Antipasto Siciliana Recipes

ANTIPASTI PLATTER

Steps:

• Arrange the meats, cheeses, and foccacia on a large platter. Arrange a platter of Pinzimonio. Place the Marinated Olives and Roasted Red Pepper Salad in small serving bowls. Serve, allowing guests to compose their own assortment of antipasti on their plate.;
• Assorted cut-up vegetables (such as carrots, celery, fennel bulb, radishes, red and orange bell peppers, and cherry tomatoes)
• Stir the oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl to blend. Arrange the vegetables on a platter. Serve the vegetables with the dip.
• Stir the oil, lemon zest, and red pepper flakes in a heavy small skillet over medium heat just until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Add the olives and toss to coat. Add the basil; toss to coat. Serve.
• Preheat the broiler. Cover a heavy baking sheet with foil. Arrange the bell peppers on the baking sheet. Broil until the skins brown and blister, turning the peppers over occasionally, about 15 minutes. Enclose the peppers in a resealable plastic bag. Set aside until cooled to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
• Peel, seed, and cut the peppers into 1/2-inch thick strips. Toss the pepper strips, olives, oil, capers, basil, garlic, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl to combine. Cover and refrigerate up to 2 days.

ANTIPASTO SICILIANA

Steps:

• Cook beans in salted water until crisp-tender. Drain and cool, covered. Cook potatoes until tender but not soft peel while hot. When cool, cube and toss with celery. Mix together olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, and pepper pour 1/2 over beans and toss. Pour remainder over potato mixture and toss gently until thoroughly coated. Chill, covered. To serve, line salad platter with lettuce mound bean and potato mixtures opposite each other. Chop 4 eggs blend in mayonnaise, herb seasoning, and mustard. Spread each ham slice with egg mixture and roll up securely. Place ham rolls between vegetable mounds as pictured. Garnish ham with remaining 2 sliced eggs and lemon and tomato slices. Garnish beans with onions and potatoes with olives.