28 Sep 2011

Dinner Party Menu: Starter - Antipasti

by Adele

photo source: culinarycory
Saturday night we had our friends Matt & Lou round for a meal. My theme was Italian, which is one of my favourites & the dishes I chose for my menu are a great way to show off your culinary skills...and the best bit? You don't have to spend all day slaving in the kitchen!

Today's post will cover the starter - the main course & dessert recipes will be posted over the next couple of Wednesdays, so don't forget to look out for them & you will have a complete, easy to make 3 course meal!

Starter: Antipasti

mixed olives with chilli, sunblush tomatoes, chargrilled artichokes & ricotta stuffed cherry peppers 

Parma ham, Milano salami & Napoli salami

warm fresh black olive ciabatta



If there's one thing I love about Italian food it is Antipasti. It's a great dish for entertaining as it's varied, colourful & not too filling to start with.

Buon appetito!

39 comments:

Bravoe Runway said...

I love black olive ciabatta bread..and freshly baked? It must be heavenly! Can't wait to see the dinner photos! yummm

Ale e Elis said...

The food looks delicious!
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Hmmm.. Delicious. We are hungry! :)

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Nicole said...

Looks so yummy! I love italian food and antipasti is so delicious!

kristina@beancakes ★ said...

adele ~ this is my kind of meal!!! mmmm ~ it looks so scrumptious, now i want salami, olives, cheese, baguette and wine!!!
xx ~ ks

the nyanzi report said...

that is just too enticing!

letiziabarcelona said...

Adele, if I were rich I would ask you to live with me in Barcelona and be my personal cook ahaha!
This looks delicious, I love antipasti, salami and ciabatta.
Viva Italia!

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M.E said...

These look amazing Adele!

I love having lots of different antipasti when having people at home as I feel its a less formal way of having dinner and everyone always enjoy's them :)

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Annette Krubner said...

look amazing !

Dressy Celeb said...

Antipasti italiani perfetti! ;)

Kisses!
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The white cabbage said...

ciao,

now it's for me "cappuccino and cornetto's ( brioche) time .

Your post make me feel hungry .....real Italian antipasto

ave

Qhule said...

MmmmH, mouth watering:)))
xoxo

The PvdH Journal said...

Oh antipasti!!! I'm fairly certain there are few better things in this world!

PureMorning said...

Looks delisious :))

fashion meets art said...

i also love italian food, antipasti, yummy... but i love every food! eating is my passion :D
thanks for your comments dear, day per day- it means so much for me!
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hope you like them.
wish you a wonderful week- with lots of yummy food :)
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Clara Turbay said...

Great pictures!
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SOLD OUT FOREVER said...

looks delicious!

THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...

This is to die for! Often I'll just eat antipasti for my dinner :) xoxo

PAPS said...

This is such lovely menu. Will check on it. Following you. Will you like to follow back?
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Flaviana Boni said...

wow! great photos!

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Hannah {Culture Connoisseur} said...

Yummy-lish and beautifully presented! Looks perfect. You have very lucky guests. :)

Niina said...

This looks absolutely delicious!!

Fashionthroughtravel said...

I think I would have no problem living only with antipasti if the rest of the food disappeared :))

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Nothing Lasts Forever said...

You made me hungry ! Looks sooooo good ! I love Italian food ! Check out : http://nothinlasts.blogspot.com/ I have a new post !

Fashionistable said...

Yummy antipasti. Xxxx

Sick by Trend said...

delicious!!! love this post haha :) I'm following

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a!k0 said...

Oh you got me drooling as the page loads...delicious. Now I am hungry :P

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diti * said...

love your pictures!! love food!! :-)

Liz Lizo said...

I literally have to eat lunch after seeing this, looks great, lucky guests.

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Niina said...

I am following your blog now!

xx

Carla McCarthy said...

Tres chic Menu! I'm obsessed with italian food, even i'm brazilian!

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M said...

This looks amazing! My idea of a top meal - I'll definitely be attempting this soon.
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Catherine @ The Spring said...

This is such a great idea, and all your ingredients look delicious! I like to serve platters like with on a clean chalk board (or slate board if you can find one!) with little labels written in to tell people what each component is - vegetarians always like that, as they're are often intimidated by the prospect of meat hidden in prepared foods like this!

So happy to have *met* your blog!

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Emma said...

Yum i'm with you Adele love Italian and antipasti - the ciabatta looks amazing!

The Cat Hag said...

OMG, that looks absolutely scrumptious!!

I just ate breakfast, but now I feel there is room for more haha. ;)


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Aprilia said...

I absolutely love antipasto plates! Soooo good. I'm a sucker for cheese and olives!!

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A. said...

Looks like a fun dinner party with lots of delicious food! Oh wow, I gotta try olive ciabatta! -A

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CLARILLAPILLA said...

Delicious!! Great pictures!! :-)

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Shybiker said...

Mmm... my favorite foods!

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