Appetizers | Off to a Great Start

Appetizers | Off to a Great Start
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Prepared appetizers in a full range of flavors help you give guests a wonderful first impression.
Those first bites you give to guests are important ones; they set the tone for the rest of the event to
follow.
Today, you can extend your offerings of appetizers and hors d’oeuvre with fully or partially prepared
products from high quality companies. These tasty morsels can save your staff important time in the
kitchen and allow you to easily expand your menu.
The unique flavor of duck
Maple Leaf Farms, the premier provider of duck products in the United States, has a line of fully
assembled appetizers, including: Duck & Cheese Quesadillas, Duck & Black Bean Quesadillas, Duck
Springrolls, Duck Potstickers and Almond Breaded Duck Tenderloins.
Maple Leaf Farms appetizers are portion-controlled and ready to heat and serve. Creating your own
signature sauces to serve with the appetizers lets you make a statement your clients will remember.
Duck’s versatility complements any flavor profile, making it the perfect addition to your appetizer
selection. Consumers like to feel that they’re trying something new and trendy—which definitely fits
with the idea of duck.
For more information about Maple Leaf Farms products, call 800.348.2812, extension 12851, or go to
www.mapleleaffarms.com [2].
Hearty and tasty chicken appetizers
Barber Foods, a small, family-owned company, has created chicken appetizers that suit American
appetites.
Stuffed Chicken Cups, for example, are full of good flavors like Cheddar Cheese and Bacon or Cordon
Bleu. Fully cooked, they bake to a perfect serving temperature in just 10 minutes. Better yet, these
two-bite morsels cost less than 30 cents each.
More traditional appetizers—Chicken Fingers, Nuggets and Wings—work beautifully for casual
events. The flavor possibilities include Italian, Crunchie, North Shore and Buffalo fingers; AllAmerican and Wicked Hot wings; and Solid-Muscle Nuggets.
For more information about Barber Foods products, call 800.577.2595 or go to www.barberfoods.com
[3].
New ideas from Dufour Pastry Kitchens
Dufour Pastry Kitchens is always adding to its already extensive line of interesting hors d’oeuvre.
The latest additions include flavors and even shapes you aren’t likely to find elsewhere, including
Savory Rice Pudding; Carmelized Radicchio Star (a phyllo star filled with radicchio and red onion,
blended with creamy mascarpone and Parmesan cheeses); Cranberry/Tomato Confit Star; and
Curried Shrimp Wonton, Goan Style.
Dufour’s Ultimates include Smoked Mozzarella Puff, a Goat Cheese & Black Olive Flower, Spicy Crab
Roll with Toasted Coconut, Asparagus Polenta Terrine and even Venison Wellington.
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Dufour creates its own hors d’oeuvre by hand, using fresh ingredients (many of the products are
formulated with natural ingredients). The hors d’oeuvre are frozen, with a freezer shelf-life of six
months. The company ships Monday-Thursday, which means delivery by 3 p.m. to most business
addresses.
For more information about Dufour Pastry products, call 800.439.1282 or go to
www.dufourpastrykitchens.com [4].
Seafood starters with no fuss
Phillips Foods, Inc. has a diverse line of quick-prep seafood products that let you offer customers
outstanding seafood choices without stressing your kitchen.
There are Crab Cake Miniatures for every menu and price point, all made with premium-quality blue
swimming crab meat and Maryland-style blends of sauces and spices. Each of these minis weighs .7
ounces and contains 65-70 percent protein, for a rich and satisfying appetizer.
For an Asian flavor, try the Asian Rhythms authentic appetizers. Handmade in Thailand, the line
celebrates the unique flavors and innovative cooking techniques of Asia—and you can provide it
without expertise in true Thai cuisine. Thai appetizers include Fried and Steamed Dim Sum, Crab
Rangoon, Crispy Ginger Shrimp and Garlic & Herb Shrimp.
Phillip Foods also has hearty appetizers, like the 16-ounce Crab Pretzel—a soft pretzel spread with a
creamy blend of crab claw meat, cream cheese, hot sauce and season, then topped with Cheddar
and Monterey Jack cheeses. Or there’s the 7-inch Crab Pizza, which you can easily customize by
adding your own toppings.
For more information about Phillips Foods products, call 888.234.CRAB
or go to www.phillipsfoods.com [5].
Help at the last minute
If you have Good Wives hors d’oeuvre in your freezer, you’re in a better position to handle some of
those last-minute events that seem inevitable these days. With hand-made, quality hors d’oeuvre
needing only to be heated and presented to guests, you can concentrate your kitchen time on centerof-the-plate items.
Good Wives hors d’oeuvre include fillo pastries in familiar and unusual flavors, from lobster to
carmelized onion to Shrimp Indienne to Ruby Beet. Or try profiteroles, including the Caramelized
Yellow Pepper & Chevre and Artichoke Puttanesca Barquette.
Mini-quiche include the Roasted Corn & Poblano Chile Cheese Tartlet, Gorgonzola & Port Marinated
Fig Cheese Tartlet and Roasted Leek & Fennel Mini Quiche.
The ethnic range of Good Wives products goes from French to Asian to Latin American and beyond.
The line is primarily vegetarian, however there are a few items seasoned with charcuterie-style
meats.
For more information about Good Wives products, call 800.521.8160 or go to www.goodwives.com
[6].
A world of appetizers
Although the name is Kabobs, the company’s products go far beyond traditional items on a skewer.
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Kabobs’ appetizers span the globe, from mini Deep Dish Pizzas to Dim Sum to Petit Fours to
Empanadas to Samosas.
All of Kabobs’ appetizers are made with imagination, creativity and the freshest, finest hand-selected
ingredients available, whether they’re layered, stacked, wrapped, rolled, filled, folded, stuffed or,
yes, skewered.
The appetizers are shipped frozen, in a self-constructed box with dry ice, and go straight into your
freezers. Many don’t need to be thawed before serving, so you can keep them on hand for that lastminute booking.
Operating out of a 60,000 square foot USDA-approved HACCP certified facility in Lake City, Georgia,
Kabobs team of culinary professionals have developed a database containing hundreds of innovative
recipes that are certain to cater any dining event.
For more information about Kabobs products, call 800.732.9484 or go to www.kabobs.com [7].
The sushi solution
Sushi used to be one of those exotic things that only the most adventurous Americans would taste.
But no more. Today, sushi is popular, both in restaurants and at private events.
Polar Sushi offers an easy way to give your customers great-tasting, authentic sushi, without having
a sushi chef in your kitchen.
Polar Sushi is made in China, using a Japanese technology. The sushi is pre-made using cooked
ingredients and then frozen. You simply heat from frozen, cool and then plate the pre-cut pieces.
Polar Sushi has a one-year frozen shelf-life and once the product has been heated it can be kept
covered in a cooler for up to 12 hours or at room temperature for up to four hours.
The advantage to you? Minimal labor, only 30 minutes from freezer to plate and safe to prepare and
serve.
For more information about Polar Sushi products, call 847.882.6300 or go to www.polarsushi.com
[8].
Keeping a noble tradition
Pepperidge Farm points out that the idea of appetizers can be traced back to the First Century in
Rome. At three-course meals, the upper class guests were served small portions of food, including
eggs and fruit, as the first course.
Before the 20th Century, appetizers generally included soups, canapés or items such as oysters,
served mainly at the table.
Today, appetizers can be one of the most important parts of a meal—or can even become the meal
in themselves.
With the help of Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry sheets and shells, you can create unique and easily
replicable appetizers with less fuss. From crab appetizer napoleons to spinach triangles to brie en
croute, Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry provides all of the versatility and quality of a pastry made from
scratch without the hours of effort. If you don’t already have your own favorite recipes using puff
pastry, there are more on the Pepperidge Farm website. Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry is a premium
pre-made product that can save you time and help you impress your guests.
For more information about Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry, call 888.737.7374 or go to
www.puffpastry.com [9].
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Links
[1] http://www.catersource.com/product-spotlight/appetizers-great-start
[2] http://www.mapleleaffarms.com
[3] http://www.barberfoods.com
[4] http://www.dufourpastrykitchens.com
[5] http://www.phillipsfoods.com
[6] http://www.goodwives.com
[7] http://www.kabobs.com
[8] http://www.polarsushi.com
[9] http://www.puffpastry.com
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