Very Quick Snacks For 2023
Snacks are always running short at parties.
You need many kinds of fast-to-asssemble options on hand.
Here are three — Holiday Burrata Ball, Yoghurt Herb Dip and Jaldi-Five Canapes for the coming year.
It might be not so easy to locate fresh burrata cheese for the burrata ball — although many Indian fromageries (also known as cheese shops, for us janta) now do make it and stock it — but once you do, it needs just a little gussying up to taste delicious.
The yoghurt dip is standard party fare that goes best with potato chips.
The canapes are a quick-fix addition to any holiday menu. You’d be surprised how good these cheesy little slivers of bread taste.
You might opt to use a better quality of bread, but it isn’t really necessary because plain white bread does the best. But for tastier canapes try better varieties of cheese and even smidgens of cream cheese on each.
Each little canape can be unique in the way you decorate it and what you season it with.
Photograph: Kshamaya Daniel
Kshamaya Daniel’s Holiday Burrata Ball
Ingredients
- 200 gm ball Burrata cheese
- 1-2 fresh red chillies
- Zest or grated peel of 1 lemon (zest it directly onto the burrata)
- 1 medium to large tomato
- 5-6 fresh basil leaves
- Salt
- Black pepper powder
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
Method
- Slice the tomato into rounds or half moons and keep aside.
- Split the burrata in half and spread apart so that the cream-filled centre spills out and place on a plate.
Top the burrata with a generous amount of olive oil, a splash or two of balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper to taste. - Chiffonade (stack the leaves one on top of each other, roll up and slice) the basil leaves and sprinkle over the burrata.
- Use a zester or grater to zest the lemon and red chilly onto the burrata, enough to get a nice tang of citrus and spice with each bite — the burrata will appear flecked with red and green as pictured.
Serve with pita chips or lavash — use the chips or lavash to scoop up the burrata and tomato with…
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