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Skewered Mozzarella With Canadian Bacon
Yield: 4 servings

28 slices Canadian bacon
12 oz Mozzarella cheese
12 slices French bread
12 slices raw tomato  
salad oil
2 cans tomato sauce
1 1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
1 Paprika

Note: You'll need four skewers approximately 10-12 in. long. Also 
the French bread should be the long and narrow kind cut into 1/2 
inch slices. The raw tomato is also cut into 1/2 inch slices. The 
cans of tomato sauce are 8 oz. You'll need 28 pieces of cheese to  
equal the number of slices of bacon. Cut the cheese into 1 in.
squares about 1/4 in. thick. Fold a slice of Canadian bacon around
each piece of cheese. Press the bacon firmly to hold the cheese in  
place. Cut each piece of tomato and each piece of bread in half.
Heat the 1/3 cup of oil in a large skillet. Brown bread on both  
sides. Be prepared to turn bread quickly to avoid burning. It should 
be merely light brown.  On each skewer thread alternate pieces of 
bacon wrapped around the mozzarella, bread and tomato. Begin and
end with the con. Place each skewer in a shallow baking pan or
shallow earthenware casserole. Be sure the folded top of each piece
of bacon is up. Pour tomato sauce over each skewer. Sprinkle
generously with Parmesan cheese. sprinkle lightly with paprika and 
additional salad oil. Preheat the oven 400 degrees. Bake the skewers 
until brown on top. Serve immediately while very hot.

Printable version: skewered-mozzarella.txt.