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Antipasto pasta skewers with creamy pesto drizzle

Antipasto Pasta Skewers with Creamy Pesto Drizzle

3
Points®
Total Time
20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
5 min
Serves
8
Difficulty
Easy
Folks will love these fun pick-up appetizers that combine cheese-filled pasta, turkey pepperoni, mozzarella string cheese, fresh basil, cherry tomatoes, and pickled vegetables. For the pickled element, we use jarred giardiniera, which provides an assortment of carrots, cauliflower, and pearl onions for the skewers. You can assemble the skewers a few hours ahead; store in the fridge with a damp paper towel on top to keep the pasta from drying out. Then drizzle with the pesto sauce shortly before serving.

Ingredients

Store bought cheese tortellini without sauce

6 oz, 32 pieces tortellini

Plain fat free Greek yogurt

2 Tbsp

Reduced-fat pesto sauce

1½ Tbsp

Water

1 Tbsp, to 1 1/2 tbsp

Turkey pepperoni

32 piece(s)

Light mozzarella string cheese

4 stick(s), each cut into 4 pieces

Fresh basil

16 leaf/leaves

Cherry tomatoes

16 medium

Giardiniera (no oil)

1 cup(s), drained

Instructions

  1. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Add the tortellini and cook until just al dente, about 5 minutes. Drain and rinse well with cold water; drain well.
  2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk the yogurt, pesto, and water until the mixture is thin enough to drizzle.
  3. Onto 16 (6- to 8-in) skewers, alternately thread 2 tortellini pieces, 2 pepperoni pieces, 1 cheese piece wrapped with basil, 1 tomato, and 1 giardiniera piece (carrot, onion, or cauliflower). Arrange skewers on a platter; drizzle with sauce.
  4. Serving size: 2 skewers

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