Italian Recipes

Any Itialian meal would not be complete without starting off with appetizers or Antipasti as Italians call it. That being said, let us start this blog, Italian Recipes with this simple antipasti recipe.

This simple recipe we have for you is an amazing way to wet the palate for a great Italian meal. The good thing about this recipe is the ability of dried apcricot’s sweetness to balance out the salty flavor of the prosciutto. This is perfect both as an antipastoor just as a party food. If you choose to serve this as an antipasto, you will need to increase the recipe substantially.

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

* 8 dried apricots
* Brandy
* 1/4 lb (100 g) fresh mild cheese, cut into 8 pieces
* 4 slices prosciutto, cut in half lengthwise
* 4 wooden skewers

Preparation:
Start by soaking the apricots in brandy for 10 mins. After that is done, open the apricots up as you would a book using a knife. Put a piece of the cheese you cut previously at the center of each apricot then roll the apricot around it. After that, get a piece of prosciutto and wrap it around the apricots then put two of those into a skewer to keep them together.

Broil the skewers for a couple of minutes. You may choose to bake them for 2 minutes in a 500 F (250 C) preheated oven.

Some options/alternatives:
-Use smoke ham or speck instead of prosciutto
-add half an almond or walnut to the the cheese

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