Recipes

Apples On Horseback

Name: Apples On Horseback
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 16 thin slices of pancetta; 1 Pink Lady apple—peeled and cut into 16 wedges; 3 ounces Manchego cheese, sliced 1/4 inch thick and cut into 2-by-1/2-inch sticks; Sixteen 2-inch rosemary sprigs or toothpicks, for skewers

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These simple, delicious hors d'oeuvres are just apples with cheese and pancetta. Slideshow: 30 Minute Hors d'Oeuvres

By Grace Parisi

Updated on April 19, 2021

Apples On Horseback — Photo: © Christina Holmes

Total Time:

30 mins

Yield:

16 pieces

Ingredients

16 thin slices of pancetta
1 Pink Lady apple—peeled and cut into 16 wedges
3 ounces Manchego cheese, sliced 1/4 inch thick and cut into 2-by-1/2-inch sticks
Sixteen 2-inch rosemary sprigs or toothpicks, for skewers

Directions

Preheat a grill pan. Arrange the pancetta slices on a work surface and place an apple wedge and a cheese stick in the center of each slice. Wrap the pancetta around the filling and secure with a rosemary sprig or toothpick.
Grill the skewers until the pancetta is golden and crispy and the cheese is melted, 5 to 6 minutes. Serve hot.

Suggested Pairing

Lively, fruit-forward sparkling wine: NV Juvé y Camps Brut Nature Cava.