Ham & Pistachio Roll-Ups

These Roll-Ups are held together with heavy cream and cream cheese mixed with crab and pistachios. It almost has a sweet flavor and is the perfect contrast with the savory ham. The filling adds tons of flavor and gives the roll-ups a little texture. A delicious bite-size appetizer that can be dressed up on a nice platter or served as a snack on a paper plate.

How to make Ham & Pistachio Roll-Ups

Ingredients

• 4 slices thin, good quality cold-boiled ham slices (large pieces)
• 2 tablespoons crab meat
• 1 package cream cheese, 3 oz.
• 1/2 – 3/4 cups finely chopped pistachio or walnut meats
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery

Ingredients

How To Make ham & pistachio roll-ups

• Place the cream cheese in a bowl along with one tablespoon of heavy cream. Mix until creamy.
• Add the crab meat, celery, and nuts all finely chopped.
• Lay ham out flat. Spread each slice with 3 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture.
• Roll ham into a spiral.
• Cover with plastic wrap and chill until ready to serve.
• Cut each ham roll into 4 – 5 pieces. Enjoy!

Tips and Tricks

• Use room temperature cream cheese. The best part of these roll ups is the spread in them. It is near impossible to make that well if your cream cheese isn’t room temperature.
• Spread the filling well. Make sure to spread the cream cheese filling all the way to the edges of the tortilla. It will help the roll up stay together after rolling.
• Do not put the ham all the way at the edge. As you can see pictured above, we leave a ring of filling exposed when we add the ham. This also helps the roll up hold together.
• Refrigerating before slicing. A key step in this recipe is to refrigerate the ham and cream cheese roll ups before slicing. The reason for this is while we use room temperature cream cheese to make the filling and construct them, we want it to be nice and cold when slicing. This helps the roll ups stay together. Refrigerate for at least four hours before slicing. It works really well to make these the night before a get together and slice them right before serving.