What a brunch it was, for a dog walking club. Our staff of Gourmet Caterers, greeted guests on arrival with mimosas . Hungry guests delighted in the Hash brown quiche with ham, peppers and mushrooms, sausage patties and crispy bacon. We had delicious warm cinnamon buns. French toast stuffed with cream cheese, raspberry and almonds. We ended the meal with fruit platters and cheesecake. And of course they all brought their cute dogs with them.
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Hot or cold Desserts, simple to elegant and extravagant, whatever you are looking for in a dessert only party or dessert buffet, Gourmet Caterers can supply it. Mousse, whether its chocolate or fruity, or triple or single served in a shot glass, or choc cup or bowl, or meringue. Whole spectacular cakes, or cake slices served on a mirror. Cheesecakes at least 101 different assortments. Creme brulee, custard topped with burnt sugar, an assortment of nutty tarts or tarlets, from macadamia to chocolate pecan or walnut tart. We do an assortment of lemon meringues, key lime and custard tarts and flans. All the fruity tarts served warm or cold with whipped cream.
We do many miniature displays with a gorgeous fruit display with baby fruit and berries, dried fruit and chocolates. Mirrors or platters of baby desserts consisting of choc mousse cups, petit fours, fresh fruit tartlets, mini choc eclairs, mini pecan tartlets, mini cheesecakes, mini sacher tortes, chocolate ganache, citrus tartlets, mini tiramasu tartlets, shot glasses filled with assorted mousses or chocolates, dipped strawberries,mini cheesecake assortments and many more selections.
We of course do the traditional chocolate fountains white and regular chocolate, served with a selection of fruit on sticks, like pineapple, banana and strawberry. Often we do vanilla ice-cream, or fruit sorbets on sticks. marshmallows, pretzels, dried fruit, choc chip cookies and meringues. We can also add huge lollipops and very long liquorice, it is always a bit hit with everyone and quite spectacular to look at…
We also have warm desserts for those cold evenings, Bread puddings like Kona coffee choc macadamia bread pudding or ice cream a la mode (with choc sauce), or fruit crumble, like apple or other fruit- raspberry, any fruit pie – pear or cranberry. Warm cheesecake. Warm banana’s and hot custards. Delicious steam puddings an example being rice puddings. Cooked warm fruit with ice cream or cream. Fruit cobblers usually served with ice cream.
We at Gourmet Caterers have two options. Firstly a Antipasti party and a full Italian dinner party.
The Antipasti party consists of lots of options, we usually ask people to choose 15 and up.
Vegetable antipasti - Grilled peppers, marinated olives, caprese mushroom melts, spinach potato frittata, warm goat cheese in baby tomatoes, marinated goat cheese, peste cheese ball, olive spread, zucchini sticks with spicy pepper sauce, coponata, ricotta on toasts, fava beans with pecorino
Bread antipasti - buschetta with garlic, tomato bruschetta, mushroom marsalad bruschetta, bruschetta with gorgonzola cheese and fresh figs, roasted pepper and goat cheese bruschetta, bruschetta with swiss chard and pecorino cheese, mini pizzas, grissini, tuscan liver crostini
Seafood Antipasti - Shrimp capri, procini sea scallops with tomato sauce, fried calamari, sauteed clams in tomato sauce, shrimp scampi, clams with spicy meats, breaded mussels, mussels in garlic butter sauce, cured salmon, grilled seafood salad, mussels in pernod sauce and garlic orange shrimp
Full Italian meal - choose at least 4/5 from the antipasti menu as appetizers, or a delicious soup. Choose 2/3 entrees and 2/3 desserts for a great meal.
Soups – Pasta or chickpea soup, rice and eggplant soup, barley soup, pea soup, lentil and rice and spinach soup, pasta and lentil soup, barley and pea soup, minestone soup or gazpacho soups.
Main entrees - there is a huge selection of pastas, risotto with porcini mushrooms, or shrimp, or red wine, or creamy risotto fontina, or with asparagus, champagne, chicken and more more options with risotto. Spaghetti, penne or other pasta with alfredo sauce, marinara, four cheese sauce, with smoked salmon, or spaghetti with meat balls, mushrooms and many other seclections . There is also stuffed pastas which are delicious meat and cheese ravioli, cannelloni or manicotti both stuffed with meats, cheeses and vegetables and usually served with a marinara or creamy sauce. Polenta is another option. It is cornmeal mush and served with cabbage and sausages, herring, cheese, rabbit sauce, beer sauce and baked polenta with gorgonzola. Fish – usually seafood and grilled fish. Shrimp scampi, mussels and clams al pomodoro – with tomatoes, stuffed cuttlefish, roast fish, grilled fish, lemony fresh tuna, salmon in pastry. Beef and veal – stuffed veal cutlets, braised beef in wine, rich stews, roman oxtail stew, osso bucho, italian styled meat loaf, venetian liver and onions, beef rolls in red wine sauce, stracotto, beef carpaccio, italian meatballs. chicken or duck. Duck in orange sauce, stuffed duck. Vegetables – asparagus parmigiana style, eggplant parmesan, neapolitan stuffed peppers, tomatoey beans, stuffed artichokes, roman salads, vegetable casserole and many more.
Desserts - piemontese chocolate pudding, rice pudding, semolina pudding, gelati and sorbet, italian cheesecake, an italian layer cake, tortes, almond biscotti, and many others
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