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HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas!
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Hey everyone a little about me I have a strong passion for cooking and love to entertain people im pursuing a future where I can open up a resteraunt,  I love food. So anyways the company I work for which is about forty people, we alwata have cookout everyone brings a dish it always ends up everyone eats my food and nobody else's is touched lol..so the president said he wants me to cattering on his expense a cookout we r having on memorial day, so guys help me come up with dishes I can go as elebaroate as I want but keep in mind I wanna only use the grill (we got four) and two deep friers...I over think alot ha but here's my ideas so far plz criticize.

-fried vanilla bean zeppolis with caramel sauce,  dusted in sugar
-hand cut herb fries with a few sauces
-Chicken lollipop drumsticks,  three flavors, asian, american, Italian...finished in asian glaze, buffalo sauce, herb glaze, and blue cheese aioli, sweet chili sauce, pesto as dipping sauce.
-sliders, mexicali and american
-3 grilled pizzas
-gelato

Thanks everyone I know thats alot lol.

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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: CheffaChef09]
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My goal is to elevate simple food and give them flavors they will remeber

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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: CheffaChef09]
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Looks like you already have a great plan my man!  I'm a huge fan of grilled pizzas, spicy tomato sauce with italian sausage and charred fennel bulbs (mushrooms optional) is a groovy combination.  Seasoned sliced potato, no tomato sauce but a nice creamy aged cheddar sauce with fresh herbs (e.g. rosemary) is also great.


   


Could also consider...


   

    Mini crab cakes



   

    Ceviche



   

    Filo cups with brie, jam and nuts



   

    Stuffed mushrooms



   

    Watermelon with aged balsamic and pistachios



   

    Grilled skirt steak with chimichurri sauce


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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: geokills]
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geokills said:
Could also consider...


    Filo cups with brie, jam and nuts



:whacker:
What kind of jam?

I made a camembert grilled cheese with fresh strawberry preserves on sourdough the other day. Sorry to go off on a tangent but this ^ reminded me just how incredibly good these types of combos can be.

A quick and simple crowd pleaser is to cut off the stems from ripe figs, and cut an X into the top. Take a small pearl sized piece of creamy gorgonzola (or blue cheese of choice) and insert into the scored top so as to stuff the fig. Wrap a strip of prosciutto around the fig and secure with a toothpick. Cook until prosciutto just begins to frizzle and cheese melts.

Apparently Martha Stewart adds pecans to hers. How pretentious. :grin:
http://www.marthastewart.com/317798/grilled-prosciutto-wrapped-figs-with-blu


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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: CheffaChef09]
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All these views and only two replies c'mon ppl !

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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: TheMaster] * 1
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Pretty sure that was a fig jam.  Full disclosure, and in the interest of giving credit where credit is due, I didn't make the small bites.  They were prepared by a totally awesome party house team up in Pacific Grove, CA called Gatherings, run by Events by Classic.


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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: geokills]
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Bump

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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: CheffaChef09]
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Everything you listed sounds good.

I only have a few suggestions beyond the blue cheese stuffed and prosciutto wrapped figs.

You probably have already done this, but definitely consider special dietary concerns of guests (vegetarian, gluten, allergies, etc).

Truffle aioli is dank with proper pommes frites. If you do make aioli, please do not cut corners by using store bought mayonnaise. It is simple to make and tastes exponentially better.

Having some fruit offerings will keep people from feeling weighed down, Melons like cantaloupe and honeydew pair well with prosciutto too.

A trifle is a simple, and light, dessert that you can elevate by making variations with different fruit and flavors of whipped cream. Obviously you need to make fresh whipped cream (not cool whip) and split it up for however many flavors you want to incorporate for the different trifles. A little bit of good quality port wine, or homemade limoncello in the whipped cream is truly transformative. Liquor/wine infused cake and whipped cream is always a winner.

I made a few trifles for a cookout a while back. The base was a simple pound cake and the pieces were drizzled with a bit of the whipped cream flavoring liquid of choice. I think I just used some fresh from the bush blueberries and strawberries for the fruit, but I used 20 yr Presidential Porto to flavor one of the batches. Everyone that tried it asked what it was, how I made it, would not stop talking about how unique the flavor was and then proceeded to get a second helping. The limoncello batch was good too, but I was pleasantly surprised how good that port whipped cream was.

Last and most importantly, don't overdue it. Pick dishes that you know will be successful and that you can execute with relative ease, especially if this is a one man show. You want to be able to enjoy the party too!


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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: TheMaster]
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op the only thing i think you are missing is something more leaf friendly, could be many different things due to the cuisines you are tapping into for this meal.

maybe a rice paper salad roll? cucumber with watercrest butter and basil?

maybe a nice slaw or viggie potsticker or something.

the menu sounds fun, full of flavor and lots of variety for the different pallets.


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Re: HELP! im cattering for my work and need ideas! [Re: TheMaster]
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Thanks man good idea yea I intend to do mini caprese salads w/romane  so far

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