Friday, October 21, 2011

Better late then never.

So those appetizer recipes, it's about time I posted them.

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Cream Cheese Stuffed Baguette.

I cut about a foot off of a baguette, I cut then end off of it and used a bread knife to hollow it out like this:
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I ended up with this:
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I set that aside. While I was carving up the bread I was also frying some bacon, 4 strips were for this, when the bacon was crisp I set it to drain and sauteed a small onion with some balsamic vinegar until translucent.

In a bowl I used a fork to soften an 8oz brick of cream cheese, I added 1tsp seasoning salt, 1tsp garlic, 1tsp basil, and 1tsp paprika then the onions and the bacon [now chopped]. I mixed it all together and using a butter knife I filled the baguette with the cream cheese.

The end result:
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Then I did the puff pastry packages.

You can really fill these with whatever you like I did three different ones. While I was cooking everything else I also had half an acorn squash in the microwave steaming [flesh down 1/4c water 10-15min]. I pulled it out, scooped out the flesh and mixed it with 1tsp butter, salt&pepper to taste, a pinch of basil and 1/4c white Cheddar.

I rolled out the pastry to about 1mm thickness and cut into about 20 squares. I put the squash together first putting about 1tbsp of filling per sq.

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The others were done similarly. The second packages were portobello mushrooms [which I'd sauteed in balsamic and lime cordial after the onions], smoked muscles [2-3 per package], and onions [1/2tsp per package].

Smoked oysters, bacon [about 1/4 slice per package], and parmesan.

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Bake 400*f 15-20 min Until they look like this:

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Tada! They were even enjoyed by my picky eaters:
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Of course, my husband got home 2 hours later unexpectedly, so I made him bacon and eggs.

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