Italian pinwheel
Easy to do Italian pinwheel with familiar ingredients to create adorable looking pinwheels of colors. Also include a twist of avocado wheels for variation. Perfect decorative appetizer for any large gathering, or make smaller batch for packed lunch
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 8 tortillas choose different colors
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 Tbsp Italian seasoning
- 24 slices ham
- 24 slices salami
- 8 slices provolone cheese
- 8 slices cheddar
- 4 slices bacon cooked
- 1 large ripe avocado
- 1 sprig cilantro
- 1/2 lime
- 1 Tbsp finely chopped onion
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1/4 cup banana peppers
- 1 lettuce or spinach equivalent
Instructions
- Thinly/deli slice all tomato and peppers, remove stem from spinach or shred lettuce.
- In another bowl, combine cream cheese and Italian seasoning, marsh and whisk them well.
- Cut, remove seeds and scoop out avocado flesh.
- Smash avocado, and mix with 1 Tbsp finely chopped onion, dash of salt and squeeze some lime juice in as well.
- Lay a piece of tortilla on a flat surface, then spread cream cheese all over tortilla surface.
- Arrange ham, salami, cheese and vegetable on top of cream cheese while leaving about 1 inch of the outer perimeter.
- Carefully roll until the very end, use your finger to tuck and adhere the wrapper.
- Repeat the above steps, but used avocado & bacon instead to variate color and flavor.
- Chilled in fridge for 30 minutes to an hour to set the shape and firm up. You can singly-wrapped each to keep them from drying too.
- Place toothpicks, spacing about 1 inch apart along the roll. Cut through between toothpicks with a serrate knife to create the pinwheel.