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sky

Tue, Jul 12 2016, 7:06 pm

Any ideas for an appetizer that will be on the table for sheva brachos when everyone arrives.

It should preferably be something that is:
- served cold
- easy to put together
- pretty presentation
- can be made way in advance
- no chicken (serving in hot appetizer and main course)
- only very typical non exotic ingredients

All I can think of is a fruit soup with a crunch on top
Or someone mentioned an assortment of dips plated with bread sticks but it got nixed.

Any ideas.

N'sMom

Tue, Jul 12 2016, 7:15 pm

Maybe this is boring but when I make sheva brochos in the summer I always do some kind of fruit appetizer. You can do a composed fruit plate with lots of different colors and textures. Gorgeous.

nursemomma

Tue, Jul 12 2016, 7:35 pm

A salad in bowl made of dough/wrap

Carmen Luna

Tue, Jul 12 2016, 7:48 pm

* little crostini's topped with olive tapenade/ tiny slice of london broil with a touch of bbq sauce/ tomato - cilantro salad/
* Kani salad
* tuna tacos (seriously delicious, it calls for tuna steak not tuna from a can. its small tacos so real appetizer dish. With avocado and pico de gallo)

It all sounds fancy but VERY simple to put together

sky

Tue, Jul 12 2016, 10:33 pm

Thank you for all the ideas - they sound great.

But I need something that can be done 100% in advance. So no cutting fruit or veggies.

Imagine I"ll be away for 1 week before wedding. then work day of wedding and get kids to wedding on time. Then next day work 7 hours plus help set up for sheva brachos.

I don't really have time to put anything together the day of or day before, regardless how simple.

animeme

Tue, Jul 12 2016, 10:59 pm

I can't think of anything you can make a week in advance for all components.

Can you do cold salmon on top of sesame noodles? Cook the noodles, mix in the sauce. Make the salmon. Onsite, you can slice and plate.

ra_mom

Tue, Jul 12 2016, 11:14 pm

You can freeze toasted bread for crostini.

Trying to figure out if sautéed liver can frozen? That might be the right component to serve on top of the crostini.

KBD has a chicken liver crostini though I'd do my own thing.

tichellady

Wed, Jul 13 2016, 1:06 am

Mini quiche- can have salami or mushrooms/spinach/ onion/ leek/ sun dried tomatoes/ artichoke
Hearts.

That's all I can think of for now

myself

Wed, Jul 13 2016, 5:59 am

Would layered tri-colored fruit punch work? I've frozen blended fruit successfully in the past. And then all you need to do is defrost and layer in flute glasses.

sky

Wed, Jul 13 2016, 9:59 am

Some really great ideas! Thank you so much. Gave me some options to think about.

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