Cocktail Menu for Poppyseed Catering

This is the current menu. I will probably have this menu for most of the year and just add a few more seasonal items as I go along.

chicken,leek & fetta tarts

satay chicken skewers

thai chicken balls w/sweet cucumber dippin sauce

grilled chicken,prosciutto,mushroom skewers

sticky bbq chicken drummettes w/ ranch dressing sauce

caramelized onion & goats curd tarts

wild mushroom,garlic & thyme tarts

zucchini & fetta fritters w/ basil pesto

roasted pumpkin & coriander fritters w/ sweet chili sauce

prawn & chorizo skewers w/ saffron aoli

bacon wrapped grilled oysters w/ kirkpatrick sauce

red beef curry petite pies

slow cooked beef,mushroom & red wine petite pies

mixed grill skewers ( beef fillet,bacon,chorizo,capsicum)

baby crumbed veal bites w/ lemon aoli dippin sauce  (like a baby snitzy)

middle eastern lamb skewers w/tahini & honey sauce

moroccan lamb tarts w/ raita

parmesan & olive shortbread biscuits w/basil pesto and danish fetta

white bean & sage dip on baby croutons

baked poppyseed green olive puffs

vegetarian sushi

roasted vegetable frittata w/ olive tapenade

wild mushroom pate on croutons

creamy local brie cheese,pear and quince paste on pumpernickel toasts

smoked salmon & dill caper creme cheese on croutons

prawn cocktail skewers w/ spicy seafood sauce

freshly prepared sashimi tuna, cured and served on asian spoons.

rare roast beef fillet on croutons w/ fresh horseradish creme

vietnamese poached chicken cold rolls w/hoisin sauce

5 spiced roasted duck breast cold rolls.

vanilla bean panacotta shots

lemon brulee shots

mini trifle cups

baby tiramisu in short black cups

mini lemon tarts

dark chocolate tarts

orange blossom honey & pinenut tart

fresh fruit kebabs w/ chocolate fondue sauce

petite organic vanilla bean ice cream in cones,choc dipped and rolled in crushed nuts

chocolate mud truffles rolled in dutch cocoa,pistachios or almonds

Do you think I have enough choices???

Variety is the spice of life.

A picture tells a thousand words

Im truly lucky to have a most lovely friend in my life, who happens to be a rockin' photographer.

Claude and I set out to produce some enticing stylised food shots. He needed to update his portfolio and I was more then happy to help. So the photos you see on this blog are original and the handy work of Claude Raschella and myself.

The best part was eating the props!!

I used to be involved in the advertising industry as a photographers assistant and did many a food shoot. One of my favourite hobbies is collecting cookbooks. I love the photos. My personal belief is you should be able to taste the food before its in your mouth. Vision makes up most of our eating experience. Present your food in various ways, entice your taste buds...its gastronomical foreplay!! 

I was lucky to be asked from an advertising company a while back to cook and style a bacon product. The company wanted to change its packaging. Now when I go shopping and see in the deli department, a local brand of bacon with my photo on it!! Weird.

So next time you flick through a food magazine or a cookbook try some of the presentation ideas on your dinner guests.

P.S  the kiddies love it when you jazz up a dinner plate. Veggies in a little dipping bowl, sandwiches cut into shapes, baked spud in an egg cup....let your imagination run wild.

I will post more yummy pictures soon.