Sesame Cheddar Olive Poppers Recipes

CHEDDAR BAKED OLIVES

Steps:

• Mix Cheddar cheese and flour together in a bowl. Stir in butter, cover, and refrigerate 1 hour, or more.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Form chilled dough into small balls, pressing a deep hole in the center using your thumb. Stuff each ball with an olive, and seal completely.
• Bake in the preheated oven 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown, watching carefully and turning as needed to prevent bottoms from burning.

SESAME CHEDDAR OLIVE POPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Beat grated cheese and butter together in a mixer or food processor, then stir in the flour and cayenne.
• Shape dough into a log shape, and slice into exactly how many olives you have. After a making a few, you will get a feel for how much dough you need for each olive.
• Use the thumb of one hand to press each piece of dough into a flat pancake, then press the dough around an olive, covering it well and rolling the dough into a ball with your palms.
• Place sesame seeds in a small bowl; roll each ball in the seeds, then place on an ungreased cookie sheet; bake for 15 minutes; serve hot.

SESAME CHEDDAR OLIVE POPPERS

Steps:

• 1. Beat the cheese and butter together in a mixer or a food processor, then stir in the flour and cayenne. 2. Shape 1 heaping tablespoonful of dough around each olive, covering it well and forming the dough into a ball. 3. Place the sesame seeds into a small bowl. Roll each ball in the seeds and place the balls on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for 15 minutes. Serve hot.

QUAIL JALAPEñO POPPERS

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients for the marinade in a large bowl.
• Breast out the quail and cut off legs and soak in marinade overnight.
• Slice the jalapeños in half lengthwise and remove seeds and pulp with a butter knife. Soak in freshly squeezed lime juice anywhere from one hour to overnight (the longer the soak, the stronger tang of lime).
• When ready to assemble poppers, cut strips of hard, high-temp cheese that are approximately ½ inch thick by ½ inch wide (basically a strip to fit inside the hollow cavity of each halved jalapeño).
• Place cheese strip in each jalapeño and top with a quail breast. Wrap bacon tightly around the poppers-you shouldn't need a toothpick-and set along rim of an oven-safe skillet. Crack fresh black pepper over the top of the poppers.
• Preheat oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Add quail legs from the marinade to the center of the skillet.
• Cook quail poppers and legs at 275 F for 20 minutes, then turn on the broiler to crisp the bacon and the legs. This should take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes at most.
• Remove the skillet from the oven and let poppers cool for 5 minutes prior to serving.
• Garnish with freshly minced cilantro (optional).