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What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: Winterlight Date: September 22, 2020, 4:44 pm
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Obviously, this assumes you like dinner parties! ;D I'm hoping
to start having them again when we're allowed, and I'm looking
for ideas. I tend to do this only in winter so my ideas are all
cold-weather based.
If people have allergies/aversions/special issues, you're very
welcome to suggest things for them.
For my ideal dinner party, I'd start with smoked salmon on
challah slices as an appetizer/starter course, or a chunky
vegetable soup with warm bread.
For a main course, mustard chicken or roast chicken. Cottage pie
is also an option, or pasta.
Sides would depend on what I was making- with the chicken I'd
probably do something like scalloped potatoes and a green or
yellow vegetable. Cottage pie might not need one depending how
many veggies go into it. Pasta would get some sort of vegetable
depending on the type. Salad is probably going to be a warm
salad if I do one, because salad greens in winter don't really
appeal to me. I found a recipe for a hot carrot and mushroom
salad a while back that I need to find again and try.
Dessert- I just learned an apple cake recipe that's been a hit
with people. Serving that warm with ice cream? Oh, yes! Fudge
cake is also yummy and easy. Or, I might do a few varieties of
fudge if I know they like it, and serve it with fruit. Another
option is apples and honey, especially if you've got a good
local honey and people who aren't huge on dessert/sweets.
What would you make?
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: chigger Date: September 22, 2020, 5:22 pm
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A little OT, but would you share the apple cake recipe?
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: Winterlight Date: September 22, 2020, 5:29 pm
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Sure, here it is! Next time I may try it in a 9"x13" pan instead
of a cake pan because it's very dense and took a long time to
bake all the way through.
HTML http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/2017/09/jackapple-cake-season-is-here.html
My landlady loved it.
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: chigger Date: September 22, 2020, 6:01 pm
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Thank you! That sounds very, very good!
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: gramma dishes Date: September 22, 2020, 7:16 pm
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Everything sounds so good! I hope you will consider me as a
possible addition to your guest list! ;D
Heck, I'd be happy with just the appetizers!
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: Wanaca Date: September 22, 2020, 8:52 pm
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Let's see...mushrooms stuffed with crab meat for an app and
dessert of warm bread pudding with raisins. My parents always
used french bread for bread pudding because the ration of crust
is better. Baked apples with ice cream would be good too.
For a main, winter is the season that I like comfort food like a
roast with small potatoes and carrots. Or maybe pork chops
baked with apple butter.
And a cocktail that I recently discovered is called Cider House
Rules. Yummy. Golden tequila, lemon, apple juice and cinnamon.
Yummy.
Now I'm hungry.
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: Hmmm Date: September 23, 2020, 10:46 am
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What a fun idea.
Wannaca, that cocktail sound wonderful for fall.
It is wet and rainy outside so thinking Fall. This is my
favorite 3 course dinner party menu served American style*.
Links to recipes provided.
Hor d'oeuvres - Crab meat au gratin with crackers
First course, Ina Garten's Maple Roasted Carrot Salad with Goat
Cheese
HTML https://barefootcontessa.com/recipes/maple-roasted-carrot-salad
Main Course, Prosciutto Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Mushroom
Sauce (I do make the sauce with a variety of mushrooms)
HTML https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/prosciutto-stuffed-pork-tenderloin-with-mushroom-sauce-107649
Green beans almondine, and roasted butternut squash
Dessert, Caramel Apple Strudel with Cinnamon ice cream.
Depending on crowd, I might do a cheese and port course instead
of dessert.
Wannaca, that cocktail sound wonderful for fall.
*I clarify because a few of my favorite dinner party menus is
usually more European style if a small soup course, a fish
course, a main, then salad and then cheese and port. But I only
do those for smaller groups or when it's a collaborative dinner
party.
For summer, my favorite dinner party menu is Spanish inspired:
Hor d'oeuvres if tapas usually including Pan con tomate, goat
cheese stuffed dates with bacon, and skewers of manchego, olives
and chorizo with a good selection of spanish wines and maybe
Sangria.
First course is Tuna stuffed piquillo peppers with a bechamel
Next is the Paella served served with a green salad (some times
I'll serve the salad on it's on before the paella or after)
Finish with Crema Catalana
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: Wanaca Date: September 23, 2020, 11:29 am
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Cider House Rules
HTML https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2341/cider-house-rules
I like it better with a golden tequila.
"goat cheese stuffed dates with bacon" That got my attention.
I would definitely like to try that.
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: Hmmm Date: September 23, 2020, 12:59 pm
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[quote author=Wanaca link=topic=1864.msg57868#msg57868
date=1600878598]
Cider House Rules
HTML https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2341/cider-house-rules
I like it better with a golden tequila.
"goat cheese stuffed dates with bacon" That got my attention.
I would definitely like to try that.
[/quote]
I make them by combining equal amounts goat cheese and cream
cheese and a bit of red pepper flakes. Take the seed out of the
Majool dates and stuff with the mixture. Wrap half slices of
bacon around and secure with toothpicks. Put on cookie sheet and
bake at 400 for about 10 minutes, turn and bake another 10 min.
There is also a recipe for the same ingredients as a dip on the
NYT website. I've not tried it but might for the next event
instead of spending so much time stuffing dates.
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Re: What's Your Ideal Dinner Party Menu?
By: Winterlight Date: September 24, 2020, 12:02 pm
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Bread pudding! So yummy. There's a local restaurant which serves
it with a hot bourbon caramel sauce. I miss that terribly, but
the place is too far away right now.
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