Easy Italian Pinwheels with Cream Cheese

These Italian Pinwheels with cream cheese are made with Italian cured meats, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and a tangy cream cheese mixture made with pepper relish (hoagie spread.)

Italian pinwheels (rollup sandwiches) are a delicious, easy-to-make finger food perfect for parties, beach days or a day at the pool. It’s good when you’re hosting and can grab a pinwheel on the way to getting the rest of the food out.

What I love about this recipe is the tanginess that the hoagie spread gives to the cream cheese mixture. Hoagie spread is a peppper relish made with hot and sweet peppers that are finely chopped with onions and garlic that are pickled in vinegar and oil. It comes in hot or mild.

I mix the hoagie spread, which is popular on the East Coast, with cream cheese, sour cream, onion powder and oregano for a tangy, creamy mixture that enhances the flavors of the Italian cured meats and provolone cheese.

It’s like a leveled up Italian hoagie (or sub) pinwheel style! It’s great for a grab-and-go snack, party trays or anytime you want finger food.

Make them in the morning and take them along to the beach or pool. They’re a tasty, cold lunch or snack item on a hot day.

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Where to find cured Italian meats

You can find Italian cured meats near the deli department in a grocery store. That’s where I’ve always found the prepackaged cured Italian meats. However, you can find them in the deli too.

Italian Pinwheels with Cream Cheese

Makes 8 pieces. The full, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post where you can adjust the servings. Double or triple this recipe for parties.

Ingredients

• large (burrito size) flour tortilla (10″-14″)
• cherry tomatoes
• romaine lettuce
• cured salami slices
• cured prosciutto slices
• provolone cheese slices

Cream Cheese Mixture

• cream cheese (softened)
• sour cream
• hoagie spread or pepper relish
• onion power
• oregano

Instructions Summary

1. First, cut up cherry tomatoes and lettuce.
2. Next, in a mixing bowl mix cream cheese, sour cream, hoagie spread, onion powder, and oregano until well blended.
3. Next, spread the cream cheese mixture evenly onto the tortilla.
4. Then, add the provolone cheese, salami, and prosciutto.
5. Next, add the chopped lettuce and tomatoes.
6. Then, roll the tortilla and let it sit in the refrigerator for about an hour.
7. Next, cut the tortilla into one inch wide pieces.

Make this delicious Italian Pinwheel recipe for game day parties, pool parties, BBQs or anytime you want tasty finger food that’s easy-to-make.

Substitutions

• Use capocola ham instead of the proscuitto.
• Use regular tomatoes instead of cherry tomatoes
• Green leaf lettuce can be substituted for romaine lettuce.

Therefore, this tasty Italian Pinwheels with Cream Cheese recipe is easy and tasty for lunch with chips or a salad. It’s a nice refreshing, cold snack to take to the beach or pool in the summertime.

Serve this delicious finger food that’s perfect for game day parties, showers, BBQs and holiday parties to your friends and family but, make extra because they’ll devour them.

I took this recipe to Weekend Potluck.