 1/4-inch pieces. Stir beans with tuna, Dijon, and mayo in a medium bowl.

Whirl olives with garlic, anchovies, and oil in a food processor until smooth, about 2 min.

Slice off top third of loaf using a serrated knife. Using your fingers, hollow out the bread from the top and bottom pieces, leaving a 1-inch-thick shell of bread. Save excess bread for another use.

Spread tuna mixture over the bottom bread shell. Top with 1 cup of arugula, then tomato slices, onion, and egg slices. Scatter remaining 1/2 cup arugula over top. Spread the inside of loaf top with olive paste. Sandwich muffuletta and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate  for at least 1 hour. To serve, slice into 6 wedges.

Prep 30 min | Total 30 min plus chilling time 
Serves 6 | Per serving 397 calories,  19 g protein, 26 g carbs, 25 g fat, 3 g fibre, 968 mg sodium. 

Courtesy Claire Tansey

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