Quick & Easy Meatball Bocconcini Appetizers

I created this quick & easy appetizer for a dinner I was hosting and didn't want to do something that had to be heated beforehand.  Since it is a cold app, it's a great summer app, but because of the colours, it makes a great Christmas app as well.

You can either make the meatballs from scratch yourself (recipe in a previous post), or you can buy pre-made, already cooked meatballs (de-frosted first).

These always go fast.

Meatball Bocconcini Appetizers

Recipe by Fluudbloggler

Yield: 40

Ingredients

• 20 Mini Bocconcini
• 20 Cooked mini meatballs
• 20 Cherry Tomatoes
• 20 Fresh Basil Leaves
• 1/4 cup Tomato sauce

Cooking Directions

1. Place a small circle of tomato sauce (about 1/2 tsp each) 40 times on a large planner.
   
    
2. Cut the meatballs in half.
   
3. Cut the bocconcini in half, and place on paper towel to drain liquid.
   
4. Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
   
5. Place half meatball on the tomato sauce circles.
   
6. Pull from plant individual basil leaves.  Cutting extra large leaves in half.
   
7. With a large toothpick or cocktail stick, spear tomato, then bocconcini then basil leaf, then 
   
8. Spear into meatballs. 
   
9.  Refrigerate until ready to use.