Butter-toasted bread with mustard mayo, Serrano ham and cheese
Recipe for little bites of crisp butter-toasted bread topped with mustard mayo, Serrano ham, Vesterhavsost (a Danish aged semi-hard cheese) and pickled red onions. Perfect as a canapé or a small starter.
Servings 12 pieces
Ingredients
- 6 slices good-quality sliced white bread - or 12 if the slices are small
- 6 slices Serrano ham
- 1/2 Vesterhavsost - about 100-150 g Danish aged semi-hard cheese; a mature Gouda or Comté makes a good substitute
- 100 ml Dijonnaise - or homemade mustard mayo
- Pickled red onions
- Flat-leaf parsley or rocket for the base
- Fresh soft thyme for the top
- Butter for frying
Instructions
- Using a round cutter, cut 12 rounds about 7 cm in diameter from the bread slices.
- Melt a little butter in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the bread rounds until crisp and golden on both sides, – about 3 min. per side. Leave them to rest on a little kitchen paper.
- Slice the cheese, - the slices should be a couple of millimetres thick.
- Halve the slices of Serrano ham so you end up with 12 half slices.
- Spread the bread rounds with a generous dollop of mustard mayo and top with a few sprigs of rocket or flat-leaf parsley.
- Lay slices of Vesterhavsost on top, ruffle the Serrano ham and place it on the cheese.
- Finish with pickled red onions and small sprigs of soft thyme.