Prosciutto & Melon Lollipops
This is a fun, classy & easy summer hors d’oeuvres and it involves only 3 ingredients: ripe melon, grissini (those thin, Italian breadsticks) and thinly sliced prosciutto (or substitute with my personal favorite, jamon serrano).
***Feel free to use multiple colors of melon in this recipe. My favorites are cantaloupe, honeydew, galia, water melon, etc.
First cut the grissini into 3-4” lengths and then loosely 3/4 of the cut bread stick with a strip of the thinly sliced ham. The unwrapped 1/4 portion will be the handle for the hors d’oeuvres.
With a Parisian Scoop (aka melon-baller) scoop out melon balls. With the flat side of the melon ball on the cutting board, push a hole into the apex of each ball with a grissini stick.
Place the ham-wrapped grissini into each hole to form a lollipop so that the unwrapped portion is facing up and there is some ham loosely flowing off the bottom of the stick. Be sure to eat the lollipops within 6 minutes or the bread starts to become soggy.
