Christmas Appetizer Wreath, a quick and tasty idea to bring to the table for an appetizer during the Christmas holidays. It consists of individual skewers alternating ingredients with different flavors and colors. A simple and original idea to prepare a centerpiece for the holiday toast.
To create the centerpiece, I used frozen Ascolana olives, the ready-made ones that are easily found in the frozen section of supermarkets. You just need to cook them in an air fryer, or in the oven, and they will be ready to enrich these snacks. This solution is a great way to speed up these types of preparations and focus more on the slightly more elaborate ones.
Of course, you can replace the Ascolana olives with small mozzarella balls or breaded scamorza cheese. I recommend choosing something that has a particular visual impact. As for the rest of the ingredients, let your imagination run wild! I used cherry tomatoes, olives, and Emmental cheese. You certainly can’t miss the green of the lettuce and the more rustic green of the rosemary to further enhance the visual aspect.
You can vary all the ingredients to use for your appetizer skewers, based on your tastes and imagination. But now, enough chatting, let’s go to the kitchen together because the Christmas Appetizer Wreath will be ready in a click!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 12 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Air Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas, New Year
- Energy 99.99 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 3.21 (g) of which sugars 1.71 (g)
- Proteins 3.99 (g)
- Fat 8.36 (g) of which saturated 1.18 (g)of which unsaturated 4.42 (g)
- Fibers 1.05 (g)
- Sodium 504.66 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 62 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 8.5 oz Ascolana olives (frozen ready to cook)
- 5.6 oz cherry tomatoes
- 1.8 oz salami (sliced)
- 7.8 oz black olives
- 3.5 oz Emmental cheese
- lettuce (as needed)
- sprigs rosemary (fresh as needed)
Tools
- Air Fryer
- Cutting Board
- Knife
- Toothpicks
Steps
First, cook the Ascolana olives in the air fryer, for the time indicated on the package. Then wash the cherry tomatoes and dry them with paper towels. Next, cut the cheese into cubes and proceed with assembling the snacks.
Fold a slice of salami in half and then in half again and skewer it on a toothpick. Then skewer a piece of cheese, a black olive, a cherry tomato, and finally the Ascolana olives previously cooked in the air fryer. Continue in this way until all the ingredients are used up.
Arrange the skewers prepared this way on a serving dish, alternating them with lettuce leaves, to form a wreath.
Then arrange the rosemary sprigs with an olive skewered on them on the lettuce leaves. Your Christmas appetizer wreath is ready to be served with a glass of bubbles.
Storage and Tips for the Christmas Appetizer Wreath
This Christmas centerpiece can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator for 1 day. However, it’s better to add the Ascolana olives only at the last moment, before placing it on the table.
FAQ Questions and Answers for the Christmas Appetizer Wreath
How can I replace the olives?
As an alternative to Ascolana olives, you can use breaded mozzarella balls or small scamorza cheese.
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