Ingredients per cocktail:
1 and ½ cups of white rum
I prefer classic Bacardi
1 and ½ cups of pineapple juice
½ cup of fresh lime juice
Spumante sparkling wine
I like Brut Prosecco
Garnish with pineapple & lime
Directions:
Pour the rum along with the pineapple and lime juices into a pitcher, stir to blend and chill in the refrigerator. When it is time to serve, fill 6 wine glasses ¾ with ice and divide the rum and juice mixture among them. Top off each drink with enough Prosecco to fill the glass, and garnish with a few pineapple chunks and a lime slice and enjoy!
Ingredients:
12 hard cooked eggs,
cooled and peeled
2/3 cup best quality mayonnaise
and additional for the bread
½ cup thinly sliced spring onions
or scallions
2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley,
minced
2 tablespoons prepared
horseradish, drained well
½ teaspoon white pepper
Salt to taste
About 12 to 18 thin slices of tomato
depending on size, drained on
paper towels
Arugula leaves
18 slices of lightly toasted sandwich
bread of your choice
Directions:
Coarsely chop the eggs and place in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, place the mayonnaise, scallions, parsley, horseradish, white pepper and salt, stir until the ingredients are well blended. Scrape the mayonnaise mixture into the bowl with the eggs and stir gently until combined.
Spread additional mayonnaise to taste on 12 bread slices, place 2-3 tomato slices on 6 of the bread slices and place arugula leaves on the other 6 slices. Divide egg salad among the bread slices, on top of the tomatoes and arugula. Stack each bread slice with tomatoes on top of each bread slice with arugula. Top each sandwich with a third slice of bread. Cut each sandwich diagonally and secure each half with 4-inch frilled toothpick.
Ingredients:
One 7 oz package of lady fingers
Two 8 oz packages of cream
cheese, softened
1 cup heavy cream
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
½ teaspoon pure almond extract
13-oz jar of cherry preserves,
I like “Bonne Maman” brand
1 cup of sliced almonds
2 tablespoons unsweetened
cocoa powder
1 cup of amoretto liqueur
½ teaspoon freshly ground
black pepper
Directions:
For the filling, in the bowl of a mixer combine the cream cheese and heavy cream until smooth. Add the confectioner’s sugar, cherry preserves and almond extract and mix until well combined. Set aside. Divide the lady fingers evenly to make 2 layers. Place the amoretto liqueur in a pie plate and working quickly dip half the lady fingers in the liqueur and line the bottom of an 8 inch by 11 inch serving dish with them. Spread half the filling over the lady fingers. Sift 1 ounces of the cocoa powder over the filling and sprinkle with half the sliced almonds. Dip the remaining ladyfingers in amoretto liqueur, and place in a layer over the almonds, spread the remaining filling over the ladyfingers and sift one ounce of cocoa powder over the filling and sprinkle with the remaining almonds. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
Ingredients:
About 3 pounds of Yukon Gold
potatoes scrubbed and cut into
bite sized pieces
½ cup minced shallots
½ cup finely minced fresh dill
¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
Juice of ½ lemon
2 teaspoons of Dijon mustard
Kosher salt and black pepper to taste
Directions:
Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring the potatoes to a boil over medium to high heat and lower the heat to medium to keep the water bubbling. Cook for about 12 minutes or until fork tender. Carefully drain the potatoes into a colander and place them back into the pot to cool. Add the shallots and dill, add salt and pepper to taste, stir gently to combine.
Whisk olive oil, lemon juice, white wine vinegar and Dijon mustard together and pour over the potatoes, stir gently to combine and pour into a serving dish. Garnish with chopped parsley and dill if desired. Chill until time to serve.