Summer is a time for backyard parties! You don’t even need to be celebrating anything more specific than the opportunity to gather outside under cloudless skies!
The next time you’re asked to bring something to share, consider these little tastebud tantalizers.
The sweet/salty combination will disappear so quickly, you’d think they were held together by a magic wand instead of a skewer!
Ingredients:
10 small wooden skewers
20 melon balls (or 20 cubes of melon) (about 1/2 of a cantaloupe)
10 fresh basil leaves
10 balls or cubes of fresh mozzarella cheese
10 strips of prosciutto
* Balsamic Glaze for drizzling.
Directions:
Cut melon in half, discard pulp and seeds, use melon baller to make 20 balls.
Cut prosciutto in half length-wise to double the number of strips.
Rinse fresh basil springs.
Thread onto skewers in order of melon, basil, mozzarella, prosciutto, melon.
Drizzle with balsamic glaze.
Serve.
* Balsamic reduction/glaze is easily made by combining equal measures of Balsamic Vinegar and Honey. Heat over medium until mixture is reduced by half. Allow to cool then drizzle over skewers. (1/3 cup each is plenty for 10 skewers.)
Now that I’ve laid it all out for you, I’m going to pose a question… How delicious do you think this would be as a salad?
I’d make the melon smaller, by cutting the balls in half (or making smaller cubes), halving the fresh mozzarella, and tearing both the basil leaves and the prosciutto into bite sized pieces then combining. A drizzle of the reduced balsamic glaze just before serving sounds divine to me!
