Snacks & Appetizers on Roo Recipes

Garlic confit

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:22:00 +0000

Garlic confit is a 2 in 1 recipe. You get a delightful spread and seasoned olive oil.

Ingredients

Garlic cloves (as many as you want).
Olive oil (enough to cover your garlic cloves).

Mise en place

Peel the garlic cloves

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 °F / 190 °C.
Fill up a small baking dish with your peeled garlic.
Fill the baking dish with olive oil until it covers the garlic cloves.

Brown butter (Beurre noisette)

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:22:00 +0000

Brown butter, or beurre noisette, can be used for recipes, but it's also an incredible spreadable.

Ingredients

1 cup butter

If you want to use it as a spreadable I recommend salted. If you’re using it for a recipe, use unsalted.

Mise en place

Cut the butter into squares to make it easier to melt.

Directions

Melt the butter on a wide pan over medium heat.

Guacamole

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Fresh guacamole is 10 times better than any you can buy at the supermarket.

Ingredients

4 avocados
1 tomato
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1 bunch cilantro
2 to 4 jalapeños, seedless
1 lemon
½ cup Olive oil

Mise en place

Deseed and chop the tomatoes and jalapeños.
Thinly chop the onion and cilantro.
Mince the garlic cloves.
Deseed the avocado.

Directions

Scoop the avocado from its peel and transfer it into a bowl.

Mama roo's sausage bread

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000

This is crafty, hearty snack. Makes you want to eat it whole in one go.

Ingredients

½ cup butter
2 eggs
½ cup milk
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ tablespoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 yolk to brush on top
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 yellow onion
1 seedless tomato
300g sausage
¼ cup deseeded olives
2 tablespoon parsley
150g sliced mozzarella

Mise en place

Thinly slice the onions, tomato, olives and parsley

Directions

Mix the butter, eggs, milk, salt, and baking powder into a bowl.

Mama roo's cream cheese

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000

One of her favourite snacks. I'm sure you'll love it as well.

Ingredients

1 litre 2% milk
4 tablespoon apple vinegar
4 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon butter
Salt
Parsley, thinly sliced

Directions

Bring the milk to a boil and set aside 30 ml (1/4 cup) of it.
Remove it from the heat and add the vinegar and water. Let it curdle.
Once the milk has curdled, pass it on a strainer to remove the excessive water.

Hummus

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:10:00 +0000

Making your hummus gives you a hint of sophistication at your table. Plus, you can spice it up to your liking.

Ingredients

250gr chickpeas
2 minced garlic cloves
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoon olive oil
½ tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon tahini

Mise en place

If you buy dry chickpeas, you must leave them overnight in a bowl of water before preparing them. So, I highly recommend using canned chickpeas on your first try.

Directions

Drain and rinse the chickpeas into a large pot, cover with 3 centimetres of water and bring it to a boil.

Tuna or black olive paté

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:10:00 +0000

With crackers or on a toast, a good paté can be the best snack at any hour of the day.

Ingredients

For the tuna paté:

1 canned tuna
2 tablespoon mayo
1 pinch salt
½ minced onion

For the black olive paté:

300g black olives
500g mayo
1 tablespoon minced onion
4 tablespoon cream cheese
1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

Bring all ingredients of your selected paté to a food processor.

Homemade peanut butter

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:10:00 +0000

Although peanut butter is not uncommon in the supermarket, making your own is, in fact, twice as easy.

Ingredients

2 cups unsalted skinless peanuts
2 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt

You can add 1 tsp of lemon juice as a natural preservative, but it’s not necessary.

Directions

Put all ingredients into a food processor until it reaches the desired consistency. It takes some time until the peanuts release their natural oil, so be patient.

Peanut butter does not need any extra oil.