Attractive Southern Italian Antipasto Board For 4 Is So Easy

Today’s appetizer shares one of our favorite and easy-to-make attractive Southern Italian antipasto boards. Our Italian antipasto platter is party perfect or a great way to serve a nibbling dinner that is quite satiating.

Borrowing my grandparent’s tradition of offering an Italian antipasto charcuterie board with every holiday or occasion is just one of the many things that allow me to spoil my family and friends with delectable Italian options that, when paired, indeed are colorful, vibrant, and, a tasty celebration of food.

Antipasto platter ingredients differ from family to family and might be the origination of the currently trending charcuterie boards that are wildly popular and diverse in offerings.

The platter of Italian favorites makes more than an occasional appearance in our home. It surely will be ready to appear in yours after you learn how easy this platter of tantalizing eats is to prepare.

Why You’ll Love Our Italian Antipasto Charcuterie Board

• the antipasto ingredients in our platter are easy to find
• you can and should make our DIY antipasto platter ahead of time
• Any of the Italian antipasti ingredients can be substituted for other items
• You can serve the Italian antipasto platter for lunch, dinner, parties, holidays, etc.
• You can throw an antipasto platter party.
• Our board of antipasti is just one antipasto idea to get you dreaming one up.
• There are no actual rules when it comes to making. Italian antipasto trays

Holidays and food are synonymous sensory items that go hand and hand, and a holiday, special occasion, party, or celebration, would not be the same without special food.

While we are not providing a particular recipe for food, we are sharing a guideline for creating a delicious and attractive antipasto platter that features some of our favorite traditional Southern Italian ingredients.

Ingredients You Might Want to Use For Your Southern Italian Antipasto Charcuterie Board

You can expect to find a plethora of options when it comes to an antipasto platter, which means it is one platter. In contrast, if we served several platters, it would be an ANTIPASTI platter, just like one cookie is an amaretto cookie, but when baking a batch, they are known as amaretti cookies.

Italian cold cuts are salty, and when paired with creamy cheese against crusty bread, you’ll find yourself addicted to taste-testing every pairing option on your Italian antipasto charcuterie board.

Our Ingredients for our Antipasto Platter include:

• large burrata cheese
• sharp provolone
• hot soppressata
• sweet soppressata
• fresh figs
• ricotta cheese
• our homemade vanilla fig jam
• walnuts
• roasted red peppers
• marinated black and green olives
• artichoke hearts
• seedless grapes
• crusty homemade Italian bread
• a garnish of rosemary sprigs

Optional Ingredients For An Italian Antipasto Charcuterie Board

• pepperoncini
• thin breadsticks (grissini)
• hearts of palm
• zucchini red pepper ganouch
• ganoush
• rapini
• fresh veggies sticks (peppers, celery, zucchini)
• use our rustic seed crackers
• pepperoni
• prosciutto provolone wrapped
• giardiniera mixture (cauliflower, carrots, pepper rings in a salty brine)
• fresh mini boccinici
• crostini
• caponata
• focaccia bread

Here’s How We Assemble Our Southern Italian Antipasto Board Enjoy ~

1. Place the burrata in the center of a serving platter and arrange the Provolone cheese, soppressata, and fresh figs around it.
   
   
2. Fill a small serving bowl with the ricotta cheese and top with the fig jam and walnuts and place near the burrata arrangement.
   
   
3. Transfer the roasted red peppers, seasoned olives, and marinated artichoke hearts to individual serving dishes and position them near the other items.
   
   
4. Tuck the grapes, fresh herb sprigs, and crusty bread slices (if using) around the other ingredients to create an excellent display and serve immediately. Enjoy!