Grinder Salad Sandwich
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Grinder Salad Sandwich
 An Italian sub topped with a tangy chopped salad. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place cut side-up on a baking sheet: 1 loaf ciabatta bread, split in half horizontally Layer one piece of the bread with slices of provolone and the other with mozzarella: 6 slices provolone cheese 6 slices mozzarella cheese Bake on the top rack of the preheated oven until the cheese melts, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the oven and increase the temperature to broil. Layer both sides of the sandwich with folded slices of ham: 18 slices thinly sliced ham Then alternate between the two sides with a layer of salami, coppa ham, prosciutto, and pepperoni: 8 slices thinly sliced salami 8 thin slices coppa ham 2 slices prosciutto 10 slices pepperoni Broil in the oven until the meats crisp up, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir together in a large bowl: 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar ½ teaspoon dried oregano ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 tablespoon sliced pepperoncini peppers salt and ground black pepper to taste Add and toss to combine: ½ head lettuce, shredded ¼ red onion, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon sliced black olives Thinly slice and salt on each side: ½ tomato On one side of the sandwich, layer the tomato slices. Pile a large portion of the lettuce salad on top. Then top with: ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste Fold the two bread slices together to form the sandwich. Cut into 4 triangular portions and serve immediately. |
The Hero crumb: Italian cold-cut sub (hero or grinder) Joy of Cooking includes “The Hero”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. Differences: Joy's hero is the same Italian-American cold-cut sub, and Joy names the grinder outright. The online version bakes the cheese onto ciabatta. It tops the meats with a chopped 'grinder salad' of lettuce, pepperoncini and red onion. A garlic-oregano mayo dressing coats the salad. It is creamier and tangier than an oil-and-vinegar hero. |
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Joy's hero is the same Italian-American cold-cut sub, and Joy names the grinder outright. The online version bakes the cheese onto ciabatta. It tops the meats with a chopped 'grinder salad' of lettuce, pepperoncini and red onion. A garlic-oregano mayo dressing coats the salad. It is creamier and tangier than an oil-and-vinegar hero.
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Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931).
This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. This site cites three editions. One is the classic 1975 Rombauer–Becker text (Plume 1997 printing). The others are the 1997 All New edition and the 2006 75th-anniversary edition. Each dish names its edition.