This Sunday is the big game — the Super Bowl — and you’ll likely be entertaining friends and family at home. That means its party time. Here are a few finger food recipes that can be made ahead of time. Enjoy!
Mini dinner roll burgers
1/2 pound ground turkey
1/2 pound ground pork
1 egg
1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs to add to the meat, and 1 cup to roll in.
2 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon chili garlic sauce
2 teaspoon lime juice
Salt to taste
3 cheese slices each cut into 4 squares
1 cup of pickled cucumbers
1 cup of sliced tomatoes
1 cup thin strips of red onion
1 cup of lettuce torn into small pieces
12 dinner rolls, split horizontally
In a large bowl, mix the meats, egg, fenugreek, cilantro, lime juice, chili garlic sauce, crumbs, pepper and salt. Mold them into 12 meatballs of equal size. You may make these a day ahead and chill them. When you are an hour away from serving it, flatten the meatballs to make patties. Roll them in a plate or graham cracker crumbs. Place them in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
While the burgers grill, prepare the dressing.
As soon as they are done, place the cut up mini cheese slices on them. The patties are hot enough to melt the cheese.
Butter toast the top and bottom of dinner rolls. Assemble the bottom rolls with spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, and onions. Top it with cheesy meatballs. Cover it with the top half of the dinner rolls. Hold it all together with picks or mini skewers. Serve warm.
Football cakepops
Go a step further and make game day cake pops that kids and adults will adore!
What you need – Makes about 30 pops
1 box of your favorite cake mix
8 oz of raspberry or apricot jam
Lollipop sticks or mini skewers
Sheet of waxed paper
Styrofoam bed or sheet
2 lb chocolate candy melts
1/2 cup of white chocolate candy melts
Bake the cake as the instructions say on the box. Cool it completely. You can just leave it in the baked pan. Crumble it with your bare hands (better still, give this to your little kids, they will enjoy it!) until it is in fine crumbs.
Add in the jam and mix well yet gently, kneading until you can roll it into a ball, and extending two opposite ends to resemble a football. If you think it is not moist, add some more milk. Place them on a plate, wrap a plastic wrap around it and let it chill in the fridge for an hour.
Now melt the chocolate candy melts in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until the liquid is warm and smooth, or use a double boiler in a hot water bath.
Run the lollipop sticks or mini skewers through on end and set it nearly all the way.
Dip the cake end of the lollipop stick into the melted chocolate/candy and turn, to coat them evenly. Stick the coated pops on Styrofoam, do this to all the cake balls and let them set in a cool place.
Melt the white chocolate and pour them into a plastic bag. Decorate the pops with white lines to resemble a football. Let it set. Devour. Enjoy!
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