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Italian Appetizers – Tortellini Salad Skewers

July 11, 2014 By Vicky 8 Comments

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Italian Appetizers - These Tortellini Salad Skewers are perfect for your next gathering. Each bit is filled with yummy Italian flavors!
These Italian Appetizers were inspired an Italian Tortellini Salad my family adores, and by the Antipasto Kabobs I saw on The Hungry Housewife. If you love olives, check out her recipe. I am not a fan of olives so I changed things up a bit. These make a great finger food for a party or gathering. They can be assembled the night before and they add a pop of color to any table. If you are looking for Family Friendly Recipes to please a crowd, you’ll want to try these Tortellini Salad Skewers.

Ingredients for 75 Tortellini Salad Skewers:
  • 75 pieces cooked cheese tortellini
  • 1 cup balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing
  • 75 tomatoes sliced in half
  • 40 slices of salami cut in half
  • 75 slices of pepperoni
  • 25 mozzarella balls cut into thirds and sprinkled with salt to taste
  • 75 Skewers
Before you begin, cook the cheese tortellini according to package directions. Drain and mix with 1 cup of balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Refrigerate for two hours and then drain the rest of the dressing. My tortellini soaked up much of the dressing so there wasn’t much left for me to drain.
Italian appetizers - balsamic tortellini
For each Italian appetizer, you will need 1 skewer, 1 grape tomato sliced in half, 1/2 slice of salami, 1 marinated cheese tortellini, 1 slice pepperoni, and 1/3 of a mozzarella ball. We found the mozzarella balls needed a little bit of salt to taste, so we salted them after we cut them up.

 

assembling Italian appetizers
Then it’s just a matter of assembly. This works best if you have the ingredients cut up and laid out already. Start by skewering one end of a grape tomato, then add half a slice of folded salami, the tortellini, a slice of folded pepperoni, 1/3 of a cheese ball, and the other half of the grape tomato.

 

Italian Appetizers - Tortellini Salad Skewers
These Italian appetizers make a great finger food and hold up pretty well when served. My sat out for close to 3 hours and were still tasty. Next time I make them I will add basil. The basil in my yard was looking pretty yellow so I skipped it, but it would add flavor and color and make these more like a Caprese salad.

 

Easy finger food

For more Italian family friendly recipes check out:

Easy Italian Rice                        Italian Sausage and Pepper Sandwichh           

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  1. Heather - New House New Home says

    July 11, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    Fabulous!! We have guests coming in a couple weeks and now I know what I'll be serving. Pinning!!

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  2. Theresa says

    July 11, 2014 at 5:31 pm

    We made something similar for Thanksgiving last year. I never thought to add tortellini. Looks yummy! Theresa @DearCreatives
    Drop by and share it at my weekly party if you would like to. 😉

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  3. ♥Renee @ •Getting Fit Fab• says

    July 11, 2014 at 5:35 pm

    OH! for my next BBQ I'll be doing this ! It's so yummy and perfect! ♥

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  4. Gabe and Libby says

    July 11, 2014 at 9:19 pm

    OMGosh – those look good. I have a 5 year old grandson visiting and he would love these. I'll have to make some tomorrow. They will also be great for snacks in the car for his drive back home.

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  5. A Day in Candiland says

    July 12, 2014 at 2:26 am

    Those are a great idea. I love the colors and even the colorful picks.

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  6. Jill R. says

    July 12, 2014 at 5:16 pm

    These look so yummy!!! Pinning this so that I can make them for my family 🙂

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  7. Alex Neils says

    August 12, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    What size are your skewers? I am looking at amazon and they have a few different sizes.

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    • Vicky @ Mess For Less says

      August 12, 2014 at 4:59 pm

      Alex, ours were about 4-5 inches long but I felt like they were a little small. I just used what i had on hand. I think 6 inch skewers would probably work best.

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