Muffuletta Dip Recipes

Steps:

• To Make Olive Salad: In a medium bowl, combine the green olives, kalamata olives, garlic, cauliflower, capers, celery, carrot, pepperoncini, cocktail onions, celery seed, oregano, basil, black pepper, vinegar, olive oil and canola oil. Mix together and transfer mixture into a glass jar (or other nonreactive container). If needed, pour in more oil to cover. Cover jar or container and refrigerate at least overnight.
• To Make Sandwiches: Cut loaves of bread in half horizontally; hollow out some of the excess bread to make room for filling. Spread each piece of bread with equal amounts olive salad, including oil. Layer 'bottom half' of each loaf with 1/2 of the salami, ham, mortadella, mozzarella and Provolone. Replace 'top half' on each loaf and cut sandwich into quarters.
• Serve immediately, or wrap tightly and refrigerate for a few hours; this will allow for the flavors to mingle and the olive salad to soak into the bread.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine stuffed olives, black olives, and Italian dressing together in a bowl. Mix cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, ham, and salami together in a separate bowl. Spread cheese mixture into a pie plate.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, 15 to 20 minutes. Top dip with olive mixture.

Steps:

• rinse and drain pickled vegetables. Remove stems from peppers. Chopped vegetables. You should have about 1 cup. In a 1 1/2 or 2 quart slow cooker, mix pickled vegetables, cream cheese, provolone cheese, ham, olives, garlic, Italian seasoning and if desired crushed red pepper.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting for 2 to 3 hours. Stir until cream cheese is smooth. Stir in enough milk, 2 to 3 tablespoons, to reach dipping consistency. Serve at once or keep warm covered, on warm setting or low heat setting for up to two hours, stirring occasionally and adding milk as needed. Serve with salami on toasted bread. Make 22 servings.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Combine olives and dressing.
• Mix next 4 ingredients; spread onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake 15 to 20 min. or until heated through. Top with olive mixture. Serve with crackers.