Any Advance On Cheese Straws?

[humbersloop]

birthday high tea to do for Sunday afternoon, sarnies and cakes sorted, but does anyone have any ideas for tarted up savoury butter pastry nibbles?

[AlwaysConfused]

mini onion bhajis and samosas , blinis, sushi....not all in the same mouthful, though!

[sunny-dave]

Vollie Vonts?

Creem cheese and saumon will do nicley ...

[sunny-dave]

Pate and melba toast will make a nice change of flavour?

[EcclesCake]

To give palmiers or cheese straws a bit of zing I go with mustard powder or some smoked paprika.

[humbersloop]

volly vaunts are already in, melba taosts for the crab, I'm hell bent on cheese straws of some ilk

[humbersloop]

*toasts*

[sunny-dave]

Puff Pastry Garlic Knots

http://www.cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.com/easy-puff-pastry-garlic-knots/

[sunny-dave]

I can be there by about 4pm - is it BYOT?

[Retrochic]

make or buy little choux balls and fill with a mixture of cream cheese,sliced spring onions,crispy fried bacon and a little creme fraiche to lighten it up -fill your balls (sorry) with this mixture. They are delicious and went down a treat at our Xmas party.

[jourdain2]

If you toast bread (white or wholemeal) and cut it up into squares you can top with all sorts of stuff. Cream cheese and flakes of smoked salmon? (Definitely good) Lighter than pastry bases. You can mix all sorts of stuff - tomato concentrate with sliced black olives (just invented that but bet it will be good and will give it a go).

[jourdain2]

Also, if you can get small new potatoes, roast them and fill with cream cheese and chopped peppers.

[Retrochic]

200 grams plain flour, 50 grms salted butter -rub into fine breadcurmbs,add 50 grms very fine freshly grated parmesan cheese , 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika 1/2 tsp cayanne pepper (you can leave this out. Mix all dry ingredients then add on egg -mix to dough -put in fridge for at least one hour. roll out and cut into either strips or small circles . Its best to roll the dough out between non stick paper. Cook 200C for 5 - 10 mins until golden brown serve cold.

[jourdain2]

I suppose you could make cheese and onion straws - if you chop the onions finely enough.

[jourdain2]

Sounds good retrochic.

[humbersloop]

thanks all, I should have said I'm not cooking this weekend, I've brined the salt beef so they're having sarnies and Liking It

palmiers and garlic knots look good - what do you reckon to dates stuffed with walnut banana cream cheese for them as fail the Darwin test around cake?

[Retrochic]

hunbersloop -banana cream cheese? Sorry but that sounds vile -and the banana will go brown.

[janbee]

Sloopy, have you ever tried banana and avocado sarnies on lovely fresh brown bread.? Yumsy.
What about some Indian snacks from M & S?

[Jackdaw33]

Where I come from high tea is a knife and fork job, a light cooked snack or a plated salad.

[janbee]

Yes, when I was a child, a high tea meant a knife and fork and a plate of bread and butter on the side.