Though I don’t love winter, it is the time of so many delicioius and hearty foods. We’re always cooking soup – often from bits of items I’ve got for leftovers and sometimes, just because I am CRAVING a taste. It’s a time to slow down and enjoy the rich smells that emanate as I make ham and bean soup, or a real Eastern European (hot) borscht, or use those bits of broccoli for some terrific broccoli and cheddar soup. Or maybe it’s time for a stew or a braise…short ribs, osso bucco, homemade noodles or just the best mashed potatoes with added richness of sour cream and a bit of roasted garlic.
It’s time to invite your friends over to make an evening of it by the fire…for board games, a long-overdue visit, or maybe even an elegant multi-course dinner party featuring Mediterranean or French or Middle Eastern cuisine. Maybe it’s just an evening with friends or family that’s casual…but always, featuring food to make your mouth water, from The Delicious Dish. Well, we’ve got a pot of Gram’s baked lima beans staying warm in the oven, to be topped by that 100+ year-old Chili Sauce recipe. Brisket’s in the oven blessed by Aunt Estelle’s favorite recipe additions…and tomorrow Sea Scallops with Brown Butter, served over polenta, is coming up. Or how about some fabulous barbecued short ribs, braised and then finished on the grill? And perhaps my mom’s sixty year old recipe for Blitz Torte – light with layers of meringue, toasted walnut, and yellow cake with whipped cream piled on the layers – for dessert?
Wahtever the occasion, The Delicious Dish is here to help you with all your entertaining needs. Invite your friends or family, mix up some summer sangria, and get ready to kick back and celebrate this season of warmth and togetherness!
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The Delicious Dish is owned and operated by Debbie Weiner Soule, who has been cooking and catering since she was a teenager. Deb is the co-author of the book, The Family Table: Food on Star Island, and has contributed recipes published in Yankee Magazine. Watch this space for more news, menu choices, and recipes – and let us know how we can help to make your next event or family meal memorable.
For all of your winter entertaining needs, The Delicious Dish can help you to offer a really wonderful meal that you don’t have to stress over — let us do the work!
Enjoy these Featured Winter Items:
Appetizers:
Kalamata Olive/Rosemary Sables (a savory shortbread)
Day Boat Scallops wrapped in Maple-Cured Bacon
Puff Pastry Palmiers with Fontina Cheese, Prosciutto and Muhammarah
Dates stuffed with chili-rubbed Marcona Almonds, wrapped in Bacon
Blini with Creme Fraiche and Smoked Salmon, or caviar
Chicken or Beef Sate with Indonesian Peanut Dipping Sauce
Entrees:
Sea Scallops with Brown Butter over Polenta
Crawfish and Shrimp Etoufee over rice
Coq au Vin
Marinated Lamb Skewers with Tzatziki and Grilled Pita
Braised Barbecued Short Ribs
Duck a la Orange with Wild Rice
Ratatouille with Chicken Sausages
Veal or Pork Osso Bucco
Accompaniments:
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Figs, Leeks and Goat Cheese crumble
Mashed potatoes with roasted garlic and sour cream
Artichokes with four dipping sauces
Grilled Asparagus with shaved parmesan cheese
Gram’s baked lima beans with pork belly (baked for 8 hours!)
Risotto with Wild Mushrooms
Pasta with Cream, Fennel and eggplant
Salads:
Shaved Beet and Fennel Salad with Orange vinaigrette and goat cheese crumble
Wedge Salad with Bacon, Heirloom Tomatoes, Great Hill Blue Cheese, Balsamic Vinaigrette
Mesclun with sweet and spicy pecans, cranberries, goat cheese, and lemon vinaigrette
Port-braised Anjou pears with stilton cheese, pecans and lemon-thyme vinaigrette
Grain Salad with haricots verts, slivered red onion and shaved parmesan
Sweet Endings:
“Blitz” Torte ( a retro classic from the 1960’s) – yellow cake, meringue layers with toasted walnuts, clouds of whipped cream
Pistachio-Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake (a retro delight)
Apple-cranberry-raspberry crisp
Chocolate English Trifle
Black-Bottom Pie
Flower arrangements also available for your event – inquire for more information!
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