Party Food - Tips and Ideas

I recently wrote an opinion about the buffet I intend to prepare on New Years Eve and Daseaford asked if anyone had any ideas for vegetarian buffet food, so Daseaford - this one's for you! Firstly I'll mention the mincemeat as its Christmas. I have already done an opinion giving my recipe for making your own mincemeat. If you're interested its under gourmet food and drink, the home made section on preserves. Suffice it to say here that this is totally suitable for vegetarians. I use the vegetarian equivalent of suet, which is available in any supermarket, and this not only makes the mincemeat OK for vegetarians it makes it a lot lower in ...  Read the complete review

I've got to tell you this as Im still excited that I made something that actually tastes nice! Just to let you know my boyfriend would rather cook himself dinner than have me cook him something because my culinery skills are a slight problem! We are having a small Christmas gathering at work and everyone has been given something to make ie Mince pies, sausage rolls and all that tasty Christmas stuff. I got Rum Truffles! I was praying they might ask me to bring the mulled wine but oh no...I get rum truffles. So off to work I go, searching the internet to find out how on earth to make these things. Of course, being a complete chocoholic it ...  Read the complete review

Here is my attempt at Mince Pies, which I thought I would share with you. I havent made them for years, but they did go down a treat last Friday night. You will need: (This recipe should make approx 30 mince pies) One baking sheet, for mince pies Pastry cutter 2.5” in diameter Pastry cutter 2.0” in diameter. Pastry Brush Rolling Pin To Make Mince Pies 1lb Plain Flour 4-oz butter chilled 4-oz lard chilled 2 oz caster sugar Drop of milk for binding and browning pastry Large Jar mincemeat A little flour for dusting your rolling pin, work-surface, clothes etc 1. Sieve flour ...  Read the complete review

I love mince pies and as I have now had 4 to 5 weeks sampling various shop bought ones have now decided that one outlet has come very near to the home made variety. Nothing beats a home made pie but with busy life styles if you are like me then time is at a premium and we have to make do with the next best thing. Here are the results of my findings. MARKS AND SPENCER M$S have a wide range, my favourites being the lattice top. These are shallow, fruity and the pastry is nice and short. The deeper mince pies are too sweet for my taste but if you have a sweet tooth then they will probably be ok for you. The mini pies are excellent, just a mouthful ...  Read the complete review

This was the only place on Dooyoo I could find to review some great new snacks. And they'd do for christmas parties too. A couple of days ago I found somegreat new crisp things in Sainsburys - Simpsons snacks. They come in multipacks of 6 or 10 packets I think. I got a 6 pack of 2 bags of Eat my Shorts (Short shaped pepperoni things), Barts Lava Rocks (Spicy balls) and finally Ha Ha Wedgies (Cheese balls in the shape of arses (Soory about the language)) THese are great snacks and should not be missed at any Christmas Parties ...  Read the complete review