Avoid torturing your guests with sweaty Cheddar and pop some of the following combinations onto cocktail sticks instead.
If you think of it as a weirdly presented cheeseboard, it suddenly seems a perfectly reasonable proposition.
Halve a grapefruit (or a melon if you want to fit more ‘spines’ on), wrap in foil and spear with your yummy cocktail-sticked morsels.
• Torn mozzarella wrapped in prosciutto and a basil leaf with a small squirt of balsamic glaze.
• Thinly sliced quince jelly, thinly sliced Brie and thinly sliced pear.
• A small cube of goat’s cheese with a couple of blueberries.
• Half a strawberry, hulled and filled with any blue cheese.
• Ripe quartered figs with a smear of Stilton and a light drizzle of honey.
• Fresh or dried apricot slices with little wedges of Camembert.
l Party! How To Organise A Brilliant Bash: The Essential Guide by Polly Betton is published by Kyle Books, £19.99
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