Category Archives: Appetizers & Party Foods

Deviled Eggs

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Cooking time: 35-40 mins.
Preparation time: 20-25 mins.
Main cooking utensils: 3 saucepans

For 4 people you need:
Creole rice:
1 small onion, peeled
1 stalk celery
1 small green sweet pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup mushrooms
3/4 cup rice
1 1/2 cups stock
seasoning

Eggs and sauce:
4 eggs
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup flour
1 1/4 cups tomato juice
salt
1 teaspoon made mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
pinch brown sugar

1. Chop onion coarsely with celery and pepper, removing core and seeds.

2. Fry in the butter for 5 minutes without browning.

3. Add sliced mushrooms and rice, cook for further 4 minutes, add stock.

4. Cover pan, cook for 20 minutes or until no moisture remains. Season well.

5. Meanwhile hard-cook the eggs and make the sauce.

6. Melt the butter, stir in flour, cook for 2 minutes, remove from heat.

7. Gradually blend in tomato juice, simmer until thickened, add remaining ingredients, and cook for 5-10 minutes. Season well.

TO SERVE: Put rice into a hot dish, top with halved shelled eggs. Pour sauce over or serve separately.

TO VARY: If green pepper is not available, use canned pimiento. Omit mushrooms and add chopped bacon.

Printed in Canada. © Copyright Paul Hamlyn Ltd 1967

Corned Beef Open Sandwiches

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Cooking time: 10 mins.
Preparation time: 10 mins. plus time for eggs to cool
Main cooking utensils: saucepan, cookie cutters

For 6-8 people you need:
2 eggs
6 slices bread
3-4 tablespoons butter
12-oz. can corned beef

Garnish:
tomato or red sweet pepper
little cucumber
few stuffed olives
mustard and cress
dill pickle

To flavor butter:
a) lemon butter- add little finely grated lemon rind and juice
b) watercress butter – add chopped watercress and little lemon juice
c) deviled butter – add pinch curry powder and a few drops of Worcestershire sauce

1. Hard-cook the eggs, allowing 8-10 minutes in boiling water. When they are ready, crack at once and put into cold water – this prevents a dark line forming around the yolk.

2. Cut out the desired shapes in the bread – if the bread is fresh, warm the cookies cutter and the bread will not crumble.

3. Soften the butter slightly, so it spreads without harming the shape of the bread.

4. Cut the corned beef into neat thin slices, then cut into similar shapes to the bread but a little smaller.

5. Arrange the beef on the bread and butter and garnish as show in the picture.

TO SERVE: With cocktails or as a light snack.

TO VARY: Flavor the butter as suggested.

TO STORE: Keep covered with foil or saran wrap in a cool place until ready to serve.

Printed in Canada. © Copyright Paul Hamlyn Ltd. 1967

Salmon Crisp Crumble

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Cooking time: 20-30 mins.
Preparation time: 10 mins.
Main cooking utensil: 1-quart ovenproof dish
Oven temperature: 325-350°F.
Oven position: just above center

For 4 servings you need:
about 4 cups potato chips
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup flour
7 1/2 oz can salmon
10 1/2 oz can condensed tomato sopu
1/3 cup cooked peas
seasoning

1. Crush potato chips by gentle pressure with the fingers.

2. Rub butter into flour and add crushed potato chips

3. Flake the salmon, blend with soup and peas.

4. Season to taste.

5. Turn into dish, sprinkle the potato chip mixture over top.

6. Bake until heated through.

TO SERVE: As an hors d’oeuvre or light snack.

TO VARY: Add cooked white fish to the soup instead of salmon.

TO STORE: Serve as soon as possible after cooking.

Salmon au gratin: Put flaked salmon mixed with a little thick sauce into scallop shells or individual dishes. Top with a layer of crumbled potato chips, grated cheese, and a little cayenne pepper. Put under the broiler for a few minutes until the topping is hot. Alternatively, add a little curry powder to the sauce and omit the cheese for the topping- use just the potato chips.

Printed in Canada. © Copyright Paul Hamlyn Ltd 1967

Quick Tostados

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1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon taco sauce
8-ounce can tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
Salt and pepper
3 cups corn chips
2 1/2 cups shredded lettuce
1 1/24 cups shredded Jack cheese
1 1/4 cups chopped tomato
1 Avocado, sliced
1/2 cup sliced ripe olives
2/3 cup sour cream

Brown beef in a skillet; drain off fat. Add onions, taco sauce, tomato sauce and water; mix thoroughly and simmer 10 minutes. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Assemble salads: spread 2/3 cup corn chips on individual plates. Arrange meat mixture, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, avocado and olives over chips. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream. NOTE: Just for fun, place ingredients in separate dishes and let each person assemble his own tostado.

Serves 5
Preparation time: 30 min.
Approximate calories per serving: 450

SUGGESTED MENU
Quick Tostados
Refried Beans
Fresh Fruit Platter

©1973 Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A.

Creamed Liver Loaf

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Cooking time: 1 1/2 hours
Preparation time: 25 mins.
Main cooking utensils: saucepan, grinder, 2-lb loaf pan, pan for water
Oven temperature: 300-325°F
Oven position: center
For 4-6 servings as a main course or up to 12 for an hors d’oeuvre you need:
2 medium onions
1 glove garlic (optional)
1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup whipping cream
2 eggs
grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
3 tablespoons brandy
1 1/4 lb. lamb liver
1/2 lb. pork liver
seasoning
1/2- 2/3 lb. bacon slices

Garnish:
watercress
1-2 pickled cucumbers

1. Chop or grate the onions finely, crush the garlic: heat the butter in a pan and toss the onions and garlic in this, then stir in the flour and cook gently for 2-3 minutes.

2. Gradually add the milk, bring to a boil and cook until thickened (the mixture will look very buttery but that is correct.)

3. Gradually add the cream, beaten with the eggs, the rind and juice of the lemon, and brandy.

4. Put the two kinds of liver through a fine grinder twice, to give a very smooth texture; blend with the sauce and season well.

5. Line the pan with the bacon slices, letting them overlap slightly.

6. Press in the liver mixture and cover with greased aluminum foil.

7. Stand in the pan of water and cook for 1 1/4 hours at temperature given.

8. Put a weight on the loaf as it cools; garnish with sliced pickled cucumber and watercress, serve with potato salad.

TO CARRY: In the pan in which it was cooked.

Printed in Canada. ©Copyright The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd 1973

Appetizer Fondue Dippers

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Savory Surprises

Heat oven to 450°. Prepare pastry for Two-crust Pie as directed on 1 package of our pie crust mix except-mix in 1 cup shredded sharp cheese before adding water.

With hands, pat about 1 teaspoonful dough at a time into thin round. Wrap each around one of the Fillings (below). Bake on ungreased baking sheet 10 to 15 minutes. Spear rounds and swirl in Cheese Fondue (Fondues card 4) or your favorite sauce. About 40 appetizers.

Fillings: Rolled anchovy fillet, 1/3 of cocktail weiner [sic], salami or smoked sausage cube, cream cheese ball wrapped in dried beef, stuffed olive, salted peanut.

Swiss Cheese Appetizers

Heat oven to 425°. Cook and stir 2/3 cup sliced fresh mushrooms in 1/4 cup butter or margarine until mushrooms are tender; drain. Prepare pastry for Two-crust Pie as directed on 1 package of our pie crust mix except – roll dough 1/8 inch thick and cut into 2 1/2-inch rounds.

On each round, place one 1 1/4-inch square sliced Swiss cheese and 1 mushroom slice; repeat. Top with another cheese square and a pastry round. Moisten edges with water; press with fork to seal. Prick tops. Bake on ungreased baking sheet about 12 minutes. Spear rounds and swirl in Cheese Fondue (Fondues card 1) or your favorite sauce. 18 appetizers.

©Copyright 1971 by General Mills, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Mexican Shrimp-Orange Salad

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1 head romaine lettuce
LIME DRESSING (below)
2 small oranges, peeled and sliced
1 1/2 pounds cooked shrimp
8 ounce thinly sliced red onion

Line platter or shallow salad bowl with romaine leaves. Place Lime Dressing in bowl in center of platter; surround with orange slices. Arrange shrimp and onion slices alternatively around oranges. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad. Divide evenly. Makes 4 dinner servings.

LIME DRESSING

1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
2 tablespoons cold water
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup lime juice
1/4 teaspoon grated lime rind
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
Sliced limes, to garnish

Sprinkle gelatin over cold water to soften. Add salt and water; stir until gelatin dissolves. Let stand 15 minutes. Stir in lime juice, lime rind, and hot sauce. Refrigerate until mixture is slightly thickened. Just before serving, stir well with fork or wire whisk. Garnish with lime slices. Divide evenly. Makes 4 servings.

Copyright © Weight Watchers International, Inc. 1974. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.

Bacon Fruit Kebabs

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Cooking time: 10 mins.
Preparation time: 15 mins.
Main cooking utensil: baking sheet
Oven temperature: 400-425°F
Oven position: top third

For 24 kebabs you need:
12 slices bacon
1 dessert apple
1 pear
1 banana
little lemon juice

To serve:
1 head cauliflower or cabbage
toothpicks

Garnish:
ripe olives
stuffed green olives
gherkins

1. Peel fruit and divide apple and pear into 8 segments each. Cut the banana lengthways into 4 and cut each piece in half.

2. Dip in lemon juice to prevent the fruit from discoloring.

3. Halve the bacon slices and roll around each piece of fruit, secure with the toothpicks.

4. Put on the baking sheets and cook until the bacon is crisp.

5. Put the olives and gherkins into the cauliflower or cabbage head.

6. Add the fruit bacon kebabs.

TO SERVE: As soon as cooked, but the kebabs may be prepared beforehand, covered in foil, and then put into the oven to cook 10 minutes before they are served.

TO VARY: Wrap bacon around cheese or tiny cocktail sausages (precooked).

Printed in Canada. ©Copyright Paul Hamlyn LTD 1967

Tuna and Pear Pizza

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Cooking time: 45-50 mins.
Preparation time: 30 mins. plus time for dough to rise
Main cooking utensils: saucepan, large baking sheet
Oven temperature: 425-450°F; then – 325°F
Oven position: center

For 6 servings you need:
7-8 oz. can tuna in oil
2 medium onions
2 ripe pears
7-8oz can tomatoes
seasoning
pinch dried oregano
1/2 cake compressed yeast
pinch sugar
2/3 cup water
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons margarine
little oil
small can anchovy fillets
picked walnut slices

1. To prepare filling, drain oil from tuna fish into a pan.

2. Peel and chop the onions and pears and toss in the oil.

3. Add flaked tuna, canned tomatoes with liquid from the can, season well.

4. Simmer in uncovered pan until a firm mixture is formed: this takes 15-20 minutes; add oregano.

5. Cream the yeast with the sugar then add tepid water.

6. Sift the flour and a pinch of salt, rub in the margarine.

7. Make a well in center, pour in yeast liquid, sprinkle flour over the top.

8 Leave for 15 minutes, then knead until a smooth dough.

9. Form yeast mixture into a 10-11 inch round on greased baking sheet, brush dough with oil.

10. Top with tuna mixture, then anchovy fillets, and pickled walnut slices.

11. Allow dough to rise 20-25 minutes.

12 Bake in center of a 425-450°F oven for 10-15 minutes, lower heat to 325°F, and allow another 10-15 minutes.

TO SERVE: Hot for a buffet or supper dish or as an hors d’oeuvres.

© Copyright The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd 1972.