Crockpot Grinders - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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.
Sprinkle with Italian Seasonings and repeat 5 times.
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.
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.
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.