This Festive Antipasto Skewers Christmas Wreath is an amazing Christmas appetizer idea! Made with peppered salami, mozzarella balls, olives, cherry peppers, artichokes and fresh basil. An easy appetizer that’s perfect for the holidays.
An Easy and Beautiful Christmas Appetizer
Today is the day. Mike has his company Christmas party and it’s something I look forward to every year. It’s the one time that I, as the bosses wife, get to meet and interact with all his employees including spouses.
We have a dinner, drink cocktails (which let’s be honest, it’s like a truth serum for some people haha) and then we give out gifts. Usually afterwards we’ll go out to spend more time with every one. AND Mike and I book a hotel room so we get to wake up late the next morning, do brunch and finish the last of our Christmas shopping without kids.
It’s glorious!
But before all that goes down. I had to prep a lot of stuff to make tonight happen.
Plan the food menu and set the “bar menu” for the party all while staying in budget. Communicating decorations AND most importantly buying the gifts for all the employees. We don’t buy all the same gift, that would be easy. We buy gifts thinking of what employee might like. It’s hard but worth it in the end. Ya know.
All that to say, I’m tired. Going to get my hair done and then going to chill the rest of the night. Whew! But before I do that I’ve giving this amazing Christmas Wreath Antipasto Skewer appetizer recipe to ya. Because it’s fancy, easy with a touch of playful and totally needs to be at your next Christmas party! In fact, I may make it for the Christmas party I’m going to tomorrow!
What Are Antipasto Skewers?
Traditionally, Antipasto is the first course of an Italian meal. It’s a combination of olives, cheese, artichokes, marinaded mushrooms or vegetables and cured meats. Antipasto Skewers are basically using all of these ingredients and putting them on a skewer.
How to Make Antipasto Skewers as a Christmas Appetizer:
- First, select the ingredients you’d like to use for your antipasto. (cured meat, various cheeses, vegetables, marinaded vegetables, olives and fresh basil)
- Lay the ingredients out in front of you so they are easily accessible.
- On a skewer, alternate the antipasto ingredients so there is at least one of each item on the skewer.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator for up to one day or serve immediately.
How to Display Antipasto Skewers?
Once your Antipasto Skewers are made you can display them in a variety of ways. Most people put them on a cheese board or plate. However, if you’d like to be festive you can arrange them in a shape. (ex. a Christmas Wreath, Valentines Heart, Thanksgiving Turkey or 4th of July Firework) Be creative.
Can You Make Antipasto Skewers in Advance?
The short answer is yes. If depends on how marinated your ingredients are. If you’re using a lot of marinaded vegetables or cheeses I recommend not making it ahead of time so you keep all the flavor. However, if you’re trying to save time then yes you can make it one day ahead of time and cover in the refrigerator.
What I love about this recipe is:
- How flexible it is. You can basically make it your own and pick out the vegetables, cheeses and cured meats you want. There is no set “recipe.” Well, kinda but not really.
- It’s delicious!
- It’s beautiful.
When I posted a picture of this on Instagram I had so many people tell me how beautiful it was and how much they wanted the recipe. All that to say, I guarantee it will be the show stopper at your next holiday party. It’s super easy to make and guarantee to please!
Bon Appetit friends! Happy Weekend!
Christmas Wreath Antipasto Skewers
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 30 skewers 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Assemble
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Description
This Festive Antipasto Skewers Christmas Wreath is an amazing Christmas appetizer idea! Made with peppered salami, mozzarella balls, olives, cherry peppers, artichokes and fresh basil. An easy and healthy appetizer that’s perfect for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 30 wood skewers (3-4″ long skewers)
- 30 baby mozzarella balls
- 30 basil leaves
- 10–15 cherry tomatoes
- 30 slices peppered salami (or regular salami)
- 10 whole artichoke hearts, halved
- 20 large green olives, pitted (you can get flavored if you’d like)
- 30 large black olive or large kalamata olives
- 10 cherry peppers, halved
- fresh rosemary sprigs for garnish
Notes
- Line up all your ingredients so you’re ready to assemble antipasto skewers.
- To each skewer add mozzarella ball, basil leaf and salami. From there I mixed and matched the rest of the ingredients! Hint: have fun with this. I made each of my skewers different.
- Get a round serving platter and place assembled skewers in the shape of a wreath. Depending on the size of your platter you may need to do a double layer of skewers. Than stick pieces of fresh rosemary in random places underneath the skewers to make it look like a christmas wreath.
- Store in refrigerator until ready to serve. (can be made one day ahead of time)
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