Jalapeno Bites (Marie Sansom)

Ingredients:

9 Jalapenos
1 pkg cream cheese
6 slices of prosciutto (cut into thirds widthwise)


Directions:

Wearing gloves (to avoid unnecessary contact with jalapeno seeds and juices) cut off the stems of the jalapenos and then also cut them in half lengthwise. Using a spoon scrap out insides of the jalapeno, seeds and all. Then rinse the jalapenos twice in cold water and set on paper towel to dry. Remove gloves and with bare hands fill jalapeno halves with as much or as little cream cheese as you like. Note cream cheese helps to cut the heat of the jalapenos. Once cream cheese has been added to all of the halves, wrap a piece of prosciutto around each jalapeno half and then stick a toothpick through the center to secure the prosciutto in place.

Time to make is about 20min and recipe yields 18 Jalapeno Bites