Parmesan Wraps – a Gourmet Appetizer

I hope that you have all had a wonderful weekend with your families and that those of you who are moms were pampered silly. Today I want to share with you a fun appetizer that I made on Saturday. Parmesan Wraps with a Mediterranean party sandwich filling - they were meant to have a ricotta-based filling but after I had already started making my wraps I realized that I did not have any ricotta so I quickly got to work on an alternative. 

To make the Parmesan Wraps

For the Parmesan wraps you will need plenty of freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano.

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.  Grate the Parmigiano Reggiano.
2. Prepare a baking tray with some parchment paper.
3. Place a cookie cutter on the tray and spoon in a thin layer of the grated Parmigiano Reggiano. Carefully remove the cookie cutter and move to another spot on the tray and do the same.

4. I made 4 hearts on each tray (do not try to overload a tray because you will not be able remove and mold them fast enough before they solidify again) – if you are fast, 6 would be the max. If you take your time like I do 4 is the max.
5. Place the tray in the oven for 3 minutes.  Remove and let the cheese set for about 30 seconds.
6. Use a spatula to pick up each heart and curve it in your hand. You need to do this fast before they solidify completely.

Here's the filling I used for the eight wraps I made. Note that these Parmesan wraps are very strong tasting, so one wrap should normally be enough for each person. It is intended only as an appetizer.

Filling for 8 wraps

1 boiled egg

1 half large beefeater tomato seeded and diced

Cream cheese

Feta cheese

Some grated Parmesan

About 10 fresh basil leaves finely chopped

2 slices of rosemary ham, finely chopped

Mix all ingredients (except for the grated Parmesan) together in a blender for 30 seconds on puree mode. Add the grated Parmesan.


Fill only just before serving - you do not want the wonderful crispy Parmesan Wrap to get soggy with the filling

My First Blog Awards

WOW! I can't believe that I am even saying this. I've been blogging for just over 5 months now, and to be honest I never expected anything back. At first I had not even realized that there were so many of you out there doing the same, it took me some time to understand how this all worked and how I could make blogging friends.  It has just been an amazing few months. This weekend Tina tagged me twice with awards. First with a bunch of eight awards and then with the versatile blogger award.

Tina shares the most wonderful Filipino recipes on her blog Pinay in Texas Cooking corner. It’s wonderful to read her stories about the recipes she shares and learn a lot about Filipino culture in the meantime. Do pop over to her lovely site and join her followers, I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as I do.

So here are the first eight awards which I have grouped into one picture:

The next award came with some conditions. In order to accept the versatile blogger award, a recipient must share 7 things about themselves and pass it on to another 15 bloggers who deserve it. So first the seven things: I love being creative with food; I was once a certified scuba diver; I love nature; I love to read a good book; I like hiking; I cringe at the thought of eating raw onion and roses are my favorite flowers.

Now the Award as I pass it on to the next 15 deserving bloggers:

The 15 deserving bloggers (ok I think they are 16), are :

Eftychia from Dream of Cakes

Gourmatine from Gourmatine's Blog

Magic of Spice from The ardent Epicure

Katrina from In Katrina's Kitchen

The Mom Chef Taking on Magazines one recipe at a time

Heather from Pass the Cayenne Pepper please

Claudia from What's Cooking Italian Style cuisine

Gwenevere from Apron Apeal

Valerio from La cucina come non l'avete mai vista

Joshua from Just Eat

Ellie from I love to cook

Hester Casey from Alchemy in the Kitchen

Dee from Deelicious Sweets

Claudia from Journey of an Italian Cook

Tammy from Il Dolce Bacio

Ruth from Bread and Milk and Blackberries

I love all of your blogs. Please do pass on the Award and put a smile on some unsuspecting blogger's face J