Honeyed Cantaloupe with Prosciutto and Wisconsin Blue Cheese
- 1 cup honey
- 2 fresh rosemary sprigs
- 2 cups vegetable oil
- 8 thin slices prosciutto
- 2 ripe cantaloupes
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 cup (6 ounces) crumbled Virgin Pine Blue Cheese
Instructions:
This Honeyed Cantaloupe with Prosciutto and Wisconsin Blue Cheese makes an incredible appetizer.
- Warm the honey and the rosemary in a small saucepan on low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside for 2 to 3 hours. Remove the rosemary sprigs.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a deep skillet on medium-high heat. Fry the prosciutto until crisp, about 1 minute. Drain and cool on a paper towel-lined plate.
- Peel the cantaloupes. Cut in half and scoop out the seeds. With a very sharp knife, slice both cantaloupes as thinly as possible.
- To serve the cantaloupe, arrange 4 or 5 slices on each of eight plates. Drizzle with the olive oil, and season with the salt and pepper. For each plate, crumble one piece of prosciutto and sprinkle over the cantaloupe slices. Top with the blue cheese. Drizzle with the rosemary honey.