50 food squares Recipes

vanilla bark coating squares, chopped and melted, green food coloring paste, candy canes, toppings: holiday sprinkles , colored sugars

thick, small square wonton skins (*see note below ), peeled and deveined wild shrimp, mangos (depending how large), best foods mayonnaise, dijon mustard, minced fresh ginger, lime, juiced, sriracha (thai hot sauce), as spicy as you like it, organic honey , as sweet as you like it, cilantro leaves, finely chopped, canola oil , for deep frying, stainless steel pastry horn molds

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

cream cheese, softened, golden oreo cookies, finely crushed (about 3 cups-best if use food processor), coconut, toasted, divided (flaked ), white chocolate baking squares, melted (can substitute almond bark)

walnut pieces, granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, fine salt, butter, diced and slightly chilled, egg yolks, brandy, cherry jam, lemon , zest finely grated, lemon juice, egg white, for brushing

all-purpose flour, cornstarch, fine salt, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, red currant jelly, eggs, egg yolks, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, all-purpose flour, fine salt, freshly squeezed clementine juice , about 6 clementines, lemon juiced (4 to 5 tbsp), clementines (about 2 tsp) zest finely grated, lemon (about 2 tsp) zest finely grated, clementines or 2 blood oranges, sliced and cut into small triangular pieces, for serving, optional

all-purpose flour, cornstarch, fine salt, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, red currant jelly, eggs, egg yolks, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, all-purpose flour, fine salt, freshly squeezed clementine juice , about 6 clementines, lemon, juiced (4 to 5 tbsp), clementines , zest finely grated (about 2 tsp), lemon , zest finely grated (about 2 tsp), clementines or 2 blood oranges, sliced and cut into small triangular pieces, for serving, optional

chopped seedless watermelon, sugar, fresh lime juice, sambuca or anisette liqueur (optional), unflavored gelatin powder (about three 1/4-oz packets), fresh mint leaves