Saturday, May 28, 2011

Eye Catching Brunch Ideas


Guests coming over? What better way to treat your friends than serving small elegant mouthwatering snacks. These are all home made, (except for the cupcakes above-which I will learn to do :)) so if I can do it, so can you. Its all about layering and adding ingrediants that balance in flavors.
This is a Vappu brunch- a traditional first of May celebration in Finland, its a party like never seen before!
Canapés: toast bread and cut into even sizes. In a bowl mix shrimps, majo, dill, horse radish, garlic, pepper, salt and vinegar or lemon. Add this mixture onto the bread and garnish with a shrimp, grapes or boiled egg slice and more dill! There are so many combination possibilties, use your imagination and season fresh ingredients!

Pork Slices in cognac sauce

-Make a marinade for a porks inner filé by mixing garlic, chili, soija, syrup, worcestershire sause, oil and black pepper. Let it marinade in room temperature for an hour. 
- Preheat your oven to 200C in the begginning and after 10 mintues reduce it to 180C.
-Sear the sides of the pork on a hot pan with some butter (save the juices from the pan for the sauce)
- Place into the oven for about an hour
-Take the pork out and wrap up in foil and let it sit for about 30 minutes.

Now its time to make the sauce:

- Re-heat the earlier used pan to bring out the pork flavours.
-Add cream, honey-djion mustard and a little ketchup
- Season with addional spices such as white pepper
- Add a pinch of cognac into the mixture and stir to let it thicken and reduce in size
-Slice the pork into fine pieces and drizzle some sauce over it.
- Add fresh black pepper and finger salt

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