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Antipasto Pesto Board
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Antipasto means “before the meal”. Build the perfect antipasto pesto platter with just a few simple steps.
- Choose a large platter, marble slab, or cake plate on which to arrange your antipasto pesto platter.
- Place items in groups on the platter. For visual appeal, use small bowls for the mozzarella balls, meatballs and dip.
- Consider serving with sliced Watermelon radish, red endive, bread sticks, crackers, roasted sweet peppers, Kalamata olives, sliced Persian cucumbers & green olives.
Ingredients 6 Servings
Barilla® Creamy Ricotta & Arugula Pesto Crudité Dip
Barilla® Creamy Genovese Pesto Mozzarella Balls
Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto Meatballs
- 15 ounces Ricotta cheese
- 1 jar Barilla® Creamy Ricotta & Arugula Pesto
- Salt and black pepper to taste
Barilla® Creamy Genovese Pesto Mozzarella Balls
- 10 mozzarella balls
- ½ jar Barilla® Creamy Genovese Pesto
Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto Meatballs
- 1 jar Barilla® Marinara Sauce
- ½ jar Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto
- ½ pound ground beef
- 1 slice white bread
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon chili Flakes
- 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
- 1 cup beef broth
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 4 slices rustic bread, toasted
- 2 tablespoons of Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto
- 1 cup fresh Ricotta cheese
- 1 bunch asparagus
- 2 tablespoons Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto
- ½ pound prosciutto, sliced
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Instructions
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Barilla® Creamy Ricotta & Arugula Pesto Crudité Dip
Mix ingredients together and set aside -
Barilla® Classic Genovese Pesto Mozzarella Balls
Mix ingredients and let marinate ½ hour at room temperature before serving -
Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto Meatballs
In a small bowl soak bread with water for 10 minutes; then squeeze out excess liquid. - In a separate larger bowl mix bread to ground beef, parsley, egg, cheese, and season with salt and pepper.
- Roll the mixture into ¾-inch balls, set aside.
- In a large skillet gently bring, tomato sauce and broth to boil, add meatballs and cook thoroughly over high heat, about 20 minutes. Top with pesto when ready.
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Ricotta Pesto Toast Drizzled with Barilla® Rustic Basil Pesto
Spread ricotta over bread, top with basil pesto -
Prosciutto Wrapped Grilled Asparagus
Marinate asparagus with pesto for 10 minutes, grill and cool down. Wrap with prosciutto
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