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Retro drinks party

by Julia Watson
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  • Make and cook chestnut-sized Swedish meatballs, then serve on sticks with bowls of mustard and tomato ketchup.
  • You can’t have too many cocktail sausages on sticks, with mustard to dip into. Just lay them out in rows on a baking sheet and roast in the oven. What Elvis knew as pigs-in-a-blanket were frankfurter sausage rolls – mini frankfurters wrapped in puff pastry and baked. Seal ready-made puff pastry with a slick of mustard.
  • Elvis might have found angels-on-horseback a little refined, but they are timelessly delicious – pitted prunes wrapped in a slice of bacon and grilled or roasted, then speared with another of those coloured toothpicks. Stuffing the prune with a piece of water chestnut adds crunch.
  • Cheese straws are always popular. Roll some in poppy seeds or caraway; sprinkle others with cumin, caraway, or paprika.
  • Pina Colada is the retro drink - almost a pudding in a glass and just as easily consumed. For one, add 25ml rum, a splash each of cream of coconut and pineapple juice, shake with ice, pour into a decorative glass and top with a wedge of fresh pineapple, a cherry or an umbrella – or all three.
  • Or make up a bowl of Punch. Dissolve 675g sugar in 2 quarts soda water. Add a block of ice (make this by freezing water in an empty litre orange juice carton), 2 quarts red wine, 450ml each of brandy, rum and sparkling wine, 200ml sweet vermouth. Stir gently and float with orange and apple slices.

    More Retro Recipes

    Asparagus Rolls
    Makes 48

    12 slices brown bread from a large thin sliced loaf, crusts removed
    50g softened butter
    1 x 425g can asparagus spears

    Roll a rolling pin across the bread slices to flatten. Spread evenly with the butter. Divide the asparagus spears between the slices (1-2 spears per slice) and roll tightly. Wrap and chill. When ready to serve, cut in half, then cut each piece in half diagonally.

    Ham and Pâté Cornets
    Makes 16

    115g honey roast ham (square slices)
    135g farmhouse pâtė
    16 capers

    Cut each slice of ham in half diagonally to make 16 triangles. Beat the pâté until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag with a star nozzle. Roll each piece of ham to make a cornet then pipe a little pâté into each and top with a caper. Cover and chill until required.

    Salami-topped Ritz
    Makes 28

    14 slices pack salami, halved
    28 Ritz crackers
    50g soft cheese
    28 cocktail gherkins or small pieces of tomato

    Arrange a folded piece of salami on each cracker. Pipe a little cheese to one side and garnish with a gherkin fan or tiny piece of tomato.

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