Is it time for us to take back Halloween parties from our costumed charges? Ready to ditch the Dirt Brownies and Eyeball Spaghetti?
Yep.
We asked Marcia Selden Catering for spooky-spirited recipes that kick the night up a notch: Vietnamese Nori Rolls, Miso Glazed Chilean Sea Bass, Chocolate Ghoul Pots de Crème, and Bloody Sunset Fizz. Elegant and devilishly delicious.
Vietnamese Nori Roll
Ingredients for Rolls:
8-10 nori sheets
3 c. finely shredded savoy cabbage
3 scallions thinly sliced
3½ oz. cellophane noodles (optional)
½ c julienned carrots
½ c. chopped cilantro
1 mango, peeled and julienned
2 tbs. toasted sesame oil
1 shallot, finely diced
1 tbs. minced peeled fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 English cucumber, peeled, seeded and julienned
24 mint leaves
24 basil leaves
Directions for Rolls:
Toss cabbage, scallions, cilantro, mango and cooked noodles in a bowl with sesame oil, shallot, ginger and garlic and set aside until ready to use.
Working with 1 sheet at a time, put the cabbage noodle mixture along 1 edge of the nori, leaving a 1” border. Add a small amount of cucumber, 2 mint leaves and 2 basil leaves to cabbage mixture. Do not overfill the nori sheets.
Starting at the side with the filling, start to roll, enclosing filling. Repeat process with remaining sheets. Cut each roll into 1” pieces giving you 8 pieces per roll. Serve with dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce
½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
¼c. fresh lime juice
1 tbs. sugar
2 tbs. fish sauce
1 tsp. toasted sesame oil
4 tbs. soy sauce
Combine ingredients of dipping sauce in a bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Miso Glazed Chilean Sea Bass
Marinade:
¼ c. mirin
¼ c. sake
½ c. soy sauce
3 tbs. sugar
½ c. yellow miso paste
½ c. sesame oil
2 tbs. fresh grated ginger
3 cloves garlic, crushed
6 fillets, Chilean Sea Bass
Bring the sake, mirin, sugar and soy sauce to a boil. Turn the heat off and whisk in the miso paste. When the miso has dissolved completely, add in the sesame oil, ginger and garlic. Cool to room temperature.
Marinate the fish with the miso marinade and place in a plastic or glass container and cover. Marinate in the refrigerator for 48 hours.
Once fully marinated, preheat oven to 425°F.
Heat an oven-proof cast iron or stainless steel skillet over high heat on the stovetop. Film the pan with a little vegetable oil, then place the fish on the pan and cook until the bottom of the fish browns and blackens in spots, about 3 minutes. Flip and continue cooking until the other side is browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to the oven and bake for 5 to 8 minutes, until fish is opaque and flakes easily. The internal temperature should be 145 degrees.
Chocolate Ghoul Pots de Crème
6 oz semi sweet choc chips
1 T sugar
pinch of salt
1 T vanilla
1 egg
¾ c milk- heated to boiling point
Place all ingredients in blender- pulse 1 min on low.
Pour into cups/ramekins or shot glasses.
Chill for 2 hours.
Garnish
2 cups whipped cream
2c. Chocolate Cookie Crumbs
Googly Eye Sprinkles to garnish
*Dehydrated Strawberry Dust
*Dehydrated Kiwi Dust
*to make above dusts, blend dehydrated fruits in a coffee grinder till they form a dust.
Top pots de crème with whipped cream.
Cover the whipped cream with a thin layer of cookie. crumbs until there is no trace of the whipped cream.
Randomly sprinkle each with a little of each of the fruit dusts.
Finish garnishing with the googly eye sprinkles.
Recipe makes 6-8 depending upon vessel used.
Bloody Sunset Fizz
2 oz Aperol
3 oz Prosecco
1 oz of Blood orange juice
Rosemary bitters
Club soda
Slice of orange & sprig of rosemary
- Fill glass with Aperol and top with Prosecco
- Add blood orange juice
- Top off with 3 dashes of Rosemary bitters and a splash of club soda
- Garnish with a slice of orange and sprig of rosemary
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