Shrimp Canapes

Ingredients:
10 slices white bread
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1 pkg (12 oz) frozen cooked shrimp, thawed, chopped
1/2 cup Kraft Shredded Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese
1/3 cup Kraft Mayo Real Mayonnaise
1/4 teaspoon salt

Procedures
Preheat broiler. Trim crusts from bread slices, then cut into 20 assorted shapes, using 2 inch flutted round cookie cutter to cut circles and sharp knife to cut triangles. Tear enough of the bread trimmings into fine crumbs to maesure 1/2 cup crumbs; set aside.

Mix butter and thyme; bruch evenly onto bread cutouts. Place in single layer on baking sheet.

Broil 2 min or until golden brown. Meanwhile, mix reserved bread crumbs with shrimp, cheese, mayo and salt. Spread evenly onto toast cutouts. Broil an additional 8 to 10 min or until hot and bubbly. Makes 20 servings, 1 appetizer each. Recipe's Procedures!

Creamed spinach

Ingredients:
2 ten ounce bags of fresh spinach
5 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup hot milk
2 tablespoons salt
pepper.(al gusto)

Procedures
Wash spinach and discard stems. Chop the leaves. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large saucepan, add spinach. Cover pot until spinach becomes limp. In a small saucepan melt 3 tablespoons butter and blend in the flour. Stir and cook for 2 minutes without colloring the flour. Whisk in 1 cup of hot milk. Season with salt and pepper and simmer until thikened. Pour the cream sauce into the spinach and blend togheter and simmer for 2 - 3 more minutes. ( serves 6 ) Recipe's Procedures!

Chilled Spring Rolls

Ingredients:
2 green onions
5 cups bean sprouts (10 ounces)
10 cooked fresh crab legs (each about 2 inches long) -- shelled
OR
10 imitation whole crab legs (each about 2 inches long)
1 teaspoon sesame oil
10 leaf lettuce leaves
10 ready-to-eat spring roll skins (8 1/2 inches square)
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Honey Sichuan Sauce -- (recipe follows)
HONEY SICHUAN SAUCE
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup chili pure

Procedures
Cut green onions into 2-inch pieces; cut pieces lengthwise into thin strips. Mix green onions and bean sprouts; divide mixture into 10 equal parts. Sprinkle crabmeat pieces with sesame oil. Tear each lettuce leaf into 3-inch squares.
Place 1 lettuce square on center of 1 spring roll skin. (Cover remaining skins with plastic wrap to keep them pliable.) Place 1 part bean sprout mixture on lettuce; top with 1 crabmeat piece and 1 1/2 teaspoons cilantro. Fold bottom corner of spring roll skin over filling, tucking the point under. Fold in and overlap the 2 opposite corners. Brush fourth corner generously with cold water; roll up to seal.
Repeat with remaining spring roll skins. (Cover filled spring rolls with plastic wrap to keep them from drying out.) Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 8 hours. Cut in half if desired. Serve with Honey Sichuan Sauce. Recipe's Procedures!

Chicken Satay

Ingredients:
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/3 cup hoisin sauce
1/3 cup plum sauce
2 tablespoons sliced green onions (with tops)
1 tablespoon grated gingerroot
2 tablespoons dry sherry
2 tablespoons white vinegar

Procedures
Trim fat from chicken breasts. Cut chicken lengthwise into 1/2-inch strips. Mix all ingredients except chicken in large glass or plastic bowl.
Add chicken; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours.
Set oven control to broil. Remove chicken from marinade; drain. Reserve marinade. Thread 2 pieces chicken on each of twelve 10-inch skewers.* Place on rack in broiler pan. Broil with tops 3 to 4 inches from heat about 8 minutes, turning once, until done. Heat marinade to boiling in 1-quart saucepan; boil 1 minute. Serve with chicken. Recipe's Procedures!

Chicken Pot Stickers

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds ground chicken
1/2 cup finely chopped red bell pepper (about 1 small)
1/2 cup shredded green cabbage
1/3 cup chopped green onions (about 3 medium)
2 teaspoons chopped gingerroot
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 egg white
1 (10 ounce) package round wonton skins
2 cups chicken broth
4 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

Procedures
Mix all ingredients except wonton skins, broth and soy sauce. Brush each wonton skin with water. Place 1 scant tablespoon chicken mixture on center of skin. Pinch 5 pleats on each of one half of circle. Fold circle in half over chicken mixture, pressing pleated edge to unpleated edge. Repeat with remaining skins and chicken mixture.
Spray 12-inch skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over medium heat.
Cook 12 pot stickers at a time in skillet 3 minutes or until light brown;turn. Stir in 1/2 cup of the broth and 1 teaspoon of the soy sauce. Cover and cook 5 minutes. Uncover and cook 1 minute longer or until liquid has evaporated. Repeat with remaining pot stickers, broth and soy sauce.
16 servings (3 pot stickers each) Recipe's Procedures!

Almirah Boscotakia (Salty Biscuits)

Ingredients:
3 c Flour
3 ts Baking powder
1 ts Coarse salt
1/2 c Kefalotiri cheese, grated
1/3 c Sweet butter or shortening
1 c Milk

Procedures
Sift dry ingreds. into bowl. Add butter (or shortening) and work butter into flour with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add cheese and milk, and work the whole together (dough will be soft). Lightly flour a marble-top table (or bread board) and your rolling pin.
Roll out dough about 1/4 to 1/2" thick. Using small biscuit cutter (floured), cut dough into round shapes about 1 1/2" in diameter. Place on lightly greased (or buttered) baking sheet in preheated 375 F. oven for abt. 15 min., or until golden brown. Makes about 36 appetizer size biscuits. Recipe's Procedures!

Antipasto Kabobs

Ingredients:
8 ea Salami -- casing removed
2 tb Lemon juice -- freshly
Squeeze
8 ea Pepper, pickled, mild -- sm
1 tb Vinegar -- balsamic
2 ea Zucchini -- quarter Crosswise
1/4 ts Oregano -- dried
16 ea Olives, black -- pitted
1 ea Garlic, clove -- minced
16 ea Tomatoes, cherry -- washed
1/4 ts Salt Drained
1/4 ts Pepper, fresh ground --
White
1/3 c Oil -- olive

Procedures
Soak 8 bamboo skewers in cold water for 15 minutes. Drain. Wrap a slice of salami around a small pepper. Thread on skewer. Thread on a piece of zucchini, an olive, a tomato, then another olive and another tomato. Repeat with the remaining skewers. Set kabobs aside.
Light the coals. Mix remaining ingredients for dressing. Brush kabobs with dressing. When coals are hot, set kabobs on grill rack about 4 to 6 inches from heat source. Grill kabobs for 3 to 4 minutes, turning once or twice as needed. Food should be hot and beginning to char.
Transfer kabobs to serving dish. Recipe's Procedures!