Crockpot Grinders

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 round loaf artisan italian bread
• 18 slices provolone cheese
• 18 slices ham
• 18 slices pepperoni
• 18 slices genoa salami
• 3/4 cup sweet pepper rings
• 1 onion, sliced
• olive oil
• oregano and basil

Recipe

• 1 slice bread 13 times, almost all the way through but leaving 1/2 inch space at the bottom. layer three slices of cheese and top with 3 slices each of mortadella, capicola, and salami. top with pepper rings and onions.
• 2 sprinkle with italian seasonings and repeat 5 times.
• 3 fold each bundle in half and tuck down between every other slice of bread to create 6 sandwiches. the sandwich may have "arched" its back, gently push down and wrap tightly in one then a second piece of heavy foil.
• 4 place in crockpot on top of a small aluminum foil pan or balls of foil, do not touch bottom of pan. pour in 1/4 cup of water (i never like to have a "dry" crockpot, it just seemed to make sense to me to have a little water in there), it does nothing for the sandwich since it is wrapped up so tightly in foil. cover and cook on low for 2-4 hours.
• 5 to serve cut each sandwich apart, drizzle the insides lightly with olive oil, and enjoy. makes six sandwiches with the center two being quite generous in size.