A BIG Thank you to our talented Chef Brian Carberry, and his kitchen assistants Jan (Who supervised) and Sarah (Who picked up the dropped crumbs!)
Brian you always look after us! Thank you for leading us through your kitchen and letting us cook with you!
The appetizers were yummy! (For those who stepped up to the plate!)
YOURS looked beautiful! (We should have done a picture reveal of the others!)
Our resident professional chef, Brian, held a Zoom appetizer class to teach meeting participants how to make 3 different appetizers (cheese sticks, roasted asparagus tips and filled dates).
After preparing the delicious appetizers, members broke into small, virtual meeting groups to enjoy Rotary fellowship together while enjoying their beverage of choice with their freshly baked creations.
It certainly was a fun filled evening. We will try and do it again!!
The recipes and ingredients are located below.
A short appetizer class with Brian Carberry
Needed ingredients:
- pk frozen Puff Pastry (thawed in fridge) 1 sheet for #2
Egg yoke
½ cup grated old Gouda cheese/ or Emmentaler
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Mustard powder, pepper, sesame seeds
- +/- 6 asperges tips
6 slices Parma ham
Puff pastry over from #1
- Medol Dates 6
½ pkg cream cheese
Stem ginger in syrup
Oven temperate is 400 F regular oven/ 375F convection oven
Required tools: 2 cookie sheets, pizza cutter, cheese grater, 2 bowls, mixer or food processor, cutting board, knife, small paint/basting brush
Directions:
- Cheese sticks- by a drink, or soup or salad.
Dust your counter with a bit of flour, lay out one of the sheets of pastry
Beat the egg yoke with 3 tbs water, with a brush paint the dough.
Mix the cheeses,1 tsp mustard powder and ½ tsp ground pepper.
Spread this over the dough and press it down (rolling pin)
Using a pizza cutter, make strips (1 inch wide)
On a greased cookie sheet, lay the strip, press one end down on the sheet
And twist the dough several times then press down the end. Let rest 5 min then bake in over +/- 12 minutes
- Roasted asparagus tips: lay out the Parma ham, place the freshaspergeson the ham and roll it up, exposing the top. Lay out the second sheet of pastry, with the pizza cutter make 2-inch strips. Starting just below the tip, roll the aspagus in the dough, take a knife and make a clean cut at the end. Place on a greased cookie sheet and brush with egg yoke. Bake for +/- 12 minutes
- Filled Dates:slice the date in the length to remove the pit. Lay it on a plate opened. In a bowl beat the softened cream cheese with 1 tbs syrup and a pinch of salt, chop fine 2 med pieces of ginger and fold into the cream cheese. Place your mixture in a Ziplock bag. Cut the corner of the bag and squeeze the cheese filling into the dates, garnish with a thin slice of ginger.
