Time To Dance On The Table
Pop a bottle of bubbly and ring in the new year with small, mingle-friendly, walk around bites. It's time to party like a Rockstar. This is no fancy sit down dinner. You want to have fun-food you can carry with you while you bust a move.
The cocktail, now that probably needs to be a little fancy. So, we went with Ginger instead of Mary Ann.
And the music... well crank it up man. There's a little bit of everything here. So... eat up, drink up and dance like nobody's watching. Just remember to kiss the right person at midnight. Party on!
The Pots are on...
The Plate...
Brie & Merlot Mushroom Bites
and Baileys Irish Cream/Pistachio Fudge
Brie & Merlot Mushroom Bites
What you need...
1 package mini Phyllo shells
2 tbls butter
1 shallot, diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
8 oz mixed mushrooms, sliced
Salt and fresh ground pepper
1/2 cup Merlot wine
2 tsp chopped thyme
1/4 lb Brie
4 chives, sliced
What you do...
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake the shells according to package directions.
Heat a skillet over medium heat and add butter. When the butter is melted, add shallots and garlic.
Cook until soft (about 5 min.)
Add mushrooms and season with salt and pepper.
When the mushrooms have released their liquid, add the wine and thyme.
Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated (about 5 min.)
Cut Brie into small pieces. Dived the mushroom mixture among the shells.
Top each with a piece of Brie.
Return to the oven just long enough to melt the cheese (5 min.)
Garnish with chives.
Baileys Irish Cream / Pistachio Fudge
What you need...
36 oz White Chocolate Chips
1 14 oz can sweetened condense milk
1/2 cup Baileys Irish Cream liquor
1/2 cup raw pistachios, chopped
What you do...
Line an 8x8 square baking pan with foil paper and lightly grease it.
In a sauce pan, pour all ingredients except pistachios and heat on low.
Stir constantly until chocolate has almost melted.
Turn off heat and continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted.
Now add pistachios and pour evenly onto the prepared pan.
Let cool until set.
Remove fudge from pan and peal off the foil.
Cut fudge into small squares.
The Playlist...
Rockin' The New Year
Time to party down and ring in the New Year! So what's your favorite party song? I love the new song by New Orlean's own Galatic called "Hey Na Na". Of course it's all about partying for Mardi Gras, but hey... a party is a party. Also loving the new one from Ed Roland. Well, as usual there are some oldies and some new stuff. Then we have good ole BB King helping us ring in the new year.
("The Playlist" runs on Spotify. Don't have Spotify?... Click here it's free )
The Bar....
Champagne Ginger Cocktail
Fresh ginger
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vodka
1 lemon sliced
1 bottle Champagne
What you do...
Simmer water, ginger and sugar in a sauce pan for 10 minutes.
Let it cool then add vodka and refrigerate.
Once cool strain into a bowl to remove the ginger slices.
Rub the top of your champagne glass with lemon and dip into a plate of sugar to rim the glass.
Pour about 1 oz of the ginger/vodka into a glass and top off with Champagne.
Happy New Year...
You Party Animal!
Please... Day Drink Responsibly
&
Keep On Cookin'!
Please... Day Drink Responsibly
&
Keep On Cookin'!
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