Today I’m going to share some new appetizer recipes that I
have not shared before. With the Super Bowl
coming, you might want to try one or all of these.
Shrimp and Deviled Eggs
6 eggs, boiled
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped small cooked detailed and peeled shrimp
12 whole small cooked shrimp
Chopped green onion
2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
Kosher salt and black pepper
Small cooked shrimp
Paprika
Prep Work
Finely chop up green onion, parsley and a couple of small
shrimp.
Boil eggs on medium heat for 10 minutes. Remove, crack and
let cool in cold water, peel, and cut in half lengthwise.
Eggs
Remove yolks and place in bowl. Add mayonnaise to the yolks
and mash well with a fork until all lumps are gone. Add parsley, green onion and chopped shrimp. Stir to
combine. Season with Kosher salt and pepper.
Drop teaspoonfuls of the egg yolk mixture into the egg
halves. Top with a shrimp for garnish. Sprinkle with paprika. Refrigerate until it's
time to serve.
Variation – You
can substitute the shrimp with crab and/or bacon.
Ham and Cucumber Appetizer
This is a variation of the ham and pickle roll up. Instead you use a cucumber and make a
sandwich out of it.
Sliced ham
Whipped cream cheese
Store bought dill veggie dip (Sour cream, dill weed, finely
grated carrot and onion powder to taste)
Cucumbers
Salt
Dried dill weed
Slice you cucumber in half length wise and take out the
seeds using a spoon to scrape them out.
Mix 1 part cream cheese and 1 part dill veggie dip. Taste and season if necessary by adding Kosher
salt and/or more dill. You can make your
own sour cream veggie dip, but I usually just buy my favorite store bought
brand and save time and money. I used the
left over then for crudités for the party.
Spread the cheese mixture on one half of the cucumber
filling in where the seeds were. On the
other half, place your shaved ham (just enough to fill in hallowed out part and
put the two pieces together. Cut into
small bite sized pieces for an appetizer or larger pieces for small sandwich
size pieces (tiny sub).
Variation – You
can also do this with thinly sliced deli roast beef. You may also make cucumber sandwiches,
slicing the filled cucumber in thin pieces and putting it on top of a small
piece of pumpernickel bread spread with a little cream cheese. Garnish with a little dill weed.
Here is a simple snack pleaser or condiment that you can
make and store for when ever you need it.
Oh, and it has bacon!!!!!
Bacon Flavored Cheese Spread
1 pound Velveeta Processed Cheese (no substitutes)
1 sticks butter
1 (8 ounce package) whipped cream cheese
1/2 cup melted bacon grease
Chopped cooked bacon (you decide how much or how little)
1 tsp. onion powder
1 dash of your favorite hot sauce (optional)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon of your favorite prepared mustard
Chop bacon into small pieces and fry until crispy. Take the bacon out of the grease with a
slotted spoon and set it aside saving the grease.
Place all ingredients in top of double boiler over simmering
water except the chopped bacon. Stir occasionally until melted and smooth. The
mixture will look coarse in texture. For best results put it through a blender,
using on/off speed on high for 2 or 3 minutes until satiny smooth. If you do
not have a blender, use an electric mixer on high speed, beating until smooth. When smooth add your chopped bacon and stir in.
It keeps well up to 4 or 5 weeks if tightly covered and
refrigerated. Makes about a quart, and freezes well up to 6 months. Reheat it in the microwave if you want to
serve it hot.
You can eat this hot or cold. It goes great on top of baked potatoes,
potato skins, a hamburger, sliders, crusty bread, chips or just with
crackers. Use it for your next grilled ham
and cheese sandwich. Bet you can come up
with even more uses.
Gorgonzola and Green Olive Stuffed Mushrooms
Cremini mushrooms
¼ cup of Gorgonzola cheese
Chopped green olives (with or without pimento)
1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
5 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
Kosher salt to taste
Prep Work
Wiped clean and remove stems mushrooms
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and set rack for the middle
of the oven.
In a large skillet over medium high heat, add the olive oil
and 3 tbsp butter. Add the mushroom caps
and sprinkle with salt. Cook on each side
for a few minutes. You want to brown
them, but not completely. Transfer to a bowl.
In a small saucepan, melt the 2 tbsp. butter and add the
Panko. Mix well to coat.
Set the mushrooms on a baking sheet (stem side up).
Take a tiny piece of cheese and a piece of green olive and place them inside the cap. Place additional cheese
and press it into the cap on top
of the olive slice.
Sprinkle some Panko over each mushroom and pop in the oven
for 10 minutes.
Variation - Try using pepper cheese for some heat or any cheese you like.
Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms
Knowing me, you know I'm going to have to wrap something in bacon, so here is a great bacon wrapped mushroom.
Bacon
Mozzarella Cheese
Button or Porcini mushrooms
½ tsp. garlic powder
1 tablespoon soy sauce
3 tablespoons butter
Remove all the mushroom stems (save and freeze for next time
you are making a broth) and clean with a damp paper towel. Melt butter and add
soy sauce and garlic powder. You may add
a little heat if you like by adding a dash of hot sauce. Brush the mushrooms with a mixture.
Cut little squares of Mozzarella the size of your mushroom
centers and stuff them inside each mushroom cap.
Cut the bacon slices in half and wrap one around each cheese
stuffed mushroom.
Bake seam side down on a sheet pan for about 30 minutes, or
until the Bacon is glazed and crispy!
Have a great weekend.
Party, be happy and may God bless you and yours.
