FOCCACIA OR VIENNA SUBMARINE SANDWICH

Foccacia or Vienna Submarine Sandwich image

Provided by Rose Mary Mogan @cookinginillinois

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 - 12 inch round foccacia bread or vienna bread
6-7 - pieces of leaf lettuce for bottom & top layer
6 slice(s) provolone, brick, or muenster cheese
6 slice(s) cheddar, colby, smoked gouda, or american
1-2 medium tomatoes , sliced medium
1 - small cucumber, sliced
1 medium red or green bell pepper, sliced in rings or strips
6-8 slice(s) ham
6-8 slice(s) turkey, oven roasted, or smoked
4 ounce(s) thinly sliced genoa salami or sandwich pepperoni
4-5 slice(s) pickles, (flat variety)
1 medium onion sliced thin
- italian dressing for drizzling
- black olives sliced (optional)
5-6 small sport peppers or pepperocini peppers (optional)

Steps:

Begin by slicing bread length wise if using vienna Bread, or width wise if using foccacia bread. Work with one side, then lay other half to side till finished building sandwich. REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY A GUIDE, USE THE ITEMS YOU LIKE BEST.
Make one layer of lettuce leaves on bottom of bread, then add a layer of one of the white cheeses to cover the bottom of bread, then top that with ham slices, and to that add sliced tomatoes, I like to contrast the colors of the cheeses and the meats.
On top of the tomatroes add the sliced onions,, then the flat pickles or cucumbers,, the yellow cheese, then the genoa, or pepperoni slices, black olives if using, sport peppers or pepperocini,DRIZZLE WITH THE ITALIAN DRESSING IN VARIOUS LAYERS OF THE SANDWICH IF DESIRED, ADDING THE LAST DRIZZLE BEFORE YOU ADD THE FINAL TOP PIECE OF BREAD. Then top with a second layer of lettuce leaves. To that add the second layer of bread. You can also use LONG wooden skewers to secure the bread in place, and the part of the skewer that is not in the bread, thread a couple of gherkin pickles or cherry tomatoes and a black olive on each skewer. Now you are ready to cut the sandwich into serving size pieces, and the bread will not move all over because it is secured by the skewers.