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Easy hedgehog canapé skewers

Easy hedgehog canapé skewers served on a tray

Easy hedgehog canapé skewers

Name: Easy hedgehog canapé skewers
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes 36 skewers
Ingredients: 1 grapefruit or 1/2 large cucumber, for the hedgehog (optional); 12 mozzarella pearls; 1 tsp pesto; 2-3 tbsp olive oil; 12 small cherry tomatoes; 12 basil leaves; 2 pineapple rings, each cut into 6; 50g medium cheddar cut into 12 small cubes; 50g red leicester cut into 12 small cubes; 12 cooked and shelled prawns; ½ lemon juiced; ½ cucumber cut into 2 even chunks and shaved into ribbons; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 36 bamboo (or reusable) short skewers or long toothpicks

Lulu Grimes

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Makes 36 skewers

Easy

Prep: 35 mins

No cook

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Make these crowd-pleasing hedgehog canapé skewers for a party. With tomato and mozzarella, cheese and pineapple, and prawn and cucumber options, they're perfect for a family gathering

Gluten-free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 grapefruit

or 1/2 large cucumber, for the hedgehog (optional)
12 mozzarella pearls
1 tsp pesto
2-3 tbsp olive oil
12 small cherry tomatoes
12 basil

leaves
2 pineapple

rings, each cut into 6
50g medium cheddar

cut into 12 small cubes
50g red leicester

cut into 12 small cubes
12 cooked and shelled prawns
½ lemon

juiced
½ cucumber

cut into 2 even chunks and shaved into ribbons
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp sesame seeds

You will need

36 bamboo

(or reusable) short skewers or long toothpicks

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal34
fat3g
saturates1g
carbs1g
sugars1g
fibre0.2g
protein2g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

To make a hedgehog to push the skewers into, use a grapefruit with the base trimmed flat, or use a cucumber to make a longer holder.
step 2

For mozzarella & tomato skewers, tip the mozzarella into a bowl, mix the pesto with the olive oil and pour it over the cheese. Wrap a basil leaf around each mozzarella pearl and thread onto the skewers alternating with the tomatoes.
step 3

For the cheese & pineapple skewers, sandwich a piece of pineapple between a piece of cheddar and a piece of red leicester on a skewer. If you want to be very neat, trim the pineapple to match the cheese (eat the offcuts).
step 4

To make prawn skewers, put the prawns in a bowl and squeeze over the lemon, and season with pepper, but not salt. Tip the cucumber into a bowl, add the sesame oil and seeds and toss together. Fold a cucumber ribbon and push it onto a skewer, followed by a prawn and another cucumber ribbon.
step 5

Push all the skewers into your hedgehog or arrange them on a platter, keeping each type separate.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2019

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