These are easy to make, impressive and your guests will love them. They are finger food, easy to pick up, and just a small bite each, an amuse bouche. The crepe batter is from my blog on sweet crepes, so it is a all-purpose flour crepe without the sweetness. The filling here is savory not…
Beignets are the Louisiana official state Doughnut. The beignet usually uses a choux dough, a moist dough that allows steam to puff up the beignet, a choux pastry. Making a choux pastry is a bit of a challenge and the recipe below is a fairly simple moist yeast dough. In the 17th century Settlers from…
The origin of spring rolls is distinctly Chinese. The roll, as all of us have come to understand it, originated during the Jin Dynasty, 266-420 D. Originally the term “spring roll” indicated a wrapped roll filled with spring vegetables and was a celebratory dish when spring arrived. The concept has spread around Asia and most…
This blog will be a bit long, which doesn’t match the simplicity of making these onigiri. These rice balls, which come in many different sizes and shapes, different fillings, and different preparations are simple and delicious. As you can see from the featured image, you can be very creative in shape, design, filling and just…
In my research on pasteles, I wondered what the classical sides were that complemented those wonderful “tamales”. A Puerto Rican potato salad is often mentioned. This is my iteration of that delicious salad, which does not need to just be served with pasteles! Notes: I love Yukon Gold potatoes and find that when mixed with…
Shrimp can be wrapped in all kinds of noodles and then deep fried. They make a great appetizer or full meal and have a great presentation. These can be a great addition to a tailgate party as well. Using a good dipping sauce will crank up the savoriness of this dish. Wheat Flour and rice…
There are delicious, tart (from the apples), cheesy (from the blue cheese) and savory from the other added ingredients. They are small bite sized pieces that work great for a party or a Tailgate! The picture above is filling the tartlets with a scoop of filling, but leaving them in the original plastic container to…
There were 8 of us on this beautiful 28th day of October. We had tickets for Keeneland, and did our very first Keeneland Tailgate early that day. We had 4 cars back to back, and loads of great food. In the picture above and below, my sister is in the middle, note the hat! In…
Recently we had schedule a tailgate on the Hill (see “A Tailgate at Keeneland” on this site) the last day of the fall Keeneland races. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate. Being on the Hill, would have been a wet, muddy slog .. so we choose to do our “tailgate” indoors. Everyone brought a dish, and…
Slicing vegetables, using a mandoline or vegetable peeler, into long slices opens up all kinds of options for wrapping food. In the following recipe carrots and zucchini are used, however, other vegetables can be used as well, such as yams, potatoes, and cucumbers. This makes a great appetizer.This dish is also in the first volume…