Easy Appetizer Recipes
Simple Breadstick - Ham Roll Up Appetizer Recipe
This is such a simple recipe to make. Perhaps you were already thinking about serving breadsticks to your guests as an appetizer. The following recipe uses sesame seeds, basil and cayenne to give the breadsticks a delicious coating and then they are wrapped in cream cheese-coated honey roast ham slices. This is an easy appetizer but a really nice one.
You have probably tried ham and cheese rolls appetizer recipes before but what about making this honey roast ham roll up appetizer recipe for your next buffet, dinner party or cocktail party. You can serve snacks like this at thanksgiving or new year's eve and they are sure to be very much appreciated. Don't use the cayenne pepper if you want these to be really mild but add it if you prefer a bit of a kick to your appetizers. Actually the cayenne contrasts nicely with the creaminess of the chive and onion cream cheese so it might be best to add it to the recipe.
If you wrap the ham around the breadsticks straight after baking them they will be warm, which is actually the best way to serve this tasty ham appetizer. You can let them cool down, if you prefer, but they are really good warm because they smell nicer and the cool cream cheese and ham contrast well with the warm breadsticks. Breadsticks can be made or bought but by combining refrigerated breadsticks with sesame seeds, basil and cayenne they will have a homemade look and flavor, which is really good and goes nicely with the overall feel of these easy party appetizers.
Honey Roast Ham Wrapped Sesame Breadsticks
Ingredients -
22 oz refrigerated breadsticks (2 tubes)
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
2 tablespoons melted butter
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons dried basil
½ cup softened chive and onion flavor cream cheese
20 slices shaved honey roasted ham (6 oz)
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Unroll the breadsticks and separate them.
Brush them with the melted butter.
Mix the basil, cayenne pepper and sesame seeds and sprinkle this mixture over the breadsticks.
Bake them for about 10 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Spread the cream cheese over the ham and wrap a slice of ham around each breadstick.
Serve immediately.
(Makes 20)
Photo Description:
Often the simplest recipes are the ones that people most want and the ones that vanish the quickest from the buffet table. Take this ham appetizers recipe, for instance. This is a very basic recipe and anyone looking at this ham appetizer sees a piece of ham wrapped around a breadstick. They won't know about the onion and chive cream cheese until they taste them or about the cayenne and basil breadstick coating but people like to help themselves to simple-looking snacks, so this one will be popular. If you are looking for an easy ham roll up appetizer recipe, this one is highly recommended, not only for its ease of preparation but also for its well balanced flavor and the fact that everyone will enjoy its combination of meatiness, creaminess and crunchy bread center.
