Pan Bagna (french Stick Sandwich)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 long french baguette
• 1 garlic clove, halved
• 4 -6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 3 -4 ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 1 small green pepper, thinly sliced
• 2 ounces gruyere cheese, thinly sliced
• black olives, stoned and sliced
• 6 fresh basil leaves
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 cut the baguette in half, then rub the cut surfaces with the garlic; discard the clove.
• 2 brush 1-1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil over each half of bread, lay the tomato slices on top of one half and season well.
• 3 lay the sliced peppers on the tomatoes making sure there is a good even coverage; drizzle the remaining oil over the top.
• 4 finish off by layering over the slices of cheese, olives and basil leaves; sandwich the loaf together firmly and wrap it in cling film for at least an hour.
• 5 serve cut diagonally in thick slices.