Holiday Entertaining: Grilled Prawns with Bacon Mousse

Holiday Entertaining: Grilled Prawns with Bacon Mousse

Nov 10, 2015 | Recipes

  • 1 pound 21-25 Shrimp
  • 8 oz. Cream Cheese
  • 2-3 pieces of Cooked and Crumbled Bacon
  • 2-4 oz. of Cheese Stumps from your Fridge
  • 1 tsp Garden Seasoning
  • Dash of Worchestershire Sauce

Make your own mousse in a food processor using room temperature cream cheese, bacon a dash of garden seasoning, worchestershire and your favorite cheese stumps. Remember to use caution with particularly fragrant or pungent cheeses as they will overpower the flavor profile quickly. Pulse until well blended and season with a bit of salt or pepper if needed.

Season cleaned prawns with pepper, a bit of old bay, fresh herbs, or lemon pepper. Grill or pan sauté the prawns until just done. High heat will produce some nice color on the shrimp.

Pipe or spoon the whipped mousse onto pretzel crackers, crostini’s or flatbreads and serve with the prawn standing up.

Serve warm or cold. If serving warm, grill the shrimp just before serving!
Be sure to bring the mousse back to room temperature if you make it in advance as it needs to be soft enough to pipe as well as to hold the prawns.

Prep time: 20 minutes

In the “foodie” community, we’re long been respected for our creativity and our ability to entertain without making it look too terribly difficult. Well the holidays are fast approaching and here are a few tasty yet fairly easy holiday hors d’Oeuvres that you can “wow” your guests with this season.

We used some basic measurements, but feel free to use your imagination with the flavor profiles and make it your own! As with any recipe, these are just good guides.

While of course we’d love it if you wanted your party catered, some people do like to do things on their own and we certainly understand that. You can order a single item or an entire full- service party and anything in between – as long as you don’t wait until the last minute to do so!

Our signature bedazzling bonbons are available in almost any color you can imaging and make a great addition to any wedding, holiday party or special event!

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Holiday Entertaining: Braised Short Rib on Crispy Polenta

Holiday Entertaining: Braised Short Rib on Crispy Polenta

Nov 3, 2015 | Recipes

  • 1 cup dry polenta
  • 1 pound of short rib
  • 1 cup Demi Glaze
  • Herb Garnish

Make Polenta in your favorite way (cheesy, spicy, plain, whatever) and pour it into a pan to firm up – remembering not to make fully cooked creamy polenta or it won’t harden!
When chilled and firm, cut the polenta in 1” x 2” strips.

Using your own short rib or a bought product, create a tasty demi and warm the rib in the demi before serving.

Lightly deep fry the polenta and place the rib on top in bite sized pieces. Serve garnished with fresh herbs as an hors d’Oeuvre or a tapas dish.

Serving Option: Make creamy polenta and serve as a tapas only.

Prep time: 30-40 minutes plus refrigeration time

In the “foodie” community, we’re long been respected for our creativity and our ability to entertain without making it look too terribly difficult. Well the holidays are fast approaching and here are a few tasty yet fairly easy holiday hors d’Oeuvres that you can “wow” your guests with this season.

We used some basic measurements, but feel free to use your imagination with the flavor profiles and make it your own! As with any recipe, these are just good guides.

While of course we’d love it if you wanted your party catered, some people do like to do things on their own and we certainly understand that. You can order a single item or an entire full- service party and anything in between – as long as you don’t wait until the last minute to do so!

Our signature bedazzling bonbons are available in almost any color you can imaging and make a great addition to any wedding, holiday party or special event!

Happy Hosting!

Holiday Entertaining: Warm Brie & Berry Tartlets

Holiday Entertaining: Warm Brie & Berry Tartlets

Oct 27, 2015 | Recipes

In the “foodie” community, we’re long been respected for our creativity and our ability to entertain without making it look too terribly difficult. Well the holidays are fast approaching and here are a few tasty yet fairly easy holiday hors d’Oeuvres that you can “wow” your guests with this season.

We used some basic measurements, but feel free to use your imagination with the flavor profiles and make it your own! As with any recipe, these are just good guides…

Warm Brie and Berry Tartlets

  • 30 Pre-made Petite Phyllo Cups (Available in better grocery stores) 3⁄4 Pound of Fresh Brie, cut into 1⁄2”x 3⁄4” blocks
    (doesn’t have to be expensive as we’re about to adulterate it anyway!)
  • A favorite preserve or melba sauce
  • Garden Seasoning
  • 30 of your favorite berries (Blueberries, Raspberries or Blackberries all work well)

Place the cups on a baking sheet. Put the brie in the cups, add a light sprinkling of garden
seasoning, top with 1⁄4- 1⁄2 teaspoon of melba or preserves. a bit too wet.
Bake at 350 for 5-7 minute until brie is melted. Immediately out of the over press berries into the tarts. Let cool a minute or two and serve!

Total prep time: 5 minutes

While of course we’d love it if you wanted your party catered, some people do like to do things on their own and we certainly understand that. You can order a single item or an entire full- service party and anything in between – as long as you don’t wait until the last minute to do so!

Our signature bedazzling bonbons are available in almost any color you can imaging and make a great addition to any wedding, holiday party or special event!

Happy Hosting!