Meat ball star coctail snack and sausage picks

 You need :

Puff pastry sheet - thawed to room temperature and slightly rolled on a dusted rolling pan
Cookie cutter - star shape
Beaten egg - for egg wash
Meat balls - fried as per package instructions
Oatmeal coctail cookies (you get it at LuLu hypermarket outlet)
Sausage
Slice cheese
Twistos or any other cocktail biscuts of your choice
Olives
Tooth picks, fruit picks

How to:
* - Roll flat the thawed puff pastry sheet and cut into star shapes using cookie cutter.

* - Apply egg wash over the cut shapes and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 deg C for 20 mins or till golden brown.

To assemble :

A - Meat ball star coctail snack

Stack the following one over the other and join together using a fuit pick.

* - oatmeal coctail cookie as the base

* - meat ball - fried

* - the star shaped puff pastry

* - a slice of black olive

As simple as that....

B - Sausage picks

Stack the following one over the other and join using a tooth pick

* - Sausage - cooked and cut to 1" thick pieces

* - Slice cheese cut to small round shapes and then halved to get semi-circles. Stack the cheese with a "twistos" biscut in between

* - Top with an olive

As simple as that...

(note : these are snacks which one can prepare at just an instict. Of course, you dont need any strict recipe to do these. Just a matter of assembling a few ingredients in your kitchen and there ! you have just created a new snack by yourself.)

Enjoy!

Puff-pastry snacks - various

ITEMS :

As these items were made for a cookery demo, all were done together, and the clicks were taken at that time.

1. Bell pepper n cheese primavera.

2. Meat ball lollipuffs.

3. Romano ribbons.

4. Pastry shells

You need :

Puff pastry sheet - thawed to room temperature as per package instruction

Shredded  cheese

Bell peppers - red, green, yellow

Pepper / oregano for flavour

Beaten egg, for egg wash

How to :

1. Bell pepper N cheese primavera :

* - Slightlr roll the thawed puff pastry sheet on a dusted rolling pan.

* - Cut into 2 " squares and place a small amount of shredded cheese on the cut slice.

* - Cut beller pepper into thin long slices and place it diagonally on the cut puff pastry sheet and close the opposite egdes with a drop of water. You can add a pinch of pepper or oregano to the peppers before closing the pastry edges for that extra flavour.

* - Cut thin slices of the pastry sheet about 1 cm wide and wrap round the centre of the pastry pocket as shown, closing on the backside, again with a drop of water.

* - The thin strips can be wrapped around a cooked meat ball one over the other as shown. Once baked , it makes a super easy starter by itself as such, or can be even pricked on to a skewer to be called as "meat ball lollipuffs" !

* - Apply egg wash to the pastry sheets and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 deg C for about 20 mins or till they turn golden brown.

* - The cut 1 cm thin strips of puff pastry can be skewered on in a zig-zag manner, and brushed with egg white and dusted with pepper or oregano. Thats what is called as "Romano Ribbons" ..easy, is it not?

* - For puff pastry shells, cut the thawed and rolled puff pastry sheet using a cookie cutter / glass / or any mould depending on the required shape. In the picture above - bottom right hand corner, I have used a plain round glass to cut the sheet and a smaller round shaped glass to just make an incision on the pastry. Do not cut. Bake at 180 deg in a pre-heated oven for 20 mins or till gloden brown and cooked.

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* - Once out of the oven and cooled, slightly press the inside of the shell to lower the cnetre portion to form a well in the centre. Just press it down . Need not remove it out.

* -  Fill inside the centre pouch with whipped cream topped with fruits, jelly, jam etc.

Marshmallow Pops

How to :

Insert a toothpick into a marshmallow and dip in melted cooking chocolate.

Dip in sprinkles and you are done! I have inserted a heart shaped marshmallow on the top end of the pick in here.

 

Chips n Jelly flowers

 Insert a candy stick (preferred green in colour. i cudnt find any at the time, so just went for what was available) onto a toothpick.

 Carefully insert a chip (the flower shaped variety) and close the open end with a round shaped jelly. Note : a regular bun makes a great base to make a fully edible center-piece.

Thats a slightly different version with a marshmallow base instead of the candy stick.

sending it off to the Kids Delight event @ Veg Junction

http://veenasvegnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/announcing-kids-delight-colour-palatte.html

http://spicingyourlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/announcing-kids-delight-wholesome.html

Paper doily flowers

Insert a small sized paper doily onto a bamboo skewer and close the bottom centre of the doily as shown .Wrap it tight round the skewer using cellotape.

Insert a Hersley Kiss on the open sharp end of the skewer. Flower is done!

Makes a quick party edible arrangement.

Sending it off to the "Anyone can Cook" @ Taste of Pearl City and Kids Delight event @ Veg Junction

http://spicingyourlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/announcing-kids-delight-wholesome.html

http://veenasvegnation.blogspot.com/2011/12/announcing-kids-delight-colour-palatte.html