Prosciutto and Cantaloupe Canapés
Recipe
(serves 8 to 10)
Ingredients:
Mild Garlic Butter:
5
1/2 lb/ 250 g
Canapes:
1/2
6 oz/ 200 g
garlic cloves,
unpeeled
soft butter
few drops Tabasco sauce
few drops lemon juice
cantaloupe
thinly sliced prosciutto
slice of baguette, toasted
lemon juice
freshly ground pepper
Method:
Blanch unpeeled
garlic cloves in boiling water for 6 minutes.
Drain and peel. Puree cloves.
Place pureed garlic in bowl with
butter, Tabasco and lemon juice. Mix well.
Cut half cantaloupe into
quarters. Re-cut each quarter into 1-in (2.5 cm)
wide pieces. Set aside.
Spread garlic butter over toasted
baguette slices. Top with prosciutto and piece
of cantaloupe. Sprinkle canapes with few drops
of lemon juice. Season with freshly ground
pepper.
