an Italian starter for a meal; normally a cold assortment of salami, cheese, seafood and vegetables
Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil. an Italian dish consisting of cold meat or vegetables that you eat before the main part of a meal
Italian cold appetizer assortment Antipasto is the Italian word for snacks served before a meal These are dishes to peak one's appetite, not quench it This may consist of one or more dishes of all types of food Common elements of an antipasto table are cured meats and salamis, olives, marinated vegetables, and cheese