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

Salads n appetizers...party made eazzieee....

Back to blogging....on a " guest-appearance" basis. Just happened to come across the Kraft foods website sometime back, trust me...its got tonnes of really simple and quick-fix recipies.

Had a dinner party for a couple of my husband's Philipino friends some time back, so decided on a menu that would be "less-hot" on their tastebuds. Went for a salad n appetizer treat.

Once the chopping is through, the work is 75% done.

To start off,

1. Sliced Baguette and Dipping Oil

Make it :

Mix Italian Dressing with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and crushed dry chillie flakes in a shallow bowl.
Serve with sliced baguette.

2. Light Tuna Dip with Crackers

Make it:

Mix drained light tuna meat with light mayo and Thousand Island Salad Dressing.
Add a dash of ground pepper powder and salt to taste.
Decorate with sliced olives, and serve with crackers.

3. Sweet and Tangy Sausages


Make it:
Cook the sausages and cut diagonally into half.
Mix hot and sweet barbaque sauce, garlic powder, and a bit of strawberry jam in a wok.
Add in the sausages and let cook till the sauces thicken and generously coat the franks.
Serve hot, garnished with seseme seeds and cashewnuts.


4. Macaroni - fruit -veg - salsa

Make it :
Mix cooked macaroni with light mayo, bit of fresh milk, sugar, a pinch of salt and pepper.
Add to it, cooked green peas, corn and slit grapes.
Serve chilled.

5. Ginger beans



Make it :
Cut beans into half.
In a wok, add in any any soup mix of your choice (I used the maggi veg mix) , chopped ginger , sweet chillie sauce, water and beans to it.
Let cook the beans in the mix till thick.

6. Easy nugget stack


Make it :
Onto a toothpick, stack a slice of cut cucumber, fried chicken balls, tomato wedge and shrimp.
Done!

7. Quick Nachos


Make it:
Arrange potato chips on a microwavable plate. Top with chopped tomato, onions, green pepper.
Sprinkle with shredded cheese and some salad dressing powder/ paprika powder.
Microwave on high for 1-2 minutes till the cheese is slightly melted.
Serve immediately, garnished with corriander leaves.
This was a hit!!!

8. Chicken - dil - salad



Make it:

Shread cooked chicken to thin pieces.
Mix freshly chopped, carrot, red and green pepper, salad leaves.
Add to it Ranch salad dressing, and serve over freshly chopped cabbage, garnished with dil leaves.

9. Main - course :
Beef stir-fry

Ingredients:

1 tbsp oil
3 beef burgers cooked and cut
1 cup cooked chicken
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp grated fresh root ginger
1 red pepper, sliced
1 green pepper, sliced
1 yellow pepper, sliced
1 carrot, sliced
1 cup brocolli florets
Baby corn
1 packet Maggie Veg Soup Mix
2 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp sweet chillie sauce


Method:
Heat oil in a frying pan. Add ginger, garlic, onions and saute for a minute.
Add in the sliced beef, chicken meat and the veggies.
Add to it the soup mix, soy sauce, chillie sauce, salt and pepper.
Mix together and cook till done.


10. Mushroom rice pilaf:


Ingredients:
3 tbsp margarine or butter
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1-1.5 cup cooked basmati rice
Green peas
Soya sauce
Pepper powder,salt
3/4 cup sliced almonds
Raisins, chopped cashewnuts, corriander leaves to garnish

Method:
Melt margarine or butter in a wok, fry the mushrooms, add in the cooked rice and green peas.
Add the soya sauce, pepper powder and salt to taste. Mix well
Garnish with sliced almonds, cashewnuts and corriander leaves.

11. Mix n Match desert - my patent product



Does this need a description ???..just mix in whatever you see in the snap...it was something, that i had whipped up with whatever i could lay my sight on.

One ladoo, one jilebi, a roll wafer, a tsp of cherry filling, with whipped cream and couple of coloured corn flakes. The filipinos really relished the ladoos, but the whole platter as such was a bit too sweet for them.


And finally, the green room....my work station during the whole process....




The list is loooong..but the over all effort is real less.
Chop, mix and serve !!!

You are in for a real compliment..whipping up all this in just about 2 hrs !!!

Merry Christmas.....

Warm wishes to you all for a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year....

Each year Christmas is the time to be making cards and calenders, Shyane was the sole model ..and now...he's got a company..his little brother..Sergie..6 months old now.