Buffet lunch delivery

Herb pitta crisps with cheese and onion dip

Fillet of beef open sandwich with mustard cream cheese on sun dried tomato foccacia  - luckily for this party there were some fillet ends after cutting the fillet steaks for the parties we were cooking for the following day 

Homemade millionaires shortbread (link to recipe here) - a million times better than shop brought!

White chocolate and raspberry cupcakes - this recipe  for the sponge (couldn't find a  grown up to help me - so I had to operate the gas myself) and a buttercream icing with raspberry coulis

Pear and mincemeat cake - like this recipe with the crumble topping 

Spoons of orange segments and coconut - healthy living. This was originally one  of my Nana's standby desserts. My mum used to make it too when my Dad was away on business.  

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Salad of parma ham, pears and goats cheese

Pears are poached in a light syrup (more water than sugar because this is a savoury dish) with a cinnamon stick, cloves and star anise. Once cooled, and just before serving they are wrapped loosely in the parma ham - any earlier and the poaching liquid leaks into the parma ham and it takes on a rubbery concistency.

Goats cheese is glazed as explained in a previous entry. For more info on the balsamic see this kitchen tip.

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