Appetizer Flashcards
What are appetizers?
Smallpieces or portions of highly seasoned food and is usually served before a meal to stimulate one’s appetite
What are the basic ingredients in preparing appetizer?
Fruits, vegetables, bread, pastry, crackers, and spread
Considers the freshness and usually serves as cocktail appetizers
Fruits
Can be served as garnish or accompanied by a dip
Vegetables
Base of the canapes
Bread, pastry, crackers
Used in preparing canapes to support their base
Spread
Usuallly cosists of shrimp, lobster, crab meat, shellfish, fruits as well as fruit and vegetable juices
Cocktail
Includes pickled herring, chopped chicken liver, and smoked salmon and stuffed eggs
Appetizer salads
Served as the food at cocktail parties involving alcoholic beverages and can be served hot or cold
Hors d’oeuvres
Served between the soup and the fish course.
Hot Hors d’oeuvres
Should stimulate appetite, therefore aerved at the first course in the menu
Cold Hors d’oeuvres
Consists of shrimps, smoked beef, poached egg, Spanish sardines, and lettuce.
Plate of Hors d’oeuvres
Consist of two kinds of cold meat, such as ham, smoked beef, peppered ham
Grissom platter
A well-presented platter either a limited choice of simple or more expensive foods. (“Small quantity, but big in quality”)
Hors d’oeuvres platter
A special portioned platters
Assorted Hors d’oeuvres