Saturday, September 1, 2007

A Dinner of Hors D'oeuvre

No pictures of this wonderful little dinner, but my, what a fun dinner!

There are a couple of open house parties scheduled for the coming weeks and I wanted to play with some new hors. Every one turned out a keeper. Our dinner consisted of:

Salmon Spread - a mixture of -
smoked salmon
cream cheese
thinned with a little creme fraiche (or mayo)
capers
corn - roasted and cut from the cob would be best, or use frozen corn thawed
chives
lemon juice
pinch of cayenne

Very tasty on toasted bread rounds and surprisingly spread on hard-cooked eggs.
--------

PESTO-GOAT CHEESE SPREAD:

In a food processor, put all the ingredients:
11-oz. log goat cheese
8-oz. pkg. softened cream cheese
2 cups loosely packed basil leaves
1/2 c. toasted pine nuts
3 garlic cloves
2 T. balsamic vinegar

and process till smooth. Chill 2 hrs. before serving. Makes 3 cups.

Store in frig up to 1 week, or freeze up to 4 mos.
Serve w/toasted pita chips or sliced baguettes.

I think this would be very good tossed with some hot cooked pasta also.
-------

Grilled Apple Sausages and Pineapple
Hard Cooked eggs, which turned out to be wonderful with the Salmon Spread, will do a stuffed egg with this soon.

Fun dinner treat this was!

No comments: