Favorite Party Fare

Favorite Party Fare

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series

Sometimes a theme is not the order of the day, and a simple party at home is what the young host or the parents want.  A variety of party food will make the event a special occasion. Included in this selection of recipes are Fair Bread and Sausages Rolls, both perennial party favorites. Sandwiches cut into alphabet shapes with the yummiest of fillings are always welcome. Frozen Strawberry Pops are easy to make and should have the most persnickety eater coming back for more.
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FRUITY MILK SHAKE:

Favorite Party Fare 

Preparation time                      5 minutes

Cooking time                           nil

Serves                                   6

Easy:

Milk:                                 1 litter (chilled)

Orange juice:                     1 cup (fresh chilled)

Vanilla ice- cream:

Passion fruit:                       4

Making:

1.     Put milk, orange juice, pasiont fruit pulp in a blander. Cover and blend for about 15 seconds.

2.     Pour into tumblers. Serves each with a scoop of cream.

FROZEN STRAWBERRY POPS:

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series

Preparation time:                           30 minutes

Cooking time:                                   3 minutes

Serves:                                             24

Easy:

Punnet strawberries:                       1 x 250 g
White chocolate                              120 g
Strawberries jelly:                           ½ x 85 g
Loly pop stick:                               

Making:

1. Rinse strawberries under cold water and pat dry with absorbent paper. Remove green stems. Insert a lollipop stick in the core end of each strawberry. Place in the refrigerator to chill.
2. Melt white chocolate in a bowl over hot water. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Stir thoroughly. Dip strawberries into chocolate and allow excess to drip back into the bowl. Then dip it into the jelly crystal. Stand strawberries pop into polystyrene.
3. Freeze until firm

 FAIRY BREAD:

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series

Preparation time:                      15 minutes
Cooking time:                           nil
Serves:                                      10
Easy:
Bread slices:                            10
Butter for speeding:                     
 Hundred and thousand            1 cup

Making:

1. Spread bread thinly with butter spread liberally with hundred and thousand. Press down the topping gently to make the sprinkle adhere to the bread.
2. To serve, remove crusts from bread and cut diagonally into quarters.

Variation:

Instead, butter and hundred and thousand use:

Peanut butter and colored sprinkles

Honey and crushed chocolate

Peanut – chocolate spread and toasted coconut.

ALPHABET SANDWICHES:

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series

Preparation time:                      minutes
Cooking time:                           nil
Serves:                                    10
Easy:
Bread loaf:                                 1
Butter for spreading

Making:

1. Spread a slice of bread thinly with butter. Spread ten slices or half of the loaf with the filling of your choice, and top with slices of buttered bread.
2. Cut each sandwich into the shape of a different letter of the alphabet using a sharp pointed knife. Skewer each sandwich with a toothpick or small flag with the individual children's name.
3. Cover with plastic wrap, damp grease proof paper, or a damp tea towel.

Filling:

Tuna and Cress:                        

drain 1 x 425 g can 

Together with two tablespoons of mayonnaise and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Divided between 10 slices. Top with cress or fresh mung bean sprouts.

Cheese, Date, and Honey

Combine together 500 g soften cream cheese, 2 table spoon honey and 5 table spoon chopped walnuts.

Beat together until light and fluffy. Spread over 10 slices bread 

SAUSAGES ROLL:

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series

Preparation time:                      35 minutes

Cooking time:                          25 minutes

Serves:                                     48

Easy:

Onion:                                     1 (finely chopped)
Vegetable oil:                         1 teaspoon
Sausages Mince:                        500 g
Bread crumbs:                       1 cup
Tomato sauce:                         2 table spoon
Egg:                                         1(lightly beaten)
Frozen sheet                             3

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 220 °C. Lightly grease an oven try.

1. Saute onion in oil over low heat until the onion is soft and transparent. In a bowl, mix together onion, mince, bread crumbs, tomato sauce, and egg. 
2. Lay three sheets of pastry on a lightly floured board and cut in the third horizontally. Divide the meat mixture into six equal portions, and spoon across the long edge of the pastry.
3. Roll up to form a long sausage shape brush, and lightly beat egg or milk to glaze. Cut into 4 cm length and place on prepared tray.
4. Bake for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 180 °C and bake for a further15 minutes until the roll is golden.

Hints:

Freeze uncooked sausage rolls and bake as many as required.

CREAM CHEESE SHAPE:

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series

Preparation time:                      30 minutes
Cooking time:                           20 minutes
Serves:                                       10
Easy:
Bread Slices:                             10
Cream cheese:                          250 g
Sour cream:                             2 table spoon
Icing sugar:                              1 table spoon
Spread e.g jam, honey, lemon, butter topping e.g smarties, raisins, marshmallows or shredded coconut.

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven to 150 °C cut out the shape of the bread using a variety of biscuit cutters. Arrange bread shapes on a flat oven tray and bake for 15- 20 minutes until bread is crispy but still pale. remove from the oven and cool 
2. Beat together cream cheese, sour cream, and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Fill in a piping bag fitted with a small star pipe with cheese mixture. Pipe around the edge of the bread shapes. Spoon a little spread into the center of the bread and decorate with your choice of topping

Hints:

For a delicious variation, use fruit loaf instead of plain bread. Spread dried fruit loaf shapes with cream cheese mixture and dust with cinnamon and sugar.

When drying the fruit loaf shapes in the oven, keep a close eye on them – they could begin to brown due to the high sugar content.

TRAFFIC LIGHTS:

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series

Preparation time:                      30 minutes

Cooking time:                           nil

Serves:                                    24

Easy:

Cheddar cheese                      250 g (processed)

Cheese flavored biscuits:           1 x 30 g packet

Cheery tomato:                             24

Gherkins:                                     6 (cut into quarters)

Small toothpick

Procedure:

1. Cut cheese into 24 even-sized cubes. Place biscuits in a bag and crush add cheese into the bag tossed until coated with crumbs.
2. Onto a toothpick, one cherry tomato, one piece of cheese, and one piece of gherkin.
3. Repeat until all ingredients are used. Chill until ready to serve. 

Favorite Party Fare, Kid’s Party Series