I am going to a Christmas Cookie Exchange and am planning on bringing an appy and a drink, so here they are:
Here is a photo (not my photo, just something to make us drool).
Zucchini Rolls with Salmon and Cream Cheese 6 oz smoked salmon (flaked with a fork)
8 oz smoked salmon cream cheese (I used regular, about 2 tubs)
1 tbsp garlic, finely chopped
small bunch of chives, chopped
freshly ground black pepper
sea salt
extra virgin olive oil
1 zucchini (about 8 inches long) cut in half
1. Slice zucchini into very thin slices with a vegetable peeler. Lay out on a cookie sheet and drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Mix smoked salmon, cream cheese, garlic and chives (reserve a small amount of the smoked salmon to use as garnish).
3. Place a spoonful of filling at one end of each zucchini slice and roll up. They should stay closed without a toothpick. Garnish with extra smoke salmon. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
As for the cocktail part, I plan to make the Cosmopolitan Punch in last year's Holiday Menus issue of Cuisine at Home.
This one I have made already, but it was a HUGE hit.
Cosmopolitan Punch 4 cups vodka
2 cups frozen limeade
1 cup triple sec
1 cup cranberry juice
1 bottle sparkling wine
1 liter club soda
Stir all ingredients in a large pitcher or punch bowl; add ice. When cold remove unmelted cubes and serve. Garnish with strips of lime zest.
(okay when I made this I froze the cranberry juice in a block and chilled the rest of the ingredients. With all the cold ingredients, adding the limeade concentrate and block of cranberry juice, it was nice and cold). A punch bowl was just big enough to hold it all.)