Parmesan bowls

I was trying to think of a way to serve a mini salad niçoise as a canopé and came up with the idea of these little Parmesan baskets. So delicious and crunchy. They worked perfectly with this salad with poached quail eggs.

To make the Parmesan baskets I used from delicious cheese from parmigiana reggiano
To make 4 Parmesan baskets
100g grated Parmesan
A good pinch freshly ground black pepper
Mix together
Heat a large frying pan on a medium to low heat
And add 25g of your grated cheese and carefully spread into a circle of approximately 6 inches.
After 2/3 minutes it should start bubbling. At this point you need to remove the pan from the heat for 30seconds
Carefully with a spatula remove the cheese circle and place around a small bowl to mould into a basket.
Hold in place with a piece of kitchen roll for several seconds until set.
Remove and place to the side.
Repeat this process until all baskets are finished.
You can follow the same steps to make Parmesan crisp. Just use a smaller amount and play around with adding dried herbs and spices.