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Aniki-Moderator's picture

STalkers, I'm looking for some tried and true recipes of homemade spreadables to put on warm, homemade rolls and freshly sliced french bread. 

DH and I are going to a dinner and I got the bread. Unfortunately, I cannot take rieska (Finnish flatbread).

Please help!

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Rags's picture

Janeva is an amazing chef. We use her recipes all of the time and own multiple of her cook books.  This recipe is available free on her website.  The link is below.

https://www.janevaskitchen.com/recipes/cran-orange-maple-butter?rq=cra

Ingredients

½ C. fresh cranberries

2 T. maple syrup, sugar free (I use Mrs. Butterworth’s®)

1 C. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

2 T. Swerve® erythritol confectioners sugar

2 tsp. dried orange peel 

2 pinches salt

¼ tsp. cinnamon, optional

Directions

Place cranberries in a food processor and process into relish.

To a large mixing bowl, add cranberry relish and maple syrup. Stir and set aside 20 minutes. (This will soften the cranberries and infuse them with maple flavor.)

Add remaining ingredients to cranberry relish. Using electric beaters, beat butter mixture until fluffy and whipped (about 45 seconds or so.)

Keep refrigerated in a covered container until ready to use. Remove 15 minutes before serving to soften butter for easier spreading.

TheAccidentalSM's picture

Try this smoked salmon pate for the French bread

Ingredients

100g/3½oz cream cheese

100g/3½oz crème fraîche

200g/7oz smoked salmon

1 lemon, zest only, finely grated

½ lemon, juice only

1 tbsp creamed horseradish

2 tbsp finely chopped, fresh dill

caper berries, to serve

Method

To begin, place all the ingredients except the capers in a food processor. Pulse until a pâté forms which still has some texture to it and is not a purée.

Taste to check the seasoning as smoked salmon can vary greatly in its saltiness. It may also need more lemon juice.

Serve with sliced bread, such as stout soda bread, and large caper berries

TheAccidentalSM's picture

Mushroom pate

Once made, this paté will keep for several days in the fridge.

Serves 6-8
butter 125g
onions 2 large, finely chopped
garlic 4 cloves, finely chopped
mushrooms 1.4kg, very finely chopped

white wine 125ml 
salt and black pepper
parsley 2 tbsp
dried thyme a pinch 
nutmeg a grating
bread to serve

Melt the butter and fry the onions and garlic until soft. Add the mushrooms, stir, add the wine, season, and cook until very soft. Drain the liquor from the mushrooms, reserving the mushrooms and onions, into another pan, and then reduce this liquid to a thick syrupy texture.

Pass the mushrooms through a food mill or chop finely, then add back to the thick liquor. Add the herbs and nutmeg. The consistency should be firm. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Serve on top of crostini, slices of baguette or toast.

ESMOD's picture

we make a warm seafood dip.

Usually Crab is the main seafood.. but I have used shrimp too.

basically cream cheese.. add about a good tablespoon of mayo for every small block of cream cheese.. add a splash of sherry or beer and some old bay.  Mix in some shredded cheddar type cheese.. mix it all.. then top with more shredded cheese and bake till warm and bubbly.

I know it's not a specific recipe.. but none of mine are.. I cook by ear..lol.

You could also do an italian sauce bake by adding chopped sausage and pepperoni to your fav sauce.. top with shredded mozz and bake to warm.. 

 

Aniki-Moderator's picture

We're traveling to dinner and won't be home, Thumper. Wear Winter gear because it's cold and snowy outside! *ROFL*

Rags's picture

I think if we all binge watch Hallmark Christmas Movies and wish really hard where you will be might just show up on our Google Maps so we can crash your party!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!!!

Enjoy Aniki.  We all wish you a wonderful holiday.

Drinks

o<|;-)>  If this looks anything like a Santa emoji.  Hat, wink, smile, beard.

Pardon

Thumper's picture

Darn....LOL

I can NOT begin to imangin how darn cold it is up North. 

Anyway, have a great time Smile

Winterglow's picture

Tapenade

200-300g pitted black olives (preferably Greek style)

2 or 3 generous tbsp capers, rinsed

1 tbsp wine vinegar

1 tbsp dijon mustard

Large pinch of ( preferably fresh) thyme

1 garlic clove (crushed)

Enough olive oil to give a nice spreading consistency.

Whizz everything except the oil through your blender and add the oil to the blender gradually until you get the consistency you want. Correct the seasoning. I'm fond of black pepper. You can also add a few anchovies with their bones removed if you like them (blend well afterwards).

It goes well on fresh bread and even better on toasted bread. It can also be eaten with celery sticks for the keto folks among us. Smile

Aniki-Moderator's picture

I love fresh thyme! If cherries were in season, I could make this AND my cherry sauce for pork.

The hostess has a gluten allergy. The bread I'm making is actually a keto recipe!

AlmostGone834's picture

The easiest recipe ever. Never fails. Take one block of cream cheese and put it on a plate. Pour a jar of hot pepper jelly over it. Spread it on bread, crackers anything!

I know, I know. You've probably all heard of this one one. It's so easy and it's been around forever (but I still love it)!

AlmostGone834's picture

Most pepper jelly isn't terribly hot at all (you can get hotter ones but the grocery store brands aren't too spicy) so mixed with the cream cheese you really get a super low level sweet heat. 

Rags's picture

Sit the block of cream cheese in the middle of a small serving plate and pour the bottle of sauce over the block.  Put a cheese or butter knife on the plate.  

I had never seen or heard of it in my life until my HS BFF's wedding.  I was in my early 30s.  My DW and I had only been married for a couple of years. After the wedding his parents insisted that we stay with them at their family home for the rest of the weekend.  His two sisters and their families were there.  Being a Texas family they put on a spread.  This was a dish they put out every evening as part of the spread. Amazingly simple and flavorful.

Pickapeppa now has a number of variations of their sauce.  So tune your flavor choice to your palate.

Yummy stuff. Very good and I enjoy it every time I have it.

Ispofacto's picture

I made it in our air fryer recently, it smelled marvelous cooking.