New Orleans Muffuletta Salad (Printable)
A colorful pasta dish featuring olives, pickled vegetables, halal meats, and zesty Italian dressing.
# What You’ll Need:
→ Pasta
01 - 14 oz rotini or penne pasta
→ Halal Deli Meats & Cheese
02 - 3.5 oz halal turkey breast, sliced and chopped
03 - 3.5 oz halal beef salami, sliced and chopped
04 - 3.5 oz provolone cheese, sliced and chopped
→ Olive Salad Mix
05 - 4 oz pitted green olives, roughly chopped
06 - 3 oz pitted black olives, roughly chopped
07 - 3.5 oz jarred roasted red peppers, drained and diced
08 - 2 oz giardiniera (Italian pickled vegetables), drained and chopped
09 - 2 tbsp capers, drained
10 - 2 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
→ Dressing
11 - 5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
12 - 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
13 - 1 tsp dried oregano
14 - ½ tsp garlic powder
15 - ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
16 - ¼ tsp salt
# How To Make It:
01 - Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according to package directions until al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water to cool completely.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, combine cooked pasta, halal turkey, beef salami, provolone cheese, green olives, black olives, roasted red peppers, giardiniera, capers, and parsley.
03 - In a small bowl, whisk together extra-virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, dried oregano, garlic powder, black pepper, and salt until emulsified.
04 - Pour dressing over pasta mixture and toss gently until evenly coated. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow flavors to meld. Serve cold or at room temperature.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- The olive salad mix gets even better after a night in the fridge, so leftovers are basically meal prep gold
- Everything comes together in under 30 minutes but tastes like you spent all day chopping and marinating
02 -
- Rinse the pasta until it's genuinely cold, not just lukewarm, or it will keep cooking and absorb too much dressing
- The olive salad mix needs to be chopped into relatively small pieces so you get some in every forkful
03 -
- Chop all your olive salad ingredients to roughly the same size for consistent texture throughout
- Taste the giardiniera before adding extra salt, as some brands are quite salty on their own