Tasty Cheese And Sesame Nibbles Recipes

NIBBLES CHEESECAKE BROWNIE BITES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 160°C (325°F).
• Melt the sugar and butter together in a pan on a low-medium heat.
• Turn off the heat and stir in the chocolate until melted.
• Stir in the eggs and then the flour.
• Stir in a bag of McVitie's Nibbles.
• Pour the mixture into a 20 cm (8-inch) square brownie tray and bake for 10-15 minutes until the top is just beginning to set.
• While these are cooking, make the cheesecake topping. Whisk together the cream cheese and sugar.
• Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract.
• Pour this mixture on top of the part-baked brownies.
• Top with another bag of McVitie's Nibbles. Bake for another 30-35 minutes.
• Allow to cool in the fridge for at least 2 hours, then chop into bites.
• Enjoy!

HOMEMADE CHEESE CRACKERS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
• Using a hand mixer or standing mixer, combine cheese, butter, and salt in a large bowl.
• Once combined, mix in the flour and add the ice water one tablespoon at a time.
• The dough should hold together but crumble apart if you break it up in your hand. If it seems too dry, add a little more ice water.
• Separate dough into two halves and pack together into discs. Wrap in parchment paper and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Roll out dough to ⅛ of an inch (½ cm), pinching the cracks on the ends.
• Cut into 1 inch x 1 inch (2 ½ x 2 ½ cm) squares and pierce a hole in the middle of each square for ventilation during baking.
• Place the separated crackers on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 13 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Enjoy!

TASTY CHEESE AND SESAME NIBBLES

Steps:

• Pre heat the oven to 210c. beat the egg and glaze the pastry, sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pastry, then the Italian herbs, followed by a good sprinkling of the roasted sesame seeds.
• Cut into finger lengths and place on a cookie tray and bake in the oven 7-10 minutes until puffed up and golden.
• Note: You can roast the sesame seeds yourself by using a medium saucepan, and heating it and covering the base with the sesame seeds, constantly shake and stir as they wil brown very quickly, tip onto a kitchen towel and spread out to cool.

QUICK & EASY PARTY NIBBLES

Steps:

• Bloody Mary shots with horseradish: For 10 shots mix 700ml tomato juice with 50ml vodka, juice from 1 lemon and a good splash of Tabasco and vegetarian Worcestershire sauce in a jug. Season then chill. To serve, pour into 10 shot glasses, add a thin cucumber stick to each as a stirrer, and top with a small spoon of creamed horseradish.
• Quails' eggs with sesame dukka: Toast 1 tbsp each of cumin and coriander seeds and 85g hazelnuts, then whizz in a food processor until finely chopped. Mix with 50g sesame seeds and salt to taste, then serve in small bowls with 24-36 hard-boiled quails' eggs, halved, alongside for dipping.
• Mini avocado tarts: Buy mini croustade cases from the supermarket, then put a small spoonful of sour cream in each case. Finely dice ripe avocados and mix with a little lime juice, some poppy seeds and finely snipped chives, then pile on top of the sour cream.
• Parsnip chips with maple-mustard dip: Peel a parsnip per person, then cut into chunky chips and roast with sunflower oil and seasoning at 220C/200C fan/gas 7 for 20-30 mins until crispy and golden. Mix a 200ml tub crème fraîche with 2 tbsp grainy mustard, 2 tbsp maple syrup and some seasoning and serve the hot parsnip chips alongside for dipping.
• Halloumi dippers with chilli pineapple salsa: For the salsa, finely dice 200g fresh or canned pineapple and mix with 1 finely chopped red onion, 1 finely chopped red chilli and juice of 1-2 limes to taste. Use a 250g pack halloumi per 5-6 people, slice into chunky strips, thread onto small soaked wooden skewers and grill, turning, until crispy. Serve with the salsa.
• Greek kebabs with houmous & tzatziki: Cook and cool bought falafel, then skewer each one with a chunk of cucumber, small cube of feta and a cherry tomato. Serve with pots of houmous and tzatziki on the side.
• Crunchy poppadoms with mango chutney: To feed a crowd, finely shred 3 peeled carrots, dice ½ a cucumber and finely slice 4 spring onions. Mix together with a squeeze of lemon juice and 1 tbsp toasted mustard seeds. To serve, pile into bought mini poppadom crisps, top with a small dollop of mango chutney and scatter with coriander leaves.
• Fig & blue cheese skewers: Skewer wedges of fig and cubes of blue cheese onto small cocktail sticks or skewers, then drizzle with a little runny honey and scatter with thyme leaves to serve.
• Christmas pudding truffles: Melt together 200g dark chocolate and 200ml double cream, then crumble in 100g leftover cooked Christmas pud (buy a vegetarian one), then chill. When firm enough, use a melon baller or roll into balls, then dip the tops in some melted white chocolate, scatter with edible decorations, then chill to firm.
• Mini cranberry & orange scones: Knock up a batch of scone dough (from a packet or find recipe on bbcgoodfood.com), adding some dried cranberries and orange zest into the mix before stamping out 4cm rounds and baking. When cool, split and spread generously with orange or jaffa curd (we used Waitrose) and top with a small dollop of clotted or thick double cream.

NUTTY NIBBLES

Steps:

• Combine popcorn, nuts and pretzels in a bowl and mix well.
• Place the butter, Worcestershire, pepper and garlic powder into a saucepan and melt over a low heat, mixing well.
• Pour the butter mix over popcorn mix and stir until all ingredients are well coated.
• Store in airtight container or package in cellophane bags.

ARTICHOKE NIBBLES

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender.
• Stir in artichokes.
• Remove from heat; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, parsley, salt, pepper, oregano and hot pepper sauce.
• Stir in cheese, cracker crumbs and artichoke mixture.
• Pour into a greased 11x7x2-inch baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or unil a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10-15 minutes before cutting into 1-inch squares.
• Serve warm.

MOROCCAN OVEN ROASTED SESAME POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Peel the potatoes if you like, but as long as they are well scrubbed, they give a nice earthy taste if you leave them on.
• Cut the potatoes into chunks about 1-inch large across.
• Place the chunks into a bowl and add harissa and toss until potatoes are evenly coated.
• Add olive oil and toss again.
• Sprinkle potatoes with salt and sesame seeds and toss one more time.
• Spread foil on a large baking sheet and oil lightly (foil helps with clean-up later).
• Place seasoned potato chunks on baking sheet in a single layer.
• Bake potatoes at 375F for 30 minutes, then using spatula, turn potatoes so that the other side can cook, and bake 15 minutes more or until potatoes are tender and deep golden.
• Squeeze lemon over potatoes before serving.
• Serve at once.

FLAVOR-INFUSED CREAM CHEESE NIBBLES

Steps:

• Cube cream cheese into about 36 pieces.
• Place into 9-inch pie plate.
• Add remaining ingredients (can mix them together first if you wish); toss to coat, and cover the dish.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, up to 24 hours.
• Serve with crackers, crusty bread or pita chips.