(Appetizers on the round loaf - Our recipe)

4 Kiwi fruits
Half a melon
6 green figs
400 g (14 oz) fresh prawns or 200 g (7 oz) precooked frozen prawns
150 g (5 1/2 oz) "prosciutto crudo" (ham), thinly sliced
200 g (7 oz) salami, in a piece
1 round loaf
50 skewers

Time:
preparation: 1 hour
cooking: few minutes
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 147 (kCal) - 617 (kJ)
Protein: 9.7 (g)
Total fat: 7.9 (g)
Total carbohydrate: 10.0 (g)
Sugars: 10.0 (g)

These appetizers are to be made just before serving in order to avoid fruit loses its freshness. But you can anticipate preparation time for some ingredients.
For example the round loaf can be scooped, taking a bit of the soft part away but you can let it entire. The skewers are to be stuck into the bread. The round loaf can be placed on a round dish or on a wood trencher.
Salami can be cut into big dices; you can divide the slices of "prosciutto crudo" into two or three pieces; chill both till final preparation.
Fresh prawns can be boiled in salted water until shells turn pink (1-3 minutes) or grilled (10 minutes); when they are cold, twist and pull the head from the body, peel away the shell from the body and, using a sharp knife, slit the back along the entire curve to remove the intestinal vein; pull out the black thread with a knife or the fingers. If you have little time, buy precooked frozen prawns; boil them for 1 minute, let them get cool and then peel away the shell from the body.
On the contrary fruit must be cut just a little before serving. Don't buy fruit too ripe; it is difficult, in this case, to put pieces on the skewers without breaking them. See our picture for the size of the pieces.
The ingredients must be alternated on the skewers; combine them in the following ways: figs with salami, melon with prosciutto, prawns with kiwi fruits. You'll have three kinds of appetizers!

The round loaf isn't included in the nutrition fact.

What's the right cocktail?
Our suggestion is: " Italian Prosecco" or a cocktail based on sparkling wine (not brut) and grapefruit.

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