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                          Mandarin Ham Kabobs

Recipe By     : The Big Beautiful Book of Hors d'Oeuvres by Julia Weinberg
Serving Size  : 36   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Appetizers                       Hors d'Oeuvres

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1      cup           butter
  4      slices        white bread -- 1/2" thick
  3      tablespoons   vinegar
    1/2  teaspoon      dry mustard
    1/4  teaspoon      ground ginger
    1/2  teaspoon      ground cloves
  3 1/2  tablespoons   orange marmalade
 36      cubes         cooked ham (1"x1"x1/2")
  2      small cans    mandarin orange sections -- well drained
                       cellophane-tipped toothpicks

Melt 1/2 cup of the butter in a skillet.  Trim the crusts off the bread and
fry the slices in the melted butter until they are light brown on both
sides.  Drain them well on absorbent paper towels.

Cut fried bread into 1-inch squares.  Each 4"x4" bread slice yields 9
squares.

To make the sauce, melt the remaining 1/2 cup butter in the same skillet.
While the butter is melting, in a small mixing bowl, combine vinegar,
mustard, ginger, cloves and orange marmalade.  Mix well and blend this
mixture into the melted butter, stirring well.  Add the ham cubes to the
sauce and simmer gently for about 5 minutes.

On a cellophane-tipped toothpick, skewer a mandarin orange section, a ham
cube, another mandarin orange section and finally a fried bread cube.

Serve while the meat is hot, or refrigerate the kabobs until party time and
serve cold.

Do-Ahead Note:  Assemble the kabobs complete with the mandarin orange
garnish several hours before serving time and refrigerate.

Serving suggestions:  Reserve any remaining sauce to be used as a dip with
the kabobs.  This sauce is popular and goes quickly, so you may want to make
extra.

From The Big Beautiful Book of Hors d'Oeuvres by Julia Weinberg.  (New
Century Publishers, Inc. 1980.  ISBN 0-8329-0196-2)
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