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For an easy lunch or appetizer idea, make elegant Spicy Salami Pinwheels, rolled into delicate roses.

Salami slices arranged as rose shapes on a light plate, each with a tortilla base and garnished with fresh green basil leaves—perfect bites for food recipes or elegant party dishes.

These salami rolls require only flour tortilla wraps, full-fat cream cheese, Italian spicy salami, and mild red cheddar.

To make them, spread the softened cream cheese onto the tortillas. Cut the tortillas into strips, top with red cheddar and halved salami slices. Roll the strips tightly, then fold the salami over to resemble roses.

A hand holds a skewer with slices of pepperoni and cheese arranged like a rose, garnished with a basil leaf. These creative bites look as beautiful as they taste, with more edible roses displayed on a light blue plate in the background.

Recipe Tip

Use toothpicks to hold the pinwheels together if needed.

Enjoy these perfectly bite-sized salami and cream cheese pinwheels as appetizers at your next dinner party, lunch, or picnic. Your friends and family will love them!

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Six rolled slices of pepperoni arranged as roses on a plate with small green basil leaves, resembling a bouquet of flowers—perfect for creative food recipes or appetizer bites.

Servings: pinwheels

Spicy Salami Pinwheels

Tortilla pinwheels with cream cheese, red cheddar, and spicy salami roses.

Prep: 20

Cook: 0

Total: 20

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Ingredients

Instructions

Spread cream cheese onto a tortilla.
Cut the tortilla into strips.
Trim red cheddar into strips.
Halve the salami slices.
Top a tortilla strip with red cheddar.
Place three overlapping salami halves along the tortilla strip so the top of the salami sticks out.
Roll together two salami halves to make a little rose.
Place the rose on the right side of the tortilla and roll it (rose first) into a pinwheel. Some of the salami or cheese may extend out from the wheel. Secure this with cream cheese or cut it off.
Stick a basil leaf at the end of the pinwheel.
Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 165kcal, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 32mg, Sodium: 540mg, Potassium: 94mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 209IU, Calcium: 91mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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