Any food ideas for a finger Buffet

Question

Hi I am doing a finger buffet for about 100 people, I am doing the usual items like sausage rolls, sandwiches, crisps etc.. what I am looking for are some other more unusual ideas (cost effective) and the recipes, it would be great to include different ethnic choices so I am open to anything. thank you

Answer 1

if you can find mini phyllo dough shells in bulk (like at costco or something), this might be good: mix together a can of sweetened condensed milk, a can of lemonade concentrate, and a tub of cool whip (multiplied by however much you need, of course). spoon into phyllo dough shells and top with blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries. one of my favorites, and so easy! :-)

Answer 2

broccoli and stilton mini quiches are really easy to do as you can buy the mini pastry cases in the frozen section of supermarkets. plus they r yummy and make a difference to 'tacky' party foods

Answer 3

Lamingtons!

Answer 4

Dry cat food in a bowl.  It was quite tasty when I tried some. Your quests will never know as long as you hid the box!

Answer 5

Tea Eggs!

These are an ancient chinese recipe that creates a marbling effect on the egg white and would be stunning on a buffet, cut into halves and displayed on a bed of shredded lettuce.

These take a long time to make in terms of hours but there are only short bursts of activity.  You have to make a strong dark steeping liquid using tea, soy sauce and star anise, hard boil the eggs then gently crack them all over.  Then put them in the liquid for about 18 hours before peeling them to reveal the marbling.

See blog for photo and full recipe

Answer 6

baguette bread and some nice cheese (I like Havarti and smoked cheddar) crackers go well with cheeses too

a good fruit tray always goes far

wings and/or fried chicken (oven fried if you want to be cleaner)

Answer 7

If you live in the Uk go to Iceland Frozen food store as it has loads of things for buffets. I did a buffet and the weekend for a party and had plenty of food. They sell chicken platters which is chicken skewers as well as breaded bite sized pieces of chicken, Indian Platters, Chinese platters, Spring rolls, mini pizzas, Sweet platter which had profiteroles, cream slices and cinnamon ring doughnuts on all bite sized. Have some dips and then put out some pringles, bread sticks, and doritos. I also had some cherry tomato's, sliced cold meats such as salami, ham and beef. Then i put out some cheeses such as edam, smoked garlic roulade, italian cheesee with stuffed olives.

The platters at Iceland are £5 each and are packed full.

Aldi is good for your sliced meats and different varieties of cheeses.

Answer 8

ok sweet:

- mini choc brownies

- mini flapjacks

savoury:

- tomato, a cube of mozzerella and a leaf of basil on a cocktail stick

- home made cheese straws (SO EASY... just get puff pastry, roll it out, cut into strips, twist twice, sprinkle with cheese, cook for about 10-15 minutes) taste gorgeous

- chicken volauvents (simple, buy volauvent cases at the supermarket and canned creamy chicken mix. heat up the chicken mix and spoon into volauvent puff pastry cases)

all is lovely hot or cold

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Answer 9

This is really easy.  It has to be for me to make it and it is really popular when you hand it around at a party.

ASPARAGUS AND PROSCUITTO FILO ROLLS

Ingredients

2 garlic cloves

55 g butter

8 asparagus spears

55 g parmesan cheese, grated

8 sheets phyllo pastry

8 slices parma ham

black pepper

Directions

11. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degreese Celsius Crush and finely chop the garlic and put it with the butter in a small pan over a low heat. Heat it until the butter has melted - be careful! Butter burns very easily, as does garlic.

22. Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 10mins. Sieve the butter/garlic mixture into a bowl.

33. Peel and trim the bases of the asparagus stalks.

44. Brush a sheet of filo with the flavoured butter, double it over and sprinkle it with parmesan and freshly ground black pepper. Lay a slice of Parma Ham or proscuitto on top, then place an aspargus spear across and roll the filo pastry around it. Brush the roll with more butter, cut off the ratty ends to tidy it up, then cut the filo-wrapped asparagus diagonally into 5cm lengths and place on a sheet of greaseproof paper on a baking tray. Repeat with the rest of the asparagus, filo and parma ham.

55. Bake for 10mins or until golden brown.

66. Remove to a serving dish and watch them disappear.

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Answer 10

Baked whole camenbert cheese with warm crusty bread:

So yummy!! and very cost effective.

Wrap the whole cheese in silver foil and bake from a cold oven gas mark 5 approx 170 degrees c for 25-30 mins.

Cut open the top for a fondu type filling and serve with bread.  

Answer 11

Bread Fritters;

Go to the bakery section of the store where you normally buy bread.

Ask the baker for an "unbaked" loaf of bread.

He must put exactly the same amount of dough he would have used to bake a bread with in to a plastic bag for you, and it would cost no more than a loaf of bread.

Take that home and in a pot warm some cooking oil to about half the depth of the pot. (Smaller pots take less oil than bigger ones do)...

The oil temperature should be medium hot. (About half the heat that the stove plate will go)

Now cut from the unbaked dough a slice about the size of your palm, and with a little water on your fingers (to prevent the dough from sticking to your hand), stretch out the dough in all directions until it is about the size of your whole hand including the fingers. That brings the cutting of dough to about twice the size it was when you cut it....

Now with care, drop the stretched out dough in to the hot oil.

It would rise almost instantly.

Fry it in the oil until it is golden brown all over, taking care to turn it over occasionally.

It would be puffy and crisp when done.

With a large ladle or sieve, scoop out the bread fritter and place on an absorbent kitchen towel to rid it of most of the oil still on it.

Repeat this process until all the dough is done.

These bread fritters are extremely filling, and can be cut open and filled with almost anything from grated cheese to mince to poloni or jam.

Try it, you will probably have some left over for two or three days, which your man can take to work if he likes....

Bread fritters can be frozen and warmed up again if you have made too much, but the dough cannot, so rather make the whole lot and freeze what is left over for another day.

Finger snack variety; By making the bread dough cutting about half the size when cutting off the raw dough from the batch, you can make smaller sized bread fritters and fill them with fancy foods like tuna mince or savory beef mine for buffet snack parties

OR

Koeksisters

The secret of the crisp syrupy outside of koeksisters is that they are taken straight from hot oil and dipped into ice-cold syrup. This seals the syrup outside and leaves the inside dryish in contrast.

To make the syrup, mix a liter of sugar, 5 ml cream of tartar, 2.5 ml tartaric acid and 5 ml vanilla essence or grated orange rind or cinnamon, or 1.5 ml ginger with 500 ml of water. Bring mixture to the boil and allow it to simmer for about 10 minutes or until syrupy. Set syrup aside to cool. It is advisable to make the syrup first and leave it overnight in the fridge.

To make the batter, sift 500 ml flour, 10 ml baking powder and 5 ml salt into a mixing bowl. Cut or rub 70 ml of margarine or butter into the dry ingredients. Beat an egg thoroughly and add it to 80 ml of milk. Add the egg and milk to the flour mixture, handling as little as possible. Put the dough in the fridge for at least one hour. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 4 mm. Cut into strips about 8 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Cut each strip into three lengthwise, leaving one side uncut. Now plait the three pieces and press ends together firmly.

Pre-heat a deep pan and remove syrup from the fridge. The hot fried koeksisters must be dropped into the cold syrup. The syrup will warm up about halfway through, so divide the syrup into two bowls. Deep-fry koeksisters until golden brown, drain for a few seconds on absorbent paper and dip into cold syrup.

Answer 12

California Rolls

Cheese and Crackers

Chicken Fingers

Grilled Maccaroni Bites (they serve those at Jack in the Box)

Answer 13

Bacon Wrapped Teriyaki Chicken

Your favorite Teriyaki Sauce

Chicken b*****s- ( about 8-10 pounds )

Bacon ( 50+ slices )

Toothpicks ( 100+ )

Cut your Chicken b*****s into bite size pieces. Remember, they will shrink after cooking them so make them a little bigger. Wrap the chicken with the bacon and place on a cookie sheet. Pour the Teriyaki sauce over the chicken and let marinate for about 20 minutes in the refrigerator. Then all you have to do is bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes till it's done. If you like well done bacon, pre-cook your bacon about half way before you wrap it.

Answer 14

vol u vonts (don't know if thats how you spell it).

Spring rolls

samosa's

pakora

prawn toast

instead of sandwiches try filled pitta bread.  

Answer 15

Quiche.

Answer 16

Chips, veggies, fruit, and dip. Chex Mix, Trail Mix, Icecream, Mac and Cheese, popcorn, smores.

Awesome Dip for apples:

Spread cream cheese on a bid plate. Drizzle warm caramel over it. sprinkle w/ crushed butterfinger! dip apple slices in it!

I have a great recipe for personal pan pizzas! Use large "Grands". (biscuits) Smash them (raw) w/ a cup, leaving an edge for your crust. Add sauce, cheese, and other toppings. Then bake! Quick, easy, and delicious!

Make some good drinks! (Website down below w/ great drinks!)

Make your own sundaes! Ice cream, cherries, banana, strawberries, oreo, sprinkles, hot fudge, nuts, caramel!

Milk and cookies!

celery, peanut butter, raisins.

Banana ice — Peel several very ripe bananas, break them into 1-inch pieces, and freeze the pieces in a sealed plastic bag. Just before serving, whirl the pieces in the blender with a small amount of water or juice. Serve right away. Add berries for a different flavor or top with fruit or nuts.

Healthy ice pops — Freeze fresh, unsweetened 100% juice in ice pop molds or ice cube trays.

pita and hummus — Warm a pita in the oven on low, then cut it into small triangles. Dip it in a tasty, low-fat hummus. Hummus is available in yummy flavors like garlic and spicy red pepper.

Answer 17

mini burgers and pigs in blanket

mini quishes

jalapeno poppers

hot wings

mosserella sticks

mini rice balls

potato crokettes

fried raviolis

veggie tray

cheese tray

artichoke dip with bread

crab dip with crackers

Answer 18

fingers  

Answer 19

houmous and pitta bread cut into strips

onion bhaji

cheese/pineapple on cocktail sticks (an oldie but goodie!)

Answer 20

Real simple:  

Pitted dates you can stuff with cream cheese and a pecan halve.

A good quality genoa salami slice, thinly spread an herbed cream cheese (basil would be ideal), then roll.

Take Pillsbury crescent rolls, separate and twist each one on a baking sheet (like a bread stick), brush on a flavored butter with cayenne seasonings or italian type seasonings, etc. and bake until golden.

Answer 21

popcorn chicken