Party Prep Part 1
Tonight is the first of two Christmas parties I’m hosting this year, this one for my team at work. It’s pot luck, so not a lot of prep needed (except I am my mother’s child, so of course I’ve spent the day cleaning parts of the house that visitors will never see anyway…)
Food-wise, my contribution is a couple of dishes that definitely fall into my favourite party food category – things that look impressive, but take very little work.
First, a red onion and capsicum tart (bought pre-rolled pastry, sauté the vegetables, mix with eggs and cheese, bake, and done):
And then, for pudding, trifle (with bought sponge cake, tinned fruit, and a tub of pre-made custard (thanks Mum for teaching me about the existence of that ultimate convenience food!) – I did whip the cream myself though…):
It’s years since I made trifle (probably since Granny was alive, and I used to help her make the trifle for New Years Day – mine contains a LOT less sherry than Granny used to slosh into hers, though!), but seeing as one of my colleagues is Belgian, and it’s his first Christmas in NZ, I thought it would be cool to do something traditional (as much as anything is traditional about a NZ Christmas).
So, prep done, and now I can sit down and relax for an hour or two until everyone arrives.
Looks yum. Wish I was there, especially to enjoy the trifle – an oldie but a goodie.
Haha I just thawed out last years Christmas pudding leftovers (from the one that started going mouldy so I trimmed all the mould off, made another another one for the family and froze the leftovers) and am planning on making it into trifle! Yours looks absolutely scrummy!
Merry Christmas!