Cold buffet.

[puss_boots]

My daughter is having a 40th at a venue that lets you prepare your own buffet. She would like to stay away from the usual stuff like sausage rolls and vol au vonts. Has anyone got any good ideas for finger foods that are a bit different. I have been asked to provide some of the food and I will have to make most of it the day before as she lives 50 miles away. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks xx.

[coccinelle]

I often do this sort of thing here in France and don't DO sausage rolls or vol au vents (too much pastry). here they have what you call 'cakes' but are savoury which you slice up; tuna or tomato & olive or courgette or bacon and whatever.... There are also bowls of crisps, olives, cherry tomatoes, cubed veg., rolled up ham with slice of pineapple or whatever, pieces of chorizo, cubes of different cheeses with savoury biscuits....
I've often found for dessert nothing goes down better than individual strawberry tarts.
If you'd like the recipe for a 'cake' just say but tell me what kind of cake.

[chinadog]

Potato Salad
Goujons with dips
Cheeseboard and selection of biscuits
Veal,ham and egg pie cut into slices
Samosas
Rice,peas and red peppers
A cooked meat platter with condiments
Sweet.
Meringue
Profiteroles with a jug of cream.
Frosted Grapes

[puss_boots]

coccinelle please give me more details about the cakes you slice up with tuna, olice, courgette, bacon etc. chinadog is the rice peas and peppers a cold rice dish ?

[chinadog]

Yup it goes down well with the cold meat puss. Only garden peas or petite pous.

[abbie1977]

I have a deli and we do a lot of cold buffets. The type of things we can do are:

Crab and prawn cocktails
Bang bang chicken
Breaded mini chicken kievs
Mini tartlets
Mini teriyaki salmon
Mini yorkshire puds with rare roast beef and horseradish cream
Tandoori chicken skewers
Crostini with:
Goats cheese and red onion marmalade
Nicoise topping
Black olive tapenade
Guacamole
Goats cheese and homemade chilli jam

Dessert:

mini chocolate brownies
mini tarte tatin
mini pavlovas with seasonal fruits
mini cheesecakes
mini panna cotta


and we do loads more.

Hope thats a bit of help!

[puss_boots]

Wooow abbie 1977 where are you, that sounds really good are you near Southport, Merseyside, and how much do you charge.

[abbie1977]

Awww sorry no, I'm in Glasgow and I wouldhave to charge one helluva fee!! lol If you need any recipes feel free to email me at [email protected] xxx

[puddicat]

Abbie do you buy anything of these in lol!!

[abbie1977]

No lol, we make it all...no point in buying it in when its just as easy to make it.

[puddicat]

yu sound like a professional catering company!!!

[abbie1977]

Well it kind of is!! lol I have a deli and I do outside catering along with it.

[puddicat]

lol abbie as a chef the signs were there!!!

[puddicat]

i am in fife u any good as a deli thinking of visiting glasgow!

[abbie1977]

Yeah def...its a small family-run Italian deli. If you e-mail me I can email you all the details. Dont really want to be putting the address on here! xx

[puddicat]

italian fantastic!, will email you!!!

[fabioburke]

You could stuff some pimiento peppers (availible in jars from any big supermarket)with either garlic cream cheese or plain.Do some cous cous with roasted peppers.Theres always cold prawns and smoked salmon with wedges of lemon and dill.Tuna/mayo/sweetcorn pasta salad.For salad ,rocket leaves with thinly sliced parmesan is nice and classic greek salad with olives,feta,cherry tomatoes,red onion and chunks of cucumber.

[puddicat]

Can you give me the ulitmate lasagna recipe for my guys,when i visit lol!!!

[coccinelle]

The base of the cake is almost the same:
180g SR flour
3 eggs
10cl milk
150g grated gruy�re cheese
10cl olive oil (or other)
pinch salt
pepper

Beat the eggs, milk, oil, salt and pepper and add this to the flour.
You then add the cheese.

Olive & Bacon cake: Add 100g bits of lean cooked smoked bacon, 100g halved stoned green olives and 100g halved stoned black olives.
Put mixture into greased loaf tin and bake for 45/50 minutes at 180�C No 6.

You can add what you want to make up 300g. In France, each person seems to have their own recipe.

[legendis.god]

Ello abbie

are you in glasgow?



looks just like it






did i hear a pin drop there ???

[abbie1977]

Sorry puss-boots for this but this guy is doing my head in. Legend, as I was saying before your thread got zapped, I live in London and I have a family business in Glasgow which i where I was directing puss to. Not that this is any of your business! You got anything to say to me feel free to e-mail me because its not right taking over someone's thread.