Holiday Catering

Mark — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:28:11 +0000

For a list of holiday catering menus, please see the below link:

2011 Holiday Menu

Curried Chicken Salad

Ami — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:11:02 +0000

Delicious chicken salad with curry powder, for sandwiches, rolls, or luncheon salad. Serve this flavorful salad on buns or bread, or mound it on lettuce leaves for a wonderful luncheon salad.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

2 chicken breast halves, cooked and chopped or shredded
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
4 green onions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons chopped dried cranberries
1 Granny Smith apple, shredded
5 to 7 tablespoons mayonnaise, or to taste
1 teaspoon curry powder, or to taste
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, optional
salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation:

In a bowl, combine the chopped chicken, chopped celery, green onion, walnuts, cranberries, and apple. Toss to blend. Stir in the mayonnaise, curry powder, and parsley, if using. Add more mayonnaise, as needed, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Serves 3 to 4.

Guinness Cup Cakes

admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:06:44 +0000

Nothing better than cooking with beer, especially good beer. Rich dark stout is one of my favorites. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I have for you a great recipe for Guinness Cups Cakes to have with your Irish Coffee for dessert. Guinness is the perfect beer for desserts because of its distinct chocolate and coffee Flavors. These cupcakes are light in texture, but heavy in the chocolate department. The white cream cheese icing reminds me of the creamy white head that Guinness is famous for. Stray away from the green beer and go to the original Irish beer of Guinness for St. Patrick’s Day.

Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes Recipe

TIME/SERVINGS

Total: 50 mins

Active: 25 mins

Makes: 24 cupcakes, Cause you got to feed your friends.

INGREDIENTS

1 (12-ounce) bottle Guinness stout

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

3 large eggs

3/4 cup sour cream

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa, plus more for garnish

2 cups sugar

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

For the frosting:

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup heavy cream

1 pound confectioners’ sugar

Cocoa powder, for dusting

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the Guinness, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Mix in the sour cream.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the cocoa, sugar, flour, and baking soda. Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet Guinness mixture.
Butter 24 muffin tins and divide the batter among the muffin tins.
Bake 25 minutes, until risen and set in the middle but still soft and tender. Cool before turning out of the tins.

Make the frosting:

Beat the cream cheese in a bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the heavy cream. Slowly mix in the confectioners’ sugar.
Top each cupcake with a heap of frosting and dust with cocoa.

Beer and Chili Braised Pork Tacos

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:44:18 +0000

60 pounds of chili and beer braised pork coming out of the oven now! Tomorrow Beer Braised Pork Tacos to be served with Cabbage Slaw, Black Beans, and Cilantro Lime Rice. Yum! Time for dinner!