What New Orleans sandwich uses round sesame bread and olive salad?

The muffuletta is the New Orleans sandwich made with round sesame bread and olive salad.

The sandwich originated at Central Grocery in New Orleans, where Sicilian immigrant Salvatore Lupo is credited with creating it in the early twentieth century. It combines a large round loaf with layers of cold cuts, cheese, and olive salad.

The olive salad is the sandwich’s defining feature. It commonly contains chopped olives, pickled vegetables, garlic, herbs, and oil, allowing the flavors to mingle as the sandwich rests. Many versions are pressed before serving.

The name is related to muffuletta, a Sicilian sesame bread. The sandwich is distinct from a po’ boy, which is usually built on an elongated French-style roll and may contain fried seafood or roast beef. Central Grocery’s version helped establish the muffuletta as a signature food of New Orleans’s French Quarter.