Looking for Muffaletta's in Orange county

[kkuyper]

Does anyone know where to get a good muffaletta in the Orange county area? My husband is from NOLA and we have not been able to find any!!!!

Thanks for your help!

[OCAnn]

Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen in Downtown Disney has muffuletta poboys....

http://www.rbjazzkitchen.com/menu_det...

[janetms383]

have you tried it? Somehow, the concept of "poorboy" and "mufaletta" don't seem to go together. What I love about mufaletta is having a wedge cut from a toasty whole loaf sandwich.

[OCAnn]

Nope, haven't tried it...and I agree that poboys & muffulettas somehow don't go together. If anything, b/c OC doesn't have a selection of food from NOLA, I thought it was a good starting point. Other option is to go to LA's 3rd St & Fairfax....

[janetms383]

where at the farmer's market? I looked at the menu for the Cajun restaurant and i didn't see it on there...............

[OCAnn]

We ask for a muffuletta @ the Gumbo Pot and they've made it for us. Maybe the menu isn't current? I've noticed a handful of restaurants lately that have menu offerings different from what they show online....

[janetms383]

ha, the restaurant website didn't show it on the menu, but Sporq has the pic of the menu and i see it on there....

[Burger Boy]

Here you go, Listen closely. First thing go to Sorrentos in Culver City, ask for the muffelatta mix in the glass jar. Get your salami, mortadella, ham and provolone from them also, sliced thin. Now here is where it gets interesting, Bay Cities has gread bread that works really well, I like it, it is not traditional but very good. Costco has these round loaves from LaBrea bakery called Italian rounds, I think, they are the closest thing you can get to a traditional loaf like Central Grocery. Cut bread in half and put Olive salad on both halves, layer on meat and cheese, wrap in foil and put in fridge over night. Next morning at 7Am take sandwiches out and let come to room temp. I like to let everything come together over night. The other option is make them early in the morning, wrap them and leave out. I sometimes will put them in the oven at 300 for 30 minutes and put a nice warm on them, not traditional but good in a different way. Enjoy

[kkuyper]

thank you!

[Burger Boy]

Just do it Baby, it's the Super Bowl! Your welcome!

[kkuyper]

Who Dat ??

[orythedog]

BurgerBoy, you are one of the very few that knows what they are talking about. Just the fact that you mentioned Central Grocery in NO, and know that a muffaletta is about the bread AND the olive salad means you are for real.

[Burger Boy]

I loves mes some of da muffelatta. I fell in love with that sandwich the first time I went!

[TravelPath]

Just an FYI...The Gumbo Pot in the Farmers Market will sell their muffelatta bread (don't buy the completed muffelatta...its nasty!!) which is pretty close to Central Grocery and even closer to my favorite NOLA source, Nor-Joe's in Metairie...then follow Burger Boy's recipe and you will have some good eats. I like them warm, but others like them room temp

Cajun Grocer ( cajungrocer.com) has a decent muffelatta "kit" for about $21...but I believe you can make a better one yourself. Another item they have are "real" NOLA po-boy rolls which they ship overnight frozen...I get them a few times a year to make oyster po-boys...dressed of course...they are really good and not too expensive!

[kkuyper]

what Farmers Market?

[Das Ubergeek]

Gumbo Pot is in the permanent Farmers' Market at 3rd and Fairfax.

[orythedog]

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