Prosciutto Purses Recipes

Steps:

• Working with 1 melon at a time, cut in 1/2. Gently scrape out seeds and membrane and discard. Using a melon baller, scoop out rounds from flesh and place in large bowl. Discard skin.
• Keep the prosciutto loosely covered with plastic wrap to prevent them from drying out as you start to assemble 1 purse at a time. Place 1 melon ball in the center of a prosciutto slice, gather all sides to the top and secure with a blanched chive. It may be necessary to overlap a few pieces of prosciutto in order to completely wrap the melon ball. Place finished purse, seam side down onto a baking sheet and keep covered. Repeat with remaining prosciutto and melons. Can make it only up to 2 hours ahead of time because the salt in the prosciutto will break down the melon.
• Scatter the chives onto a decorative platter. Place prosciutto purses on top and serve.

Steps:

• Working with 1 melon at a time, cut in 1/2. Gently scrape out seeds and membrane and discard. Using a melon baller, scoop out rounds from flesh and place in large bowl. Discard skin.
• Keep the prosciutto loosely covered with plastic wrap to prevent them from drying out as you start to assemble 1 purse at a time.
• Place 1 melon ball in the center of a prosciutto slice, gather all sides to the top and secure with a blanched chive.
• It may be necessary to overlap a few pieces of prosciutto in order to completely wrap the melon ball. Place finished purse, seam side down onto a baking sheet and keep covered.
• Repeat with remaining prosciutto and melons.
• Can make it only up to 2 hours ahead of time because the salt in the prosciutto will break down the melon.
• Scatter the chives onto a decorative platter. Place prosciutto purses on top and serve.

Steps:

• Gently scrape out the seeds and membranes from the cantaloupes and honeydews. Using a melon baller, scoop out balls from the flesh and place the melon balls in a large bowl. Discard the skin. Trim the prosciutto slices into 2 1/2-inch squares. Cover the prosciutto loosely with plastic wrap to prevent it from drying out while assembling the purses. Place one melon ball in the center of one prosciutto slice, then fold all the sides of the prosciutto over the melon ball as for a package. Place the finished purse, seam side down, on a baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Repeat with remaining prosciutto squares and melon balls. (The prosciutto balls can be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead. Keep tightly covered with plastic wrap and refrigerate.) Using a vegetable peeler and pressing firmly, shave the parmesan into long slices (the cheese will crumble if too little pressure is used). Decoratively arrange the Parmesan slices on a large platter. Place a prosciutto purse atop each Parmesan slice and serve.

Steps:

• Cut one melon in half and scrape out seeds.
• Use a melon baller to scoop out melon balls.
• Place balls in large bowl.
• Repeat theses steps with second melon.
• Place one melon ball in the center of one slice of Prosciutto (if you need 2 slices to completely cover ball, that's ok too) and bring all sides up to top of ball.
• Turn over and secure with a tooth pick.
• Repeat with remaining melon and Prosciutto.