Salami Stacks

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, soften
• 3 ounces dried apricots, diced
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1/2 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 16 dry salami, slice, danish
• 4 3/4 ounces dried apricots (extra)

Recipe

• 1 reserve 3 tablespoons of soften cream cheese, leave at room temperature.
• 2 stir 3 oz diced apricots, mayonnaise, and tabasco into remaining cream cheese.
• 3 lay 4 salami slices on a clean board.
• 4 spread a heaped teaspoon of cheese mixture on each slice, making sure it is spread right to the edge.
• 5 place second salami slice on top and spread as above.
• 6 repeat with one more slice and top with the fourth slice.
• 7 place on a flat plate, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• 8 take the extra 4 3/4 oz of very finely chopped apricots and spread on wax paper in a 1/2 inch-wide strip.
• 9 lightly spread reserved cream cheese around the sides of the salami stacks.
• 10 roll the sides of the stacks over the chopped apricots, pressing well.
• 11 cover and refrigerate.
• 12 to serve, cut each stack into 6 triangles.
• 13 place a toothpick in center of each and arrange on platter.