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Looking for some easy New Year's Eve entertaining ideas?
Look no further! From easy-to-prepare canapés to perfect cheese pairings and refreshing drinks that can be enjoyed with or without alcohol; we have everything you need to celebrate the end of 2023 in the best {and tastiest} way possible!
Canapés
Ingredients :
- 1 rock melon
- 180g brie or camembert
- 100g prosciutto
- 220g tub cherry bocconcini
- 20g basil
- 100g salami
- 2 pears
- 150g blue cheese
- 1/4 jam of choice (we used plum jam, you could use quince paste, or a low-sugar blueberry, strawberry or fig jam)
- 20g hazelnuts roughly chopped
- For the prosciutto-wrapped rockmelon; wedge rockmelon and brie. Pull prosciutto into long strips. Press the brie onto the rockmelon. Wrap prosciutto around rockmelon and brie. The prosciutto should hold everything together, but you can use a toothpick to secure it if necessary.
- For the bocconcini; pick basil leaves and thread onto toothpicks or small skewers with cherry tomatoes, bocconcini and salami (omit salami if preferred).
- For the pear; slice or wedge pears, add crumbled blue cheese to each slice of pear. Spoon on jam and sprinkle over chopped hazelnuts.
- Omit the brie on the rockmelon for a dairy-free alternative.
- For extra pizazz, drizzle pesto over bocconcini and cherry tomatoes.
- Toast the hazelnuts in a dry frypan for extra flavour. Substitute hazelnuts with pecans, walnuts or almonds.
Want to make this at home? We used Rockmelon, Dellendale Creamery Triple Cream Brie, Cherry Tomatoes, Local Pears and Urban Forager Organic Blood Plum Jam from the Dinner Twist Marketplace.
Watermelon Refresher
Ingredients:
- 2 limes
- 1/2 watermelon
- 10g mint leaves
- ice
- 4-pack Sips Sparkling Water Raspberry (raspberry-flavoured drink of choice or sparkling water will also be delicious!)
Method:
- Zest and slice limes. Wedge watermelon. Press watermelon wedges into lime zest.
- Add lime slices and mint leaves to cups along with ice. Fill with sparkling drink and decorate with watermelon wedge.
Notes:
- For an extra refreshing drink, freeze some of the watermelon. Blend frozen watermelon with mint leaves and sparkling drink.
Want to make this at home? We used Sips Sparkling Water Raspberry from the Dinner Twist Marketplace.
Pineapple and Passionfruit Fizz
Ingredients:
- 20g shredded coconut
- 2 tsp dried chilli flakes
- pulp from 2 passionfruit
- ice
- 10g Thai basil
- Sips Sparkling Water Pineapple & Yuzu (pineapple juice, sparkling drink of choice or sparkling water will also be delicious!)
- dehydrated pineapple slices to garnish
Method:
- Add coconut and chilli flakes to a shallow bowl. Mix to combine.
- Roll rims of glasses in passionfruit pulp, then into coconut chilli mix (the passionfruit pulp will help the coconut chilli to adhere to the glass rim).
- Add ice to glasses along with Thai basil and passionfruit pulp to taste.
- Top with sparkling drink and garnish with dehydrated passionfruit.
Cooking notes:
- omit chilli if desired, or use to taste if you like it spicy!
Want to make this at home? We used Sips Sparkling Water Pineapple & Yuzu from the Dinner Twist Marketplace.
