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This Mortadella Bites recipe with melty brie, goats cheese and then topped with an amazing hot honey 🍯 is such an easy, quick AND delicious appetizer!
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Why You’ll Love Mortadella Cheese Bites
These little bites are to DIE for! They’re rich, creamy, herby, spicy with a perfect touch of sweet. They’re also so easy to make and you can prep most of it ahead of time which is perfect for company!
How To Prepare
Mortadella Cheese Bites
Mix together the brie and goat cheese. Place that in a piping bag and then pipe a decent amount on the center of the mortadella slice but toward one end. Wrap it tightly as shown in my Mortadella Cheese Bites Video. Let them sit in the fridge 20 minutes, don’t skip this step because you need the cheese super cold so it doesn’t melt everywhere while cooking. Preheat a non-stick pan for 3 minutes on medium high and place the mortadella, fold side down, to seal. It’s ok if a bit of cheese oozes out, it’ll create a crust. Get it crispy on all sides.
Hot Honey
Mix the rosemary, honey and salsa macha. Add some to the pan when the bites are all crispy (reserve some for topping) and let it cook for 1 minute.
Serve your Mortadella Cheese Bites topped with more honey and crushed red peppers.
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🔥Chef Nadia’s Tip🔥
- Do not skip the step of putting them in the refrigerator. The cheese needs time to get cold so that when you cook it on the stove it doesn’t get everywhere.
- If you’re having a hard time keeping the roll together, you can always secure them with a toothpick.
Substitutions and Variations
- Substitutions
- For this recipe, you can use cream cheese instead of goats cheese if you’re not a fan.
- Prosciutto or whatever your favorite sliced protein is can easily be substituted for the mortadella.
- If you’re short on time, you can just use hot honey that you buy from the store instead of making your own.
- Variations
- Toasted Crostini Variation: You can serve these on top of crostini’s toasted in olive oil for an extra crunch!
- Fig Variation: Add some delicious figs to the side of these for a little extra sweet surprise.
The Perfect Pairings
🍹 Drink: A Spicy Margarita 🌶️🔥 is a flavor match in heaven for these Mortadella Cheese Bites!
Mains and Sides: A nice Chateaubriand with Herby Crispy Potatoes would be a great follow up to this appetizer.
Dessert: A Burnt Basque Cheesecake is the way to go to end your night.
Mortadella Cheese Bites: Questions Answered
You can do all the prep work beforehand. This recipe can be made ahead and put the Mortadella Cheese Bites in an airtight container in the fridge up to 24 hours before cooking them. Just make sure you wait to do the actually cooking right before servings so they are freshly crisp and delicious.
Sure! I prefer this recipe hot because I like the brie and goat cheese nice and melty and the mortadella is amazing warmed but these appetizers flavors will still be delicious if they’re served cold.
Absolutely, skip the mortadella and pipe the cheese right on a nice piece of toasty crostini or on top of grilled zucchini or eggplant.
Mortadella Cheese Bites
Ingredients
- 8-10 slices mortadella
- 6 oz goat, or cream cheese
- 6 oz brie
- Crushed red peppers, for topping
Hot Honey
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped
- 2 tsp salsa macha, salsa macha recipe or chili crisp
- 3 tbsp honey, + more for topping
Instructions
- Mix together the brie and goat cheese. Place in a piping bag.
- Pipe a decent amount on the center of the mortadella slice but toward one end. Wrap it tightly as shown in the video. Let them sit in the fridge 20 minutes.
- Preheat a non-stick pan for 3 minutes on medium high.
- Place the mortadella fold side down to seal. Its ok if a bit of cheese oozes out, it’ll create a crust. Get it crispy on all sides.
- Mix the rosemary, honey and salsa macha. Add some to the pan when the bites are all crispy (reserve some for topping) and let it cook for 1 minute.
- Serve, top with more honey, crushed red peppers and that's it.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
