Photo and recipe credit: Honestly Yum

Keep your Summer gathering simple and relaxed with this recipe for the perfect party platter from Honestly Yum!

HOW TO CREATE THE BEST ANTIPASTI SPREAD

Ingredients:

• Charcuterie, like prosciutto, salami and mortadella
• Fresh fruits, like figs, tomatoes, cantaloupe and grapes
• Whole sun-dried tomatoes
• Variety of olives
• Marinated and herbed feta
• Nuts, like marcona almonds and walnuts
• Peperoncino
• Marinated artichoke hearts
• Roasted bell peppers
• Roasted garlic cloves
• Canned sweet cherry peppers
• Cornichons
• Soft cheese, like bocconcini, ricotta and goat cheese
• Hard cheese, like Parmigiano-Reggiano
• Variety of bread and crackers
• Good flake sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Fresh basil

Directions:

• Start by laying out your charcuterie in different parts of the board. I roll the mortadella and loosely bundle up the prosciutto to create more room on the board. You can always keep adding to the board once one item is finished.
• Fill small bowls with fresh ricotta and top with plenty of sea salt and fresh pepper. Fill another bowl with the marinated artichokes and another one with the marinated feta. Place them at different parts of the board.
• Lay out the roasted bell peppers on the board and top with some sea salt and the roasted garlic.
• Using a small knife, fill the sweet cherry peppers with goat cheese and top with a little sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add the stuffed cherry peppers to the board.
• Using the tip of a knife, break of chunks of the hard cheese and add in heaps to the board in a couple areas and add the bocconcini in a heap on the board.
• Fill in any gaps on the board with olives, nuts, crackers, fruits, sun-dried tomatoes and peperoncino. Tuck leaves of fresh basil around the edges of the spread.

Happy Summer!