创建一个节日聚会,为十六个小叮咬
After years of catering and entertaining, I’ve learned one thing for certain: Nobody eats before a cocktail party. “Just a few hors d’oeuvres” (as every host likes to put it) ends up being dinner for most party guests. So rather than fight it, I’ve learned to plan a cocktail party menu as if it were a bite-size dinner. Like any other meal, you need a variety of tastes, textures, and ingredients.
对我来说,成功的鸡尾酒会的关键是要准备几乎所有事情,并保存最后一分钟的最关键步骤。只需用锚点开始聚会 - 当客人走进门时,这是一件完全准备就绪的项目。例如,一篮子带有奶油蘸酱的crudités可确保在您对其他开胃小菜的最后一步时,它们可以咬合。
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菜单时间表
Up to two days ahead:
- 制作并冷藏蛋式面团(您还可以提前一个月冻结;在使用之前,请在冰箱中融化过夜)。
- 做汤;让冷却并冷藏。
- 使Roquefort浸入(但要等到聚会的那一天添加大蒜 - 否则,它的味道会变得太强)。
前一天:
- 为蔬菜准备蔬菜,并在单独的密封容器中冷藏。
- 组装填充的蘑菇并冷藏(将橄榄油淋上细雨直至烘烤之前)。
- Choose serving platters, baskets, and glassware and decide where you’ll put them out.
- 煮洋葱作为蛋art;盖子和冷藏。
A few hours before guests arrive:
- 推出蛋面团。
- Arrange the vegetables on a large, shallow basket or platter and refrigerate.
- 保留每种蔬菜以补充。
- 将大蒜搅拌入roquefort浸入中。
- 在盘子上安排耐底性,并用湿纸巾盖住。将鲑鱼和细香葱切成薄片,将CrèmeFraîche放入管道袋或挤压瓶中,然后切成柠檬。冷藏。
- 打开酒。
Half an hour before guests arrive:
- Remove the stuffed mushrooms from the refrigerator.
- 用喷雾瓶用水轻轻雾化碎屑,以使蔬菜看起来新鲜。列出了Crudité盘子。
- 轻轻加热汤。
- 加热烤箱,将洋葱铺在冷酸面团上,折叠边缘,用打鸡蛋刷,然后将蛋cop放入烤箱中。设置计时器。
- 组装底叶,用塑料垂悬,冷藏。
During the party:
- 列出了填充的endives。
- 将汤倒入杯子中,装饰,然后将杯子透过餐巾纸衬里的托盘上(以防止它们滑动)。
- Transfer the onion tart to a cutting board, slice, and serve.
- 升高烤箱温度,用橄榄油淋上填充蘑菇,然后烘烤。转移到盘子上并服用。
Shopping List
Fresh Produce:
- 1 lb. broccoli
- 1磅小或中型胡萝卜(最好是绿色顶部)
- 1 bunch celery (about 1-1/4 lb.)
- 1个中型radicchio
- 1 medium fennel bulb
- 8个萝卜(最好是绿色顶部)
- 2个中韭菜
- 5 medium shallots
- 4个中等黄色洋葱
- 1-1/2磅芹菜根(大约1个大)
- 35-40 cremini mushrooms (1-1/2 to 2 inches wide)
- 4 large heads Belgian endive
- 1束新的细香葱
- 1个小束新鲜百里香
- 1个小束新鲜的圣人
- 1个中柠檬
- 1头大蒜
肉,鸡蛋和乳制品:
- 1/4磅稀薄的熏鲑鱼
- 1-1/2盎司。培根
- 1个鸡蛋
- 3杆(3/4磅)无盐黄油
- 3杯CrèmeFraîche
- 1/2 pint heavy cream
- 1/2磅Roquefort
- 1 block Parmigiano Reggiano (enough for 1/4 cup grated)
其他杂货:
- 2/3杯粗面包屑(来自日子陈旧的法国或意大利面包)
厨房主食:
- 2杯未漂白的面粉
- 4汤匙。特级初榨橄榄油
- 1 Tbs. granulated sugar
- 1块干红辣椒片
- 犹太盐
- Black peppercorns