Description
A festive and balanced appetizer platter perfect for holiday gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 packages Pepperoni – 7 oz.
- 2 packages Salame – 7 oz.
- 2¼ ounces fresh bay leaves
- 2¾ ounces fresh rosemary leaves
- 2 ounces brie cheese cut into triangles
- 2 Tablespoons dried cranberries
- 10 kalamata olives
- 6 Blue Cheese Stuffed olives
- 4 ounces mozzarella pearls
- ¼ cup pecans
- pine cones to decorate
- maraschino cherries to decorate
- your choice of honey and mustard to use as dip
Instructions
- Fold slices of Salame over the rim of a glass, overlapping them tightly. Use about 10 to 12 slices.
- Flip the glass upside-down and remove the salami rose onto a plate.
- Repeat the layering process with Pepperoni. Cover with a paper towel, fold it down, and secure with a rubber band. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Remove the glass from the refrigerator, take off the rubber band and paper towel, and carefully remove the pepperoni rose.
- Arrange salami and pepperoni roses on a tray, layering additional slices between them.
- Add brie and mozzarella cheese over the salami.
- Place olives neatly on the tray, near the roses.
- Add pecans near the roses.
- Scatter dried cranberries and maraschino cherries between ingredients.
- Place honey and mustard in dip bowls on the tray.
- Decorate with bay leaves, rosemary, and pinecones.
- Create skewers on toothpicks for guests.
Notes
- Use dried bay leaves if fresh ones are unavailable.
- Adjust ingredient quantities based on tray size.
- Keep refrigerated until serving.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 18g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
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