The Easiest Italian Style Deli Sandwiches To Make At Home

These Italian-Style deli sandwiches are not only tasty but are super easy to make at home.

Why You'll Love These Deli Sandwiches

Bursting with flavor - These fresh and tasty Italian ciabatta sandwiches loaded with salami, fresh mozzarella and juicy tomatoes make for the perfect, easy laid back sunshine filled lunch. Colorful, flavorful and super delicious!

Simple to make - these deli sandwiches are super simple to make at home. And you can always turn these into Italian pressed picnic sandwiches by wrapping tightly in foil and placing under a heavy weight around an hour before slicing and serving.

Snack happy - this is the sandwich my kids love me to make up and keep in the fridge for snacking when they get back from school or the gym.

Italian Style Deli Sandwiches Recipe

Makes - 2 (easy to double, triple and more)

Prep Time – 10 minutes 

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Equipment Needed

• Bread board
• Bread knife
• Tablespoon
• Vegetable knife

Italian Style Deli Sandwiches Ingredients

Everything you need to make an absolutely delicious Italian ciabatta sandwich for lunch

• 2 ciabatta rolls
• 1 tablespoon olive oil - a little more if you like
• 2 cups arugula
• 8 slices of salami
• 8oz (225g) mozzarella - sliced
• 2 vine tomatoes - sliced
• 2 tablespoon chargrilled peppers in olive oil
• 2 tablespoon sun dried tomatoes in olive oil

How To Make Italian-Style Deli Sandwiches

You'll love how simple and delicious these sandwiches are

Step One - warm the ciabatta rolls

• Warm the ciabatta rolls in the oven or air fryer on 320F / 160C for around 6-7 minutes.
• Once warmed, slice them in half ready to make a sandwich.

Step Two - load up the deli sandwiches with the Italian fillings

• Drizzle some olive oil onto the bread, then add in the arugula, salami, mozzarella, vine tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes and chargrilled peppers. Season with salt and black pepper to your own liking.
• Squash on the top slice of the ciabatta roll and serve the deli sandwiches with some fresh fruit.

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Recipe Tips And Ingredient Swaps

Ingredient swaps and add ins

Switch the salami for another tasty filling - you can switch out the salami in your Italian deli sandwich for some pesto marinated tuna fish, mortadella ham, bacon, chicken or turkey.

Swap the mozzarella cheese - you can switch the mozzarella for provolone cheese or Swiss cheese.

Pickles and condiments - hey, this is your sandwich, if you want to load it up - go right ahead - try adding in your favourite mustard, mayonnaise, some extra veggies like sliced red onion, lettuce, sauerkraut, sprouts salad or marinated black olives and garlic cloves.

Swap the bread - you can make this deli-style sandwich as a club sandwich, use soft flour wraps in place of ciabatta if you like, go for rye bread, subs, hoagie, bagel, sourdough lightly toasted, croissant or gluten free.

Storage

If you're making these tasty deli sandwiches ahead of time, you can do so the day before. Wrap them tightly in foil or food wrap and store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

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