When you’re trying to eat healthy, hors d’oeuvre- often high fat, salty affairs- are a challenge. You can enjoy our leek-stuffed mushrooms without blowing your healthy eating goals. Serve this elegant bite-sized nibble at your next party.
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Leek-Stuffed Mushroom Caps
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Goat Brie Pastry Bites
Our ham is delicately flavoured with rosemary and pairs beautifully with Brie and apple. You could use pear, if you prefer.
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Puff Pastry Cheese Twists
A delicious snack to serve with cocktails. Don’t worry if some of the toppings fall off while you twist the pastry strips; work over the baking sheet and some will bake back onto the bottoms of the twists.
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Blue Cheese Canapés with Walnuts
A great, year-round, one-bite canapé. If blue cheese is not your favourite, a nice aged Cheddar would work just was well with these flavours.
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Tuscan Goat Cheese Bites
This really easy appetizer makes a lovely presentation. It goes great with a glass of red wine!
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Hot Bottomless Bean Dip
No one can stop eating this fabulous bean dip! Increase the jalapenos and/or substitute PC Medium Fresh Salsa if you like a lot of spice.
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Cheese Clouds
This is a version of the French dish Gougères, choux pastry flavoured with cheese. You can serve these at room temperature, but they are tastier served warm.
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Mini Dill Rosti
This sophisticated hors d’oeuvre will wow your guests! Making the rosti round takes a bit of practice.
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Classic Baked Dip
A warm dip is sure to draw a crowd at any gathering. This smoky version is served in a bread bowl, and gets a nice crunch from water chestnuts in the spinach dip.
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Cheddar Crisps
These are delightful served slightly warm with pre-dinner cocktails. Slice and bake as your dinner guests arrive. And your house will smell great!
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Reverse Bruschetta
This bruschetta is reverse because you dip the bread into the topping instead of spooning the topping onto the bread.
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Mini Piri Piri Pita Pizzas
Piri piri sauce packs a punch in this delectable little hot hors d’oeuvre.
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Easy Cheesy Soufflé
A fabulous dish to have in your repertoire, soufflé makes a great entertaining dish. All the work is done in advance- you can entertain your guests once it’s in the oven, then bask in the oohs and aahs when it comes out!
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Porcini Tortelloni in Brodo
Tortellini means little twists and are a small, stuffed pasta; tortelloni are large tortellini. “In brodo” is Italian for in broth. This makes a great starter to one of our PC lasagnas.
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Mozzarella and Artichoke Pizza
White pizzas such as this are not tomato-based as are many pizzas and somehow seem more elegant. A rich, quick and easy appetizer.
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Serrano Ham and Roasted Pear Salad
Serrano ham is a Spanish dry-cured ham, similar to Italian prosciutto but drier and firmer. It has a salty bite, so we’ve used it sparingly here, wrapping it around roasted pears for a delicious play of sweet and salty.
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Melted Cheddar and Dill Bites
Cheddar and mango chutney are a classic sandwich combination. We’ve given it an Indian twist by using naan bread and our new Memories Curried Mango sauce.
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Ricotta and Roasted Tomato Crostini
Making little toasts for crostini under the broiler is a bit fiddly, but this wire-rack oven method reduces the chances of burnt toast. Ricotta is a delicious and unusual topping.
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Maple Balsamic Fig Salad with Goat Cheese Croquettes
In the winter, sweeter Mission figs are in season, in summer the less sweet green figs. Walnuts give this salad a bitter edge to balance the sweetness of the vinaigrette and figs.
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Grilled Halloom
Halloom is a mild cheese that is sturdy and stands up well to grilling. It has a slight squeakiness when you bite into it, like fresh cheese curds.
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Garlic Cheese Fingers
Sure to be a hit with the kids. Serve as an appetizer or alongside their favourite pasta dish.
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Black Olive and Sundried Tomato Palmier
Short on time? Prepare this impressive and convenient appetizer in advance and bake ten minutes before your guests arrive.
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Artichoke Asiago Pinwheels
Try these pretty pinwheels at your next party whether it be dinner, or even brunch!
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Smoked Salmon Bites
You can whip up this super-easy appetizer the next time unexpected guests drop in, with just a few pantry items. Perfect with pre-dinner drinks.
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