Name: Italian toasties
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 800g (or 2 x 400g) bloomer loaf; olive oil for drizzling; 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste; 200g provolone cheese sliced (if you can't find this, just use 2 balls of mozzarella instead of 1); 140g your favourite sliced ham; selection of favourite pizza toppings, such as olives, antipasti peppers, artichokes or aubergine slices; 1 ball mozzarella sliced; crisps, small gherkins and cocktail pickled onions, to serve; ½ tsp dried oregano

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Italian toasties

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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This toastie is like homemade pizza, as you can mix and match the fillings to suit you and your mates

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Ingredients

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800g (or 2 x 400g) bloomer loaf
olive oil

for drizzling
2 tbsp sundried tomato

paste
200g provolone cheese

sliced (if you can't find this, just use 2 balls of mozzarella instead of 1)
140g your favourite sliced ham
selection of favourite pizza

toppings, such as olives, antipasti peppers, artichokes or aubergine slices
1 ball mozzarella

sliced
crisps, small gherkins

and cocktail pickled onions, to serve
½ tsp dried oregano

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal546
fat26g
saturates10g
carbs55g
sugars3g
fibre2g
protein26g
salt2.76g

Method

step 1

Split the loaf through the middle, leaving it attached at one side, and open it up like a book. Scrape away some of the soft bread inside (use to make breadcrumbs), then drizzle generously with olive oil. Spread the tomato paste over both sides, then start layering up your fillings on top. Start with the provolone and ham, then add any of your favourite pizza toppings, if you like, finishing with the mozzarella. Scatter with oregano, season with salt and pepper, then carefully close the sandwich and squash it down with your hands to flatten. Wrap tightly in foil. Can be made up to a day ahead and chilled.
step 2

To serve, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Place the foil-wrapped sandwich onto the oven shelf and bake for 30 mins from room temperature or 35 mins from the fridge. Lift onto a board, unwrap, then slice into roughly 6 sandwiches. Serve with bowls of crisps, gherkins and pickled onions and let everyone help themselves.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2010

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