Prosciutto & Gouda Sliders

Good With: Salads, Broth-based Soups, Beer
Time:<15 minutes
Price: $1.17 per slider

These tiny ham sandwiches are extremely easy to make, and can be great as a main course, appetizer or just a snack. They’re also very versatile, so pick up two or three different kinds of meat and cheese, mix-and-match, and you’ve got a party spread.

Ingredients

4 Dinner Rolls (Sourdough, French, etc)
4 slices Prosciutto (sub any thinly sliced cured meat)
4 slices Gouda (sub Cheddar or Swiss)
1-2 tbs Jalapeno Mustard (sub Yellow or Stone Ground)
2-3 tbs Softened Butter

Preparation Instructions

1. Pre-Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cream together softened butter and mustard.
3. Cut rolls in half and bake for 5-7 minutes, then remove them from the oven. Turn on broiler or put oven on broiler setting.
4. Spread mustard butter on both sides of each roll, then top half of each roll with a slice of cheese and the other half with a slice of prosciutto.
5. Place sandwiches open-faced on a pan, and broil for 2-4 minutes.
6. Assemble and serve immediately.

Yaaaaaaargh: Pay attention when these are broiling. Whether you have a dedicated broiler or just a broiler setting on your oven makes a big difference, and when you’re broiling 2 or 3 minutes can mean charred instead of perfect. Baking the rolls before broiling the sliders gives the bread a nice, crisp consistency. If you don’t have jalapeno mustard, you may want to add some pepper and/or garlic when creaming the butter.