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Simple Cheese and Cucumber Nibbles
If you want to make easy party appetizers, sometimes threading ingredients on to toothpicks or skewers does the job perfectly. If you thought fancy appetizer recipes had to be difficult to make, then that is not always the case. If you can chop some cheese and cucumber, you can make these delicious cucumber and cheese nibbles. Add some cured ham and black olives and you have colorful and appetizing snacks which everyone will love.
Of course, like many other easy appetizer recipes, this is one you can adapt as much or as little as you want. You can make the recipe exactly as it is written or you can change it. Perhaps you fancy swapping the brie for something similar like camembert. You could even use mozzarella, feta, or cheddar, or go in a totally different direction and opt for blue cheese.
The ham can be exchanged for anchovies or shrimp, and green olives would be just as nice as black olives, or you could add a pineapple chunk instead. Use this recipe as your basic guideline, swapping any or all of the ingredients to come up with your own combinations.
Perhaps you have some chorizo to use up, or a block of feta cheese you want to feature in the recipe. Try adding some sundried tomatoes or cherry tomatoes. If you are using anything large, you will need to chop it. All the ingredients on the skewer should be more or less the same size, so they look better and are easy to eat.
Brie and Cured Ham Bites
Ingredients -
1 sliced cucumber
6 oz chopped brie cheese
4 chopped slices cured ham
½ drained jar black olives
Preparation:
Thread the cucumber, ham, brie cheese, and olives on to toothpicks or short skewers.
Chill until required.
(Serves 10)
Recipe Ham Bites Appetizer
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These easy party appetizers could not be simpler to put together. All you need are some toothpicks or skewers, as well as brie cheese, cucumber, olives and ham, and you can assemble these little treats in no time. If you want something basic to accompany your fancy appetizer recipes on the buffet table, then why not make these? The creamy cheese, crunchy cucumber, salty olives, and meaty ham all contrast and combine well, and this is easy-to-eat finger food at its finest. You can make these little appetizers up to several hours ahead, and you can also adapt the recipe, using different ingredients if you want.
