Antipasto

This Italian appetizer is rich, filling, and tasty like you wouldn’t believe. It’s basically a salad with meat, cheese, peppers, herbs, and olive oil. It’s not a “diet” type of salad by any means, but it definitely will give you a lot of energy on a cold winter day.

It can be eaten by itself, with crackers, or bread. We enjoyed ours with focaccia bread fresh from the oven.

There are many different recipes, but here’s what was in our antipasto tonight:

Antipasto

Ingredients:

• 1/4 lb. mortadella
• 1/4 lb. Genova salami
• 1/8 lb. prosciutto
• 1/3 lb. piquante peppers soaked in oil and vinegar
• 1/4 lb. fresh mozzarella
• 8 pepperoncini peppers, mild or hot
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 of a bunch of fresh parsley
• oregano to taste

Instructions:

• Cut the mortadella, salami, peppers, and mozzarella into bite-sized chunks.
• Cut the prosciutto into very small and thin slices.
• Finely chop the parsley.
• Toss all the meat, cheese, peppers, parsley, spices, and oil together in a mixing bowl.
• Serve chilled.