Italian Cheese Bites

Name: Italian Cheese Bites
Prep time: 21 min
Cook time: 21 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, softened; 16 slices 16 Italian bread slices; 15 servings Marinara sauce; 118 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 16 slices 16 provolone cheese slices

Italian Cheese Bites might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe makes 15 servings with 321 calories, 12g of protein, and 23g of fat each. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have butter, parmesan cheese, provolone cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 21 minutes.

Instructions

Stir together butter and Parmesan cheese; spread on 1 side of each bread slice.

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Parmesan

Butter

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Bread

Place 8 bread slices, buttered sides down, on wax paper.

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Bread

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Wax Paper

Layer 8 bread slices on wax paper each with 2 provolone cheese slices, and top with remaining bread slices, buttered sides up.

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Provolone Cheese Slices

Bread

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Wax Paper

Cook sandwiches, in batches, on a hot griddle or in a nonstick skillet over medium heat, gently pressing with a spatula, 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown and cheese melts.

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Cheese

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Cut each sandwich into fourths, and serve with marinara sauce for dipping.

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Marinara Sauce

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Servings:

118milliliters

butter, softened 16slices

16 Italian bread slices 15servings

Marinara sauce 118milliliters

freshly grated Parmesan cheese 16slices

16 provolone cheese slices

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are great choices for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. You could try Castellani Chianti Annata. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 14 dollars per bottle.