Baked Italian Antipasto Food

MARINATED ROASTED VEGETABLE ANTIPASTO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F
• Arrange vegetables on a baking sheet and brush both sides.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Place in oven and roast for 7 to 8 minutes on each side, or until golden brown.
• When vegetables are cool enough to handle begin layering using a springform pan that has a sheet of parchment paper on the bottom.
• Place eggplant in the bottom of the dish, drizzle with some olive oil, and add some of the garlic.
• Add some of the fresh herbs, and then some olives.
• Sprinkle a little vinegar on top and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Continue to layer vegetables, along with seasonings, adding the peppers next, and then fennel, and finally the zucchini.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let chill at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Release pan and use the parchment to carefully slide onto a serving platter.

ANTIPASTO BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Unroll 1 tube of crescent dough into a long rectangle; press perforations to seal. Press onto bottom and up sides of an ungreased 11x7-in. baking dish., Layer meats and cheeses on dough in the order listed. Whisk eggs and seasonings until well blended; pour into dish. Top with roasted pepper., Unroll remaining tube of dough into a long rectangle; press perforations to seal. Place over filling; pinch seams tight. Brush with beaten egg yolk; cover with foil. Bake 30 minutes; remove foil. Bake until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Let stand 20 minutes.