Entertaining

Fig Almond Filled Prosciutto Cups Recipe

December 26, 2012

By Christina Stanley

servings: 10 – 12 appetizers
prep time: 10 minutes
cook time: 15 minutes
total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

3 ounces of prosciutto, thinly sliced
¼ cup fig jam or fig butter
1/8 cup sliced almonds

Preparation:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Step 2: Cut prosciutto slices in half. Place one half of each prosciutto slice in each cup of a mini muffin tin, making sure to overlap the meat to cover up an gaps or holes.

Step 3: Bake prosciutto in oven until crisp, about 15 minutes.

Step 4: Remove muffin tin from oven. Using a fork, release the prosciutto cups from the tin and place onto a plate to cool completely.

Step 5: Once cups are cooled, scoop about 1/2 teaspoon of fig jam into each cup and top with a sprinkling of sliced almonds.

Christina Stanley-Salerno is a recipe developer, food stylist, photographer and blogger at TakeBackYourTable.com. She has an intense passion for the family meal and as a work-at-home mother of two growing boys, knows first-hand the challenges of trying to get a meal on the table. Before going freelance, she was on-staff at Every Day with Rachael Ray where she had the pleasure of working alongside some of the best in the food business. She is now a full-time work at home mom, writing recipes for everyone from Momtastic to Parents.com. Creating simple, quick and healthy meals is her specialty and her trick to keeping the family meal a reality, even on busy weeknights.
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