appetizer/starter/hors d'oeuvre

Ingredients 250 gms cucumber 50 mls rice wine vinegar 50 gms sugar 2 tsps powdered gelatin Method Warm the vinegar and dissolve the powdered gelatin in it. Chop the cucumber roughly and then place all the ingredients in a blender/food processor. Pulse until liquidised. Sieve the resulting...

I used the lamb sausage I made Sunday night into a nifty, super-easy appetizer. It's a spin on Greek gyros, using pita bread, feta cheese, homemade tzatziki (with dill, garlic, cucumber, sea salt, lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, and Greek yogurt), roasted roma tomato slivers, and of course the...

Mrs. Next Door Neighbor has been hosting BYOB Cocktail Hour Parties on her rather large front patio. I’ve been trying to take over Finger Foods. Here’s an idea: Basic Mini Cheese Balls Ingredients: 8 oz. Cream Cheese, room temperature 2 Tbsp. Butter, room temperature 2 tsp. Lemon Juice dash...

Lox Nori Rolls

These tasty baked cheddar cheese and olive balls are delicious and the recipe is quick and easy! This recipe is courtesy of my mother-in-law, with a little tweak from me with the addition of grated parmesan cheese. I have no idea where she got it and she doesn't remember, but she has been...

Ingredients: black quinoa (about 100 g) onion ( 1 medium or half a large, if you like, you could use a whole large onion) garlic (2 cloves) bay leave (1) sultanas (handful, 70 g) salt (to taste) brown sugar (1 teaspoon) ground coriander (1 teaspoon) butter (70 g) lemon (to squeeze some juice...

Nachos and Cheese

Serves 4, Preparation 10 mins, Cooking 15 mins Apples, 2 Bacon rashers/strips, to taste Sesame seeds, to taste Fresh Rosemary, 1 sprig Black Pepper, a pinch EVOO – Extra Virgin Oilve Oil, a drizzle Method Toast the sesame seeds for a few minutes in a saucepan without adding oil or other...

Hi After a few goes, it always goes smelly!!!! Basic concept I use is flour and water, overnighting in warm airing or heater cupboard. I add a bit of flour + water every morning and then it stops bubbling. I have managed up to about 2 days of bubbling so far before death do us part. Any help...

Lime Sombreros

Spicy Fruit Paste Verrine: NOTE: A Verrine is a three layer Appetizer which incorporates a specific gustatory experience sequence of layers, an acidic layer preparing salivation, a main flavor layer and finally a finishing layer to give a pleasant coating at the beginning of the Verrine...

Turmeric and Tarragon Seasoned Deviled Eggs My husband likes his boiled eggs soft-to-medium boiled. He eats a couple a day as an afternoon snack, so I make them in batches of 6 eggs at a time every few days. About 1 out of 7 times I overcook them, LOL. Today was one of those days. I ate...

Mrs B wanted wanted to make sourdough bread. This is the method she selected from YouTube. In early 2019 she made the mother, when we left she bequeathed to her friend and Blobby is still alive. This guy is an excellent teacher. NB for the Brits don't use British commercial bread flour when...

Puff Pastries stuffed with kidney and onion. Kidneys are very healthy organs, if obtained from pastured animals. They are high in Vitamin A (benefits for vision), as well as in iron, and also in most of the B vitamins. It is possible to overdose on Vitamin A, but for most people eating...

A couple important things – not to overcook the scallops OR to undercook the puff pastry. Striking the balance meant watching the oven often. There was more of a concern making the mini-pie than the mini-muffins – because in the latter case you do want to make sure that the scallops and...

Ingredients: cherry tomatoes fresh basil leaves fresh mozzarella balls good EVOO balsamic vinegar fresh cracked pepper toothpicks Simply skewer a tomato, a folded basil leaf, and a mozzarella ball on a toothpick. When assembles, drizzle with EVOO and balsamic vinegar, and grind some black...

Sweet crab and mild nutty tasting Emmental contrast with the slightly sour Kefir yoghurt in this simple starter. You could use cream instead of yoghurt if you prefer. The mixture is enough to fill two scallop shells. Ingredients (makes 2) 50g crabmeat 15g Emmental grated 1/2 tsp Aleppo pepper...