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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanI need a vegetarian starter that is not soup for a Christmas Dinner where one quarter of the diners is a veggie.
Any ideas, Oh Lazyweb?
Any ideas, Oh Lazyweb?
caddyman![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2006-12-19 11:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-19 11:50 pm (UTC)With holly for seasonal effect.
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Date: 2006-12-20 12:14 am (UTC)Or bilinis with caramelised onion houmous, and sour cream and chives(and the flesheaters could have smoked salmon on theirs)
Melba toast with mushroom pate, which should be easily obtained from Mr Waitrose.
Very posh cheese on toast, nice shapes which
Anything there float your boat?
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Date: 2006-12-20 12:18 am (UTC)I am feeling hungry all of a sudden...
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Date: 2006-12-20 12:09 am (UTC)Nothing wrong with pumpkin soup, it's simply a logistic problem in the kitchen.
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Date: 2006-12-20 12:32 am (UTC)I like the idea of stuffed peppers mentioned below.. very classy! yes, they can be made a little in advance, and they should impress your guests!
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Date: 2006-12-20 12:01 am (UTC)Mix some breadcrumbs, grated cheese, herbs and whatever else you like. (You can add stuff like bacon to the ones that aren't veggie as long as you remember which ones they are...)
Take one big flat mushroom and bung a wodge of a mixture on its underside and bake til looks tasty.
Alternatively make a risotto type rice mixture and fill a cleaned out whole pepper with it. Similar to above.
Or posh cheese on toast is good - get ciabatta, add slice of mozzarella, some fresh basil and a big slice of juicy beef tomato, drizzle with mix of olive oil and balsamic vinegar if desired. Bake til looks tasty (only takes a few mins) - likewise can add parma ham or similar for non-veggie types.
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Date: 2006-12-20 12:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-20 10:47 am (UTC)Get some Filo pastry (shop bought in sheets)
Get a tart tray (you know the sort, 12 small cup cake size shapes on a tray)
For a filling try fresh breadcrumbs (couple of slices of bread in a blender)
finely chopped mushrooms and onion
fry the mushroom and onion adding any herbs spices, salt and vinegar as desired (probably just some mixed herbs, a little garlic, salt pepper)
take off the heat and add in the breadcrumbs
As you probably can't use eggs, this may not bind very well, in that case add a little tomato puree, a little cornflower and some vegetable stock (although again probably not too much. you want it damp not wet.
Grease the tart tray whith marge or similar vegan grease
Cut the filo into 4-5" squares and place in the cake tray to form small eight pointed stars.
Spray with vegetable oil, or brush with melted marge to help brown the pastry
Place the cooled down filling in the tarts and sprinkle with some finely grated cheese.
Basically the tartlet idea is the important one, you can fill it with what you like. last time I made these I filled them with a tomato and onion sauce with a couple of slice olives placed on top, very nice but not very christmassy. An alternative filling would be some nut roast mixture, or vegetarian stuffing.
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Date: 2006-12-20 10:47 am (UTC)Another possibility is to do one of the stuffed mushroom options, but to enclose the 'shroom with some cranberries on top inside some filo pastry with the corners/edges gathered up like a pouch bag thing.
A nice addition to stuffed 'shrooms is a drizzle of port or brandy - alternatively you could add the boozahol to the diner directly for more entertaining results ;o)
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