VIRGINIA HAM AND MELON APPLE CHUTNEY ON CORN BREAD ROUNDS

Virginia Ham and Melon Apple Chutney on Corn Bread Rounds image

Yield Makes 24 hors d'oeuvres

Number Of Ingredients 15

For corn bread rounds
2/3 cup yellow cornmeal
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 tablespoons milk
1 large egg
For topping
About 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/4 lb sliced cooked Virginia country ham*, cut into 1 1/2- by 1/3-inch strips
1/2 cup melon apple chutney
Special Equipment
a 1 1/2-inch round cookie cutter

Steps:

Make corn bread rounds:
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat to 350°F.
Whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together butter, milk, and egg in a small bowl, then add to cornmeal mixture and stir just until combined. Spread (or pat out) batter in a very thin even layer in a well-greased 13- by 9- by 2-inch metal baking pan (preferably using an offset spatula).
Bake until firm and pale golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Cut out 24 rounds from hot corn bread with cookie cutter and transfer rounds to a rack to cool. (Reserve remaining corn bread for another use.)
Top rounds:
Spread each round with a thin layer of mustard and top with a few strips of ham and about 1 teaspoon chutney.