A totally delicious recipe for a homemade hors d’oeuvre.
A fabulously flavorful canapé to serve at your next party – these are totally yummy, with just the right amount of spice. Adapted by YummyEats, based on a recipe from “The Southern Heritage Company’s Coming! Cookbook”. If you want to make these the day before, you can – just reheat on a baking sheet at 350 degrees for 10 minutes and serve. Perhaps slightly less crispy as when they are first made, but still really, really good.
Creole Canapés
Hot appetizer recipe, great morsel for parties and holiday cooking.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Ham, minced
- 1 medium Onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 2 medium Roma Tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 medium-size Green Bell Pepper, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/8 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
- 8 slices White Bread
- 3 tablespoons Butter, melted
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prep (mince and chop) your ham, onion, garlic, tomatoes, and green bell pepper.
- Heat 1 Tablespoon butter in a large skillet, then saute ham, onion and garlic for 3 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, green pepper, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper - cook over medium heat for 15 minutes until liquid is absorbed. (This will be your topping and it should be quite condensed after the 15 minutes.)
- Remove the crust from each slice of bread, then cut each slice into 1 x 3-inch strips (for regular-sized bread slices, I cut this into 3 strips per slice.)
- Place the bread strips on an ungreased baking sheet and brush each piece with the melted butter.
- Toast in your 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes (or until the edges are turning golden - the bread should be nice and toasty in texture).
- Spread the ham mixture over the bread strips; sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes and serve hot. Delish.
Be sure to serve these hot, they are really tasty!
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