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Private In-Home Gathering Ideas

Cajun/Creole

Appetizers:
-Cajun sausage wrapped in puff pastry with Zatarain’s Creole mustard sauce
-Andouille sausage and chive savory cheesecakes with Zatarain’s Creole mustard cream sauce
-Shrimp and tasso savory cheesecakes with Zatarain’s Creole mustard cream sauce
-Baked brie with Tabasco Pepper Jelly with seasonal berries and crackers

Soups:
-Crawfish and sweet potato bisque
-Chicken and andouille sausage gumbo

Salads:
-crab meat remoulade over baby greens with tomatoes
-shrimp cocktail

Entrees:
-seafood gumbo over rice with garlic bread
-chicken and andouille sausage gumbo over rice with garlic bread
-crawfish etouffee over rice with garlic asparagus
-shrimp, chicken and andouille sausage jambalaya with garlic asparagus
-fish topped with a shrimp, lemon & butter sauce, with roasted potatoes and garlic asparagus
-fish topped with crab, lemon & butter sauce, with roasted potatoes and cream spinach

Dessert:
-Table side presentation of either Bananas Foster OR Cherries Jubilee

Southwest

Appetizers:
-queso fundido with tortilla chips
-hand made guacamole with tortilla chips

Salad:
-Southwest salad (greens, roasted corn, red peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, pepitos, chipotle/honey vinagrette)

Entree:
-shrimp and chicken fajita bar with tortillas, grilled onions & peppers, chopped cilantro with
onions, queso fresco, salsas, pickled Bermuda onions, sour cream, rice and beans

Dessert: Bananas Flambe

Traditional
Appetizers:
-Prosciutto wrapped asparagus
-bacon wrapped shrimp with a sweet chili sauce

Salad:
-spinach with hot bacon dressing
-hand made Caesar
-Sensation (romaine tossed with a light Parmesan/lemon dressing with tomatoes, Bermuda onions, croutons and Balsamic glace)

Entree:
-Roasted beef tenderloin, pork tenderloin or lamb chops with herb roasted potatoes and garlic asparagus

Dessert:
-Table side presentation of either Bananas Foster or Cherries Jubilee

Italian: 
 
Apps:
-Antipasto skewers
-Bruschetta
-Antipasto flatbread (salami, mozzarella, tomato, basil)
-Prosciutto wrapped asparagus
-Italian stuffed mushrooms
 
Salad:
-Caprese salad
-Panzanella salad
-Sensation salad (romaine tossed in a light Parm/lemon dressing with Bermuda onions, tomatoes and crouton)
 
Entree: (all with garlic bread and an additional vegetable option can be considered)
-Baked chicken Parmesan over pasta
-Linguine with a Creole shrimp cream sauce (crawfish can be substituted for an additional fee)
-Spaghetti and meatballs or bolognese 
-Spicy shrimp fra diavolo over pasta
 
Dessert:
-Ciliegie fiammeggiate sul gelato (flamed cherries over ice cream)
 

Texas Influenced

Appetizer:

-Bacon wrapped sweet potato wedges with roasted garlic Sriracha BBQ sauce

Dinner :

-Pulled pork with sweet Hawaiian rolls

-Baby back ribs

-grilled chicken thighs

-corn pudding

-cole slaw

Dessert:

-Cherries Jubilee OR Bananas Foster

Asian

Appetizers:

-Crispy spring rolls with Thai sweet chili sauce OR fresh summer rolls with Thai sweet chili sauce

-Edamame roasted with honey and wasabi salt

Soup:

-Wonton soup

-Miso soup

Salad:

-Sesame Cucumber salad with an Asian honey, sesame, ginger dressing

-Asian chopped salad with traditional Japanese hibachi dressing

Entree:

-Poke bowl with tuna OR salmon OR surimi with jasmine rice, chopped Napa cabbage, avocado, edamame, cucumber, red cabbage, carrots, radish, chives and onion flakes accompanied by a dressing of soy sauce, garlic, ginger, honey and sesame seed and a sriracha aioli drizzle

Sides:

-Kimchi

-Garlic bok choy

-Kung Pao Brussels sprouts

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