Quintero Wedding: Reception

Sarah, one of Chef Lou's culinary school friends, had her wedding reception later that night. Throughout the night the room was filled with friends and family munching on delicious bites while catching up with each other. The room was gorgeous and so was the beautiful glowing bride.

The reception hall at the Fox Hollow Golf Course was a spacious and attractive room.

The flower centerpieces were absolutely gorgeous. LOVED them!

To add height to the buffet, we put our cute ribbon-wrapped candles on these elegant candlesticks.

On the food side of things, Sarah and Nick wanted an appetizer buffet with a good selection of sweet and non-sweet items. 

Our famous Pork Crostini- always a big hit

We're finding that our Southwestern Sweet Potato bites please every palate; they were gobbled up so quickly!

Our modern signage fit well with the decor and Sarah's colors.

Some of the less-adventurous people really missed out on our pistachio gelato- it was so tasty and Chef Lou's culinary friends raved about it!

These individual cones were so darling!

We served 3 types of perfect cookies: the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookie was loaded with all the good stuff, the Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookie was chewy and dense, and the Orange cookie was soft and moist.

As an event staff, we really enjoyed catering your wedding, 

Thanks Sarah!

Read about the luncheon we did earlier in the day for Sarah: Quintero Wedding: Luncheon

DIY Recipe: Peanut Butter Bars

Chef Lou loves to serve these delicious Peanut Butter bars for her box lunches. Her box lunches are a great fit for corporate meetings, trade shows, competitions, and many more events. Call today and have your next function catered by Savory!

Peanut Butter Bars
Lou Crandall, Savory Catering
makes one half-sheet pan (13"X18") or approx 16 bars

Ingredients
1 cup (8 oz) butter
1 cup (7.2 oz) sugar
1 cup (7.3 oz) brown sugar
2 eggs (3.2 oz)
1 cup (8.6 oz) peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups (8.5 oz) flour
2 cups (5.9 oz) quick-cooking oats

Directions
Cream butter and both sugars together in mixer until fluffy. Then add the eggs, peanut butter, and vanilla. Mix together. Then add the remaining ingredients. Mix only until moistened. Press mixture into a greased half-sheet pan (18"X13") and bake at 350 degrees for approx 15-18 mins. Cook until bars are lightly browned. Be careful not to burn the cookie. Cool a little, then spread on chocolate icing while still warm. Wait until bars are a little cooler, then serve.

Chocolate Icing

Ingredients
1/2 cup (4 oz) butter
1/4 cup (.8 oz) regular cocoa powder
1 egg (1.8 oz)
1/3 cup (3.1 oz) peanut butter
1/3 cup (2.8 oz) milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 2/3 cups (16 oz) powdered sugar

Directions
Melt together the butter and cocoa powder. Take off heat and slowly temper in 1 egg. Be careful to add the egg in a bit at a time otherwise you will cook the egg. Put that mixture into the mixer and add the remaining ingredients. Spread over bars while still warm.  

Appetizers for the Super Bowl Hall of Fame

As the Ravens and 49ers battle it out this Sunday, fans at home will be well fed, thanks to our most recent cooking class.  We focused on creating delicious finger foods and appetizers sure to please any spectator.

Naturally, we started with dessert! We made a Chocolate Chip Panna Cotta

 

You always taste your foods in case changes need to be made. In this case, it was perfect.

 

An Andes Mint is a great garnish for this dish

 

You can also put Panna Cotta in different containers

 

Then we started on Crab Cakes.

 

  This is a great option for dipping! Try pairing it with Mae Ploy sauce (pictured here), sour cream, or other sauces

 Our favorite appetizer of the night was the Pork Crostini. Chef Lou made this up one day and now everybody wants to have a mouthful! We've served it at our wedding shows and it's been a big hit!

 

 Our next finger food is sure to be a crowd pleaser: Twice Baked Potatoes.

After baking the potatoes once, scrape out the insides and briefly whip up to make the filling

  

We decided it was high time we had another dessert so we made some  

Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies

 Adding the raspberries to the cookie dough.

 These are so delicious right out of the oven!

 Our last appetizer is a Pizza Dip. This works best in a shallow pan and eaten with bread chunks, pita chips, or other cracker. This is perfect for those people that love to dip

 

Thanks to all those who came and have fun hosting your very own Super Bowl Party!