Christmas Appetizers and Cocktail
Course:
Appetizers, Cocktails, Beverages
Cuisine:
American
INGREDIENTS:
BLT Tea Sandwich:
- Bacon strips
- 7 grain bread
- Cocktail tomatoes
- Boston lettuce
- Spicy mayonnaise
- Quail Egg
Cranberry Cosmopolitan:
- 1 cup of ice
- 1-1/2 ounces Citron Vodka
- 1 ounce of Cointreau
- 1 ounce of cranberry juice
- ½ ounce of fresh lime- juice
- 2 fresh cranberries
- 1 lime peel twist
- Fresh mint for garnish
DIRECTIONS:
BLT sandwich:
- Cut bacon into thirds. Fry in pan.
- Place bacon from oven onto paper towels to drain excess fat.
- Use cookie cutter to cut circles out of the lettuce & bread. Slice tomatoes. Spread mayo on bread.
- Assemble starting with bread, lettuce, tomato, & bacon. Repeat. Skewer with cocktail forks.
Cosmopolitan:
- Place your Martini glasses in the freezer for 15 minutes to get them frosty cold!
- Place all of the ingredients except the lime twist in a cocktail shaker
- Shake vigorously for 20 seconds and strain into the chilled cocktail glass.
- Twist the lime peel over the drink and drop it in with the cranberries!
- Garnish with a small stem of fresh mint!
Suggested combinations for Crostini Toppings:
- Salmon w/ chive cream cheese, dill, small cucumber on top
- Ricotta Cheese cucumber mint, and dill
- Ricotta, Fried Egg, chives
- Ricotta, Lemon Zest, Thyme,
- Ricotta Cheese, Balsamic, Strawberries, fresh mint
- Goat Cheese Leeks
- Ricotta Cheese, Blueberries, olive oil
- Ricotta Cheese, Radishes, parsley, olive oil
- Cream Cheese, Pesto, Heirloom tomatoes,
- Goat cheese, fig jelly, shaved parm
- Ricotta Jalepeno, Cilantro, Sea Salt, Olive Oil