November 11, 2009

An appetizer with crackers, pineapple and jalapeno - Party food

During my school days, I was greatly influenced by the Monaco biscuit advertisement where the circular salty biscuits will be served with strawberry-whipped cream or jam or cheese or apple/pear on top. Even the biscuit wrapper will carry inspiring pictures of its wonderful plating. During weekends, I will try to recreate it for my dad who is a big junk food addict. One best thing about him is that he will finish the plate even if the dish was a disaster and will proudly appreciate me for making it for him. My mom is bit naggy who will criticize it as per the taste. These two wonderfully contradicting souls moulded me not only to cook better but also to live better!
Myself and S love pizza and we all the more love the pineapple and jalapenos topping on them. As I glanced through my snack box, I figured that wheat wafers bought from Costco remained untouched for weeks together. So I decided to pair our most favorite fruit and spicy veggie together with a hint of oregano and cheese. After being baked for fifteen minutes, the hardly sold wafers in my kitchen became so irresistible and it disappeared in no time. We liked it so much that I repeated it so many times in the past few weeks.This is one of the easiest snack that can be fixed in less than twenty minutes. I think my idea to fix this dish must have come from the famous Indian Monaco Ad.
The baked wafers were extra crispy and they resembled the pizza base in taste.The crunchy wafers jelled beautifully with the sweet yet tangy pineapple and the mildly spiced jalapenos. The lovely flavor of the oregano and salty cheese added a perfect Italian touch to these bite sized delight. A true heaven in every way!

Ingredients
30 Wheat wafers
30 Pineapple chunks
30 Jalapenos (pickled)
1cup Parmejano Rijano - grated
2 tbs oregano


Method
Preheat the oven to 350'F.

Place a parchment paper / aluminum foil on the baking tray.Line the wafers side by side, with a centimeter gap. Then place cheese, pineapple, jalapenos and finally sprinkle the oregano. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve at room temperature.

28 comments:

  1. Wow so colourful and attractive...Nice clicks and presentation....

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  2. Very beautiful picture.. a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Wowwww feel like grabbing those beautiful delights, am hungry now..

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  4. Beautiful pics, VS!Love the combo!

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  5. WOW an eye catching delight with my fav pineapple....

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  6. These look incredible! I bet the sweetness of the pineapple and the heat of the jalapeƱo are a great match. Great idea, I am definitely going to give this appetizer a try. Thanks

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  7. They look yummy.. Good combo, tangy, spicy and cheesy

    Work from home India

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  8. Wow! this is so innovative and different. Bookmarking for this weekend snack.

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  9. What a picture.. vibrant and inviting!

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  10. The yellow color of the pineapple beneath that jalapeno slice just glows like a light bulb... very simply yet tasty recipe...

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  11. this is a beautiful small bite. pineapple, jalapeno and cheese are a great idea for crackers!

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  12. Wow......yummy snack, looks colorful and delicious.

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  13. Love that juicy and spicy mix of flavours....

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  14. First time here... snack looks really yummy and inviting.

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  15. Very interesting and colorful idea Viji...looks delicious :)

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  16. That's creative one... nice indeed.

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  17. This is called art of cooking... ;)

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  18. I love the sweet and spicy combination - and so simple.

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  19. Hey long time...hope u r doing fine.This looks so good.I remember as a kid i used to grate cheese,place it on top of Monaco biscuits and have them for evening snacks.Oh those were goood old days!!!!!.Picture looks fantastic Vij!

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  20. Very colorful...japapenos on top, then please count me in:)

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  21. Dads are great, aren't they? I came over from Jugalbandi's tweet!

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  22. Wow, this looks awesome! What a great combination, I will have to try this!

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  23. I am thinking that should taste really interesting!!! Will try this may be add a wedge of cheese to the stack :)

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