Italian Appetizers Recipes - Antipasto-Style Relish Tray

Ingredients   

• 1 recipe Salami Rolls

• 1 recipe Italian Cheese Bites

• 1 7-ounce jar roasted red and/or yellow sweet peppers, drained and cut into strips

• 2 6-ounce jars marinated artichoke hearts, drained

• 8 ounces black olives (such as gaeta, sicilian, or kalamata) or herbed green olives, drained and pitted

• Capers, drained

• Thinly sliced ciabatta or Italian bread (optional)

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Method:

1. Arrange Salami Rolls, Italian Cheese Bites, roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts, and olives on serving platter(s).

2. Sprinkle artichokes with capers. If desired, serve with thinly sliced ciabatta or Italian bread.

SALAMI ROLLS: Using 1/4 cup purchased black olive paste, spread some of the olive paste on each of 24 thin slices garlic salami (about 4 ounces). Place a strip of purchased roasted red pepper along one edge of each salami slice; roll up. Cut in half crosswise.

ITALIAN CHEESE BITES: Cut 4 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto into narrow strips. Cut 1 1/2 pounds Taleggio, Asiago, and/or aged provolone cheese into bite-size pieces. Wrap a prosciutto strip around each cheese piece, securing with wooden picks if necessary.