Mission: Inconvenient

[derechodragon]

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to provide me with recipe suggestions for hors d'eouvres for my family dinner later this week.

Deadline is 8am EST Friday.

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Comments

[wingywoof]

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bacon-Wrapped-Water-Chestnuts-II-2/Detail.aspx

[schivnorr]

Cured salmon:
Get a filet of salmon, crack some black pepper on it, sprinkle with a dash of onion and garlic powder, then cover in salt, wrap it all up, and stick it in the fridge for at least a day or two. Remove, de-salt, slice thinly (if you left the skin on, it won't be very edible), serve with a dipping sauce made by combining lemon or lime juice with mayonnaise. Sour cream can substitute the mayo.

[chefmongoose]

Bruschetta is always more impressive to people than you'd think.

[derechodragon]

I am exploring bruschetta options and there's only one thing I keep seeing in appealing recipies that is giving me pause: The rubbing of garlic cloves against the bread. I've never dealt with garlic cloves before -- what am I to expect? Am I going to see anything like a juice or a paste where I rub? Is this rubbing done with bare fingers?

[schivnorr]

You can wear a glove if you would like, but the rubbing is usually done with bare fingers, yes. If you're worried about garlic stink on your hands afterwards, just wash thoroughly with soap and hot water.

As for what to expect: Don't expect too much. There is some "juice" in the garlic cloves. It's not a lot, just standard moisture. As you rub the clove against the bread, it will be ground away. The idea is that you're putting a very thin smear of garlic "paste" upon the bread.

Really, neither the "paste" nor the "juice" is very noticeable. Garlic is simply rubbed into breadly goodness and it's all tasty. Just be sure to peel the garlic cloves first.

[derechodragon]

It occurred to me this morning that a much better word for what I was expecting is "oil".

[sioranth]

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/crescent-bacon-cheese-tartlets-recipe/index.html