Giardiniera, Meats, Cheese, Olives, Breadsticks, and Smoked Almonds for Antipasto

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 10 servings with above additio
  • Total: 15 min
  • Prep: 15 min
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Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds giardiniera, (hot pepper salad mix,) from bulk bins of market near olives, or jarred

2 pounds aged, sharp provolone, cubed into bite size pieces

2 pounds cooked hot and sweet Italian sausages or salamis, cubed into bite size pieces

2 pounds mixed olives, from specialty olive bulk bins of market

2 packages fancy bread sticks or grissini, found near deli or near bread crumbs in market

2 (10-ounce) cans smoked almonds, available on snack aisle of market

Fresh herbs, for garnish

Directions

  1. On a large cutting board, arrange piles of hot pepper salad, cheese and sausages or salamis. Serve olives in a small bowl with a second bowl set out for the pits. Pile toothpicks into a shot glass and set on edge of board. Bread sticks of grissini look great in a water glass and add height to your antipasto board. Smoked almonds can be served in any barrel shaped glass; easy to pick up and spill out a few nuts into the palm of your hand. Decorate your board with bundles of any combination of fresh herbs that you have on hand.

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jen b.

Looking for a recipe for Giardiniera led me to this "recipe". Thanks for telling me I can find it "from bulk bins of market near olives, or jarred". Actually, every ingredient listed here has a tip where to find them in the supermarket. And the directions for serving are terrible. Arrange "piles of hot pepper salad, etc..." that stuff is so oily it will spread everywhere. And how does one "pile toothpicks into a shot glass"? Does this call for an oval shot glass to "pile"?Because you are telling me to use my "barrel shaped" glass for the almonds. Why must it also be "set on edge of board"? So a tipsy guest can knock that right over and impale themselves?! This Antipasto recipe seems more like a recipe for disaster! Oily peppers spreading over everything, flying toothpics, eventual trip to the ER. Another great one from Rachel Ray!

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