Friday Fish Dish – Salade Nicoise with Roasted Salmon

The signs of spring are not yet apparent. Channeling warm places, we suggest a classic south of France dish, Salade Niçoise. This colourful and beautifully platted fish dish is easy to prepare and is also a crowd pleaser. Perfect for a casual Friday evening or to serve for an impromptu cocktail party. Just add wine or bubbles with fruit juice mixes. Instead of tuna we choose roasted salmon on a bed of haricot vert [french green beans] with roasted fingerling potatoes and roasted red peppers, garnished with egg wedges, crudités and lovely french olives; niçoise, nyons and picholines. A perfect Salmon Niçoise wine paring would be a Provence Rose, The dry Roses’ fruitiness and crisp finish complement the platters medley […]

Friday Fish Dish – Roasted & Stuffed Shrimp Scampi

Start Lent’s Fish Friday with a classic Italian-American shrimp dish. In American, scampi is a shrimp dish with garlic butter and dry white wine served on a bed of linguine. This updated classic dish with roasted prawns stuffed with scampi is so beautiful, it does not need to share a plate with linguine. Serve the Stuffed Prawns with a salad of baby greens and a lemony vinaigrette. Suggested Wine Pairing A Sauvignon Blanc from the Northen Italian Trentino-Alto Adige wine country. How to Make Ingredients Scampi Filling: 1 lb medium or large shrimp 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ cup greek yogurt 1 cup panko 2 T fresh lemon juice ¼ t turmeric ¼ t crushed red pepper flakes 2 T […]

THE OSCARS – A Viewing Party Menu Your Guests Will Love!

To celebrate the Academy Awards show we created a red carpet worthy menu for your Oscars viewing party, inspired by the Best Picture nominees. We suggest you prepare your thank you speech for your adoring party guests! THE OSCARS MENU Cocktail Gravity – Heavenly Inspiration Celestial Fizz Cocktail Opening Monologue Wolf of Wall Street – 80’s hors d’euvres Buckwheat Blinis with Creme Fraiche and Caviar American Hustle – 70’s hors d’oeuvres Crab Rangoons Angels on Horsebacks And the winner Is… Updated classic antipasto platter – great for sharing in the viewing room Feta ball with peppadews, Grissini olives and assorted crackers Grand Finale Dallas Buyers Club – Cowboy Style Cowboy Cookies atop RumChata milk shake {via} Celestial Fizz Cocktail Buckwheat […]