Prosciutto Melts

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Ingredients

• 30 thin slices of baguette
• 15 very thinly sliced pieces of prosciutto
• 30 very thin slices of goats cheese
• thyme
• olive oil
• salt and pepper

More from the crostini family! Some people find the taste of goats cheese a bit strong (it's fairly similar to blue cheese), so if you're making this for people who don't like it that much, feel free to substitute a milder tasting cheese. I personally think the strength of the flavour of the cheese cuts through the saltiness of the prosciutto very well, but that's just me. :p (Makes 30)

Edit: Changed the recipe a bit. This way gives better flavour.

1. Preheat oven to 150°C. Place the slices of baguette on a baking tray and drizzle lightly with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 4 minutes on one side, then remove, and set aside on a wire rack to cool.
2. Cut the prosciutto slices in half lengthwise, and set aside.
3. Bash up a good handful of thyme leaves in your mortar & pestle, and then add in a few glugs of olive oil. Rub the thyme-oil onto both sides of each prosciutto slice.
4. Wrap each piece of goats cheese in a strip of prosciutto. (The cheese should stick out a little bit from the prosciutto - the ones I used in the picture were a bit short.) Place each prosciutto-cheese bundle atop a toasted baguette slice. (The baguette slices should be arranged toasted side DOWN on the tray, i.e. the bundle should go onto the untoasted side.)
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the tray of prosciutto melts into the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the prosciutto is crisp and the goats cheese has melted (it should be a bit oozy).
6. Garnish with another sprinkling of thyme leaves, and serve immediately.

Note: Steps 1 - 3 can be performed in advance and the trays can be set aside till just before the guests arrive.

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  tommy says

  Are you having a party over there?

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  rachel says

  had one a while back, didn't have time to post the recipes till now. well, actually i still don't have time now but oh well.

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  dubow says

  THIS I can have..... :D yummy piglets!

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  rachel says

  haha yeah, your "help i don't eat beef :(" comment made me decide to post this one too. wasn't gonna do it for a couple of days. oh well! ;p

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  telliecoin says

  YUM! :D Looks like really yummy finger food for a party

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  iconsam says

  I want to go to your parties. Or better yet, you should cater the food for OUR WEDDING RECEPTION.

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  dubow says

  You are doing the catering for my wedding! K? K.

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  JaiLovesCake says

  what?? dubow??!? i tought I was gonna do that! I already bought large bags of Doritos to serve at your reception :( . and all the popcorn........

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  iconsam says

  Dubow, you'll be better of getting a box of Twinkies and Ho-Ho's.

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  rachel says

  wow. hahahahha. i have no words. except... iconsam i'm not marrying you! SLAVE DRIVER!

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  dubow says

  Jai> you are on the sweets man! THAT chocolate cake... I WANT! Iconsam> Twinkies are in the party bags...got it all covered! Now.... *looks down my list* we just need a groom...anyone? anyone? Bueller?

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  Squishy says

  Delicious Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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  tjr says

  There is are plenty of goat cheese varieties, some mild, some strong, etc. If I were doing a crostini, I probably wouldn't cook the proscuitto, nor the goat cheese (especially not if it's soft). Something like proscuitto and Pecorino on crostini is great, and if you do want to go the melted cheese angle, you could always make something like a thick gruyère sauce and drizzle it over top.

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  rachel says

  try it though - i was never a big fan of cooking prosciutto either, but this one's really great.

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