A recipe for a festive appetizer or salad wreath: mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil, arugula, hazelnuts, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar.
Appetizers
Christmas Tree Appetizer
A recipe for a festive goat cheese Christmas tree appetizer: Boursin, rosemary, almonds, olives, currants, and butterkase cheese crackers.
Oven-Poached Garlic with Thyme
Oven-Poached Garlic with Thyme is a modification of an easy Martha Stewart recipe that produces caramelized garlic cloves and an infused oil.
Hors d’Oeuvre Potluck for Twelve
Ham and Cheese / Chicken Salad Open-Faced Sandwiches on French Bread These are simple, two-bite canapés, although “canapé” seems like too fancy a word to describe them. They’re easy and casual, but nonetheless delicious and attractive. Ingredients to make at least 48, serving at least 12: 2 baguettes¾ lbs. ham, sliced 1/8-inch thick8 oz. Gruyère, […]
Guava Raspberry Hors d’Oeuvres
These Guava Raspberry Hors d’Oeuvres use fresh raspberries, guava paste, and an elegant whipped cream – mascarpone mixture. They can provide a sweet, luscious hit to any cocktail party or buffet.
Tuna Two-Way: Pollo Tonnato
Pollo Tonnato is slices of cold, poached chicken in a easy-to-make sauce consisting of canned tuna, mayo, lemon, capers, and olive oil. It’s a riff off an Italian summer dish: vitello tonatto. I like to garnish this dish with olives to really bring out the Mediterranean flavor.
How to Cook Pierogi
Pierogi may not be easy to make, but they’re easy to cook. They can be served simply boiled once or twice, or fried – perhaps after having been breaded with bread crumbs or crackers. Although they reheat fantastically, they do not take to that greatest reheating mechanism of all time: the microwave. If you want to eat pierogi like a true Pole, serve them with sour cream.
Feta-Spinach Stuffed French Bread
We put this Feta-Stuffed French Bread recipe to the test. The question: could salami, cream cheese, soup mix, sour cream, and feta, make us want to eat our spinach? The answer: yes.
Figs with Mascarpone
Sure, you made it past Christmas, but what are you going to do about New Years? This. The flavor of this fig-and-mascarpone appetizer is delicious, but the texture is equally interesting. It’s not at all difficult, but it is a time consuming recipe. Still, it’s best to make it day-of … well in advance.