Skip to Content

Caprese Tortellini Skewers

Turn your favorite salad into a moving appetizer with these caprese tortellini skewers. They are a great appetizer for parties and barbecues. Who doesn’t love food on a stick?

caprese-tortellini-skewers-2

A little mozzarella, basil, and tomato and it’s so easy right? I called my cousin and was telling her about it and how excited I was that it rhymed… and then she very kindly informed me that I was pronouncing Caprese wrong.

It’s not Ca-prease-zee. It’s ca-prey-zay. Or something like that.

Caprese Tortellini Skewers are a fun appetizer on a stick! Perfect for parties and barbecues. | honeyandbirch.com
Caprese Tortellini Skewers are a fun appetizer on a stick! Perfect for parties and barbecues. | honeyandbirch.com

Fail. Luckily for me, it’s written and people just assumed that I know the correct way to pronounce it. Or, they also don’t know how to pronounce it and I looked clever. That worked too. And now the cat is out of the bag.

I have a problem pronouncing antipasto as well. Actually, I also have a hard time typing it and was very glad I had spell check when I wrote up my antipasto skewers. Always want to say “antipasta” but that could be because I really like noodles.

So anyway,  I was looking through my old posts when I came across my “Ey-zay” Caprese salad recipe and it got me thinking. Why not make it again, but just a little different this time with some leftover tortellini that was chilling in the refrigerator. And this food on a stick was born.

Caprese Tortellini Skewers are a fun appetizer on a stick! Perfect for parties and barbecues. | honeyandbirch.com

Caprese Tortellini Skewers

I just can’t help it – I love food on a stick. I don’t really think I’m the only one – there is just something about being able to walk around with your food! Anyway, this Caprese tortellini skewers recipe is the perfect use for any leftover tortellini you may have. You can, of course, make tortellini just for this recipe – just don’t make an entire package or anything. Otherwise, you will have lots of leftover tortellini.

I found a gorgeous container of heirloom cherry tomatoes at the store and they are what sparked this recipe idea. I ran over to the cheese department and picked up a  little fresh mozzarella. Then I flew home and harvested the basil from my garden (always have basil in your garden.) We were good-to-go.

Caprese Tortellini Skewers are a fun appetizer on a stick! Perfect for parties and barbecues. | honeyandbirch.com
Caprese Tortellini Skewers are a fun appetizer on a stick! Perfect for parties and barbecues. | honeyandbirch.com
Caprese Tortellini Skewers

Caprese Tortellini Skewers

Yield: 8
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

Turn your favorite salad into a moving appetizer with these Caprese tortellini skewers. They are a great appetizer for parties and barbecues.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 24 fresh mozzarella balls
  • 16 cooked tortellini
  • 16 cherry/grape tomatoes
  • 16 basil leaves
  • salt

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil and vinegar with a whisk. Marinate the mozzarella balls in the oil/vinegar mixture for 10 minutes.
  2. Assemble your skewers. Take a wooden or metal skewer in hand. On each skewer, slide 3 mozzarella balls, 2 tortellini, 2 tomatoes and 2 basil leaves. Repeat until all ingredients are on skewers. Drizzle leftover mozzarella marinade over the skewers and sprinkle with salt.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 766Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 123mgSodium: 1176mgCarbohydrates: 88gFiber: 6gSugar: 9gProtein: 39g

Did you make this recipe?

Please leave a comment on the blog or share a photo on Instagram

Sharing is caring!

Karly

Tuesday 4th of August 2015

What a great party dish! Thanks for linking up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!

Kim~madeinaday

Tuesday 28th of July 2015

These look amazing! What a great thing to take to a party~! Thank you so much for linking up to Merry Monday this week! I am sharing your post today on my FB page and on my Party Food Pin Board! We hope to see you next week for another great party! Have a great week! Best, Kim

Christine from Cook the Story

Monday 27th of July 2015

This is such a fresh and easy appetizer. Perfect for summer parties!

Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom

Monday 27th of July 2015

Jenny, ,these are PERFECT! I don;t know a party that these would not be a hit at! Pinned!

Dini @ The Flavor Bender

Sunday 26th of July 2015

That's awesome Jenny! :) I didn't know how to pronounce caprese before either! :D Thankfully it was the one time I embarrassed myself! I love that you used tortellini in these too... Sending some foodie love!

Jenny B

Monday 27th of July 2015

Thanks for the foodie love!! :)

Comments are closed.
Skip to Recipe