6 meat cheese antipasto Recipes

breadsticks , crostini, or crackers, nicoise or kalamata olives, cornichons (or sweet or dill pickles), marinated artichoke hearts, drained, pickled vegetables, dried tomatoes marinated in olive oil (or 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes), pear or apple, sliced, dried apricots , figs, or dates, marcona almonds (or other almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pine nuts, or peanuts), extra-virgin olive oil, sea salt , to taste, freshly ground pepper , to taste, fresh rosemary sprigs, dijon mustard, dress it up : wedges of cheese, such as sharp cheddar, parmigiano-reggiano, manchego, asiago; meats and fish, such as genoa salami, soppressata, prosciutto, capicola, smoked salmon, steamed shrimp

i used ends of meat and cheese so quantities vary, this is what i used, black forest ham end, oven roasted turkey end, p & loaf end, hard salami, pepperoni i don tsp like using much but a little isn tsp bad, baby swiss end, you can add other cheese to. hard cheeses are best and all you need is the ends or have the deli cut you hunks more cost effective. don tsp go to strong with the cheddar s.., i bought the veggies in a jar in the olive section, cauliflower, carrots, celery, pearl onion, sweet peppers, olives optional, fresh veggies you may want to cook or steam them. you want them crunchy then chill them you do not want to use warm veggies they will melt the cheese., tomatoes make it to runny so that is why i use red bell peppers, oven roasted bell peppers you can find them in store too, mix and match meat cheese and veggies to your taste it is really hard to botch up what you put in it just stay away from bologna, italian dressing of your choice just stay away from creamy dressings, few dashes of dill seed, season with pepper and mrs.dash blend, grated parmesan cheese to taste i just sprinkled it on there so it is up to you how much.

eggplant, thinly sliced, extra-virgin olive oil , to baste slices plus 1 tbsp, crushed red pepper flakes, salt and freshly ground black pepper, red wine vinegar, chopped flat leaf parsley, to garnish, total italian table cheeses , 1/3 lb each of 2 varieties: sharp provolone, pepato, fontina, parmigian-reggiano, roasted red peppers, drained and sliced, quartered artichoke hearts, 15 oz, drained well, button mushrooms, 14 oz, drained, garlic, crushed, lemon, juiced, drizzle extra-virgin olive oil, chopped flat-leaf parsley, thyme, salt and freshly ground black pepper, total (1/4 lb each) thinly sliced italian meats : sliced sopressata, capicola and genoa salami, black olives from bulk olive bins , any variety

sliced italian meats, assorted cheeses, assorted olives, drained, marinated tortellini, roasted sweet red peppers, drained, marinated artichokes, drained, pepperoncini salad peppers, drained, commercial hummus