Keto Salami Cheese Appetizer

This keto salami cheese appetizer is incredibly delicious and incredibly easy to make! It will be a crowd pleaser every time you serve it!

We combine cheese, salami, red peppers, and cornichons with a quick and easy vinaigrette to make this tasty keto salami cheese appetizer. You can easily make this dish as mild or as spicy as you’d like! This dish can be served immediately, or you can make it a day or two ahead of time.

Let’s talk about our main ingredients!

The base for this dish is cheese and salami. I used all colby jack cheese, but you have some great substitution options for the cheese or combination of cheese you use. Some great options include cheddar, colby, gouda, havarti, mozzarella, provolone, and Swiss cheese. If you want to add a little heat, you could use pepper jack cheese. I cubed my cheese and cut my salami into bite sized pieces. I added a chopped red bell pepper to this dish, but you can use any color or color combination of bell peppers you’d like. Last, I added cornichon pickles to this dish. Cornichons are small pickles which are seasoned, giving them a nice tangy and sometimes slightly sweet flavor. They’re also the perfect size for this appetizer. Alternately, you can use small dill pickles or can use larger pickles and chop them into bite sized pieces.

How do I make the vinaigrette for this keto salami cheese appetizer?

The vinaigrette for this dish in incredibly easy to make and helps to create an amazingly delicious appetizer. To make our vinaigrette, we combine olive oil, white wine vinegar, fresh chopped parsley, Italian seasoning, garlic powder and keto sugar. If you’d like to add some heat to your dish, you can add some red pepper flakes. The amount you add will determine the heat level of your dish. For your vinegar, you could substitute with champagne vinegar if you’d like. You could also use apple cider vinegar. For the keto sugar, I used the Swerve brand, but you can use your favorite brand to make this dish. If you’d prefer, you can add some fresh minced garlic in place of the garlic powder. You can also add some diced red onion or chopped sun dried tomatoes to this dish if you’d like.

What are some ways I can serve this keto salami cheese appetizer?

You have some awesome low carb options for serving this dish. You can serve it as an appetizer, as a snack, or even as a side dish. It’s quick and easy enough to make as a starter or side for everyday meals, but it’s so pretty and also a great choice to serve for holidays, parties, and special occasion meals. If you refrigerate this dish, you’ll want to remove it from the fridge for 10-15 minutes or so before serving. This will allow the solidified olive oil to turn back into its liquid form. You can simply serve this dish with a spoon. It’s also fun to serve with appetizer picks, also known as cocktail picks, or with small wooden skewers. I love serving a variety of appetizers for parties and holidays, and this salami cheese appetizer is always a great addition to the table!

Here are some more quick and easy keto appetizers I think you’ll enjoy!

Easy Layered Guacamole Dip

Keto Pizza Roll Ups

Keto Ranch Roasted Nuts

Low Carb Cucumber Salami Bites

Helpful Hints:

*You can add some heat to this dish by adding red pepper flakes if you’d like.

*After refrigerating, you’ll want to remove this dish from the refrigerator 10-15 minutes before serving which will allow any olive oil which has solidified to return to its liquid form.

Main Equipment and Utensils:

• Mixing bowls
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons

Splash of Encouragement:

***Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 2 Samuel 7:22***