Anti-Pasto Appetizers

Name: Anti-Pasto Appetizers
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 40 Appetizers
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package cheese tortellini; 20 green olives; 20 black olives; 10 slices salami; 20 slices pepperoni; 1 (16 ounce) package muenster cheese or 1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese; 40 toothpicks; 1 (16 ounce) bottle Italian dressing

Submitted by Small Town Cook

"I made this for a Christmas party. It was a hit! Even my kids love it and they were excited to be able to help prepare it. I put down 30 minutes of prep time, but it doesn't include 4 hours for marinating."

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photo by Virginia Chandler

Ready In:: 33mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 40 Appetizers

ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package cheese tortellini
20 green olives
20 black olives
10 slices salami
20 slices pepperoni
1 (16 ounce) package muenster cheese or (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese
40 toothpicks
1 (16 ounce) bottle Italian dressing

directions

Cook tortellini according to directions on package. Drain well and cool completely.
Place tortellini and olives in bowl. Pour in dressing and mix. Marinate at least 4 hours (the longer it marinates, the stronger the flavor).
Drain tortellini and olives well.
Cut salami into quarters.
Cut pepperoni in half.
Cut 40 small chunks of cheese
On a toothpick put: 1 olive, 1 salami, 1 tortellini, 1 pepperoni, and one chunk cheese.
Repeat process until all is used up.
Refrigerate until ready to use.

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Reviews

So pretty altogether on a platter! Undercook the tortellini a little bit if you'll be marinating longer than 4 hours.

MimiKooks
We made this for my daughter's wedding reception and everyone LOVED them! I will make these again and again!

Ma the meatloaf
Made these last night. . .cheated a bit. Didn't marinate anything. Just took kebob scewers and cut them in half with scissors. On each one, strung 1 piece salami (folded in fours), 1 small fresh mozarella ball, 1 chicken tortellini, and 1 pre-marinated green large fancy olive (from the olive bar at the grocery store). EXCELLENT!!!!! I am sure they would be even better if I'd had time to marinate the stuff :) I just made these again. This time I used provolone cheese, pepperoni, roasted red pepper, green olives, and cheese tortellini. Topped them off with pesto for serving. YUM.

januarybride
This was a huge hit at my dragon boat teams 1st Annual Bocci Tournament. I made about 40 large skewers, I used first a pepperoni to hold things up; Mozza and provalone cheeses; black olives and green garlic stuffed olives; 2 Italian salamis; 3 tortellini red white and green on each skewer. I capped mine off with a tomato. Many took 3rds so I know they were good, a little line up had formed at the table. Momma Mia it was good. The Jolly Dragons were happy!

Denise H.
Not only is this a delicious appetizer, but it makes a great presentation. I used Newman's Own Parmesan and Roasted Garlic dressing and marinated overnight. I did undercook the pasta as recommended by a couple of minutes and tortellini turned out fine. I cut salami and pepperoni (both cut fresh in the deli section so they were large round pieces) in 1/2 and then folded in half again. I used plastic extra long tooth pics and once I got the routine of loading the toothpicks down it was about 25 minutes to assemble. But worth every minute. I took these to a Christmas party and will make again for New Years Eve...Thanks for posting!!!!

Virginia Chandler