Pancetta-Wrapped Shrimp with Honey-Lime Glaze

Name: Pancetta-Wrapped Shrimp with Honey-Lime Glaze
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
Ingredients: 6 thin slices pancetta; 18 uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined; 1/4 cup honey; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 1 teaspoon hot water; 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro

Requested every year by my family during the holidays are these shrimp appetizers. We're all familiar with bacon-wrapped shrimp bites, but our version uses pancetta and a honey-lime cilantro glaze. —Jenn Tidwell, Fair Oaks, California

Ingredients

6 thin slices pancetta
18 uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon hot water
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°.Cut each slice of pancetta into three strips. Wrap one strip around each shrimp; secure with a toothpick. Place in a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a small bowl, whisk honey, lime juice and water until blended; reserve 2 tablespoons for brushing cooked shrimp.
Brush half the remaining honey mixture over shrimp. Bake 5 minutes. Turn shrimp; brush with remaining half of the honey mixture. Bake 4-6 minutes longer or until pancetta is crisp and shrimp turns pink.
Remove from oven; brush with reserved 2 tablespoons honey mixture. Sprinkle with cilantro.

Originally published as Pancetta Wrapped Shrimp with Honey Lime Cilantro Glaze in Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook 2013