Easy hedgehog canapé skewers

Name: Easy hedgehog canapé skewers
Yield: Makes 36 skewers
Ingredients: 1 grapefruit or 1/2 large cucumber, for the hedgehog (optional); 12 mozzarella pearls; 1 tsp pesto; 2-3 tbsp olive oil; 12 small cherry tomatoes; 12 basil leaves; 2 pineapple rings, each cut into 6; 50g medium cheddar cut into 12 small cubes; 50g red leicester cut into 12 small cubes; 12 cooked and shelled prawns; ½ lemon juiced; ½ cucumber cut into 2 even chunks and shaved into ribbons; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 36 bamboo (or reusable) short skewers or long toothpicks

Lulu GrimesMakes 36 skewersSource

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Ingredients

1 grapefruit or 1/2 large cucumber, for the hedgehog (optional)

12 mozzarella pearls

1 tsp pesto

2-3 tbsp olive oil

12 small cherry tomatoes

12 basil leaves

2 pineapple rings, each cut into 6

50g medium cheddar cut into 12 small cubes

50g red leicester cut into 12 small cubes

12 cooked and shelled prawns

½ lemon juiced

½ cucumber cut into 2 even chunks and shaved into ribbons

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp sesame seeds

36 bamboo (or reusable) short skewers or long toothpicks

Method

To make a hedgehog to push the skewers into, use a grapefruit with the base trimmed flat, or use a cucumber to make a longer holder.

For mozzarella & tomato skewers, tip the mozzarella into a bowl, mix the pesto with the olive oil and pour it over the cheese. Wrap a basil leaf around each mozzarella pearl and thread onto the skewers alternating with the tomatoes.

For the cheese & pineapple skewers, sandwich a piece of pineapple between a piece of cheddar and a piece of red leicester on a skewer. If you want to be very neat, trim the pineapple to match the cheese (eat the offcuts).

To make prawn skewers, put the prawns in a bowl and squeeze over the lemon, and season with pepper, but not salt. Tip the cucumber into a bowl, add the sesame oil and seeds and toss together. Fold a cucumber ribbon and push it onto a skewer, followed by a prawn and another cucumber ribbon.

Push all the skewers into your hedgehog or arrange them on a platter, keeping each type separate.