Get
Ready for the Big Game with Mini Flatbread Appetizers
By FBWorld Team
Everyone
knows that Big Game parties are all about the appetizers
and finger foods. This year, try offering something new
and delicious on your football party buffet: A colorful
variety of hors d'oeuvres served on a warm, fluffy, mini
pita bread called Kontos Cocktail Flatbreads.
Cocktail
Flatbreads are two-inch mini pita disks from Kontos Foods
that can be used as the basis for creative party foods.
Use Cocktail Flatbreads to assemble yummy appetizers with
sliced meats, seafood salad, chicken salad, or sliced
fish. You can also use them for juicy hamburger sliders,
pizza samplers, or serve with dips.
"The
mini-flatbreads come with café-style grill marks,
which make them an attractive and delicious base for simple,
colorful hors d'oeuvres. Before assembling your treats,
warm the bread for 1-2 minutes at 375_ F degrees to enhance
their flavor and fluffiness," said Demetrios Haralambatos,
executive chef at Kontos Foods.
Here are some great appetizer ideas from Chef Haralambatos:
Grilled
Beef or Pork Tenderloin.
Place sliced strips of grilled beef, roasted pork tenderloin
or pulled pork on the Cocktail Flatbread. Drizzle with
gravy, steak sauce, BBQ sauce or horseradish mayonnaise.
When using beef, try topping with your favorite slivered
cheese. Garnish with dill or scallions.
Chicken
or Tuna Salad.
Prepare chicken salad with tiny diced chicken, apples
and walnuts. Or, prepare tuna salad with chopped celery
or sweet corn. Dollop a teaspoonful of your salads on
the Cocktail Flatbread. Garnish with sliced cherry tomato
and fresh basil.
Smoked
Salmon.
Layer small pieces or chunks of your favorite smoked salmon
on Kontos Cocktail Flatbread. Top the salmon with sliced
avocado, horseradish mayonnaise, slivered cucumber and/or
picked ginger. Garnish with capers or a small dollop of
Greek yogurt, if desired.
Hamburger
Slider.
Grill a small hamburger, or cheeseburger, and place between
two Cocktail Flatbreads. Garnish with your favorite condiments,
lettuce and sliced plum tomato.
Pizza
Samplers.
Spread a teaspoonful of pizza sauce on each Cocktail Flatbread.
Sprinkle shredded mozzarella or mixed shredded cheese;
add pepperoni, sausage pieces, mushrooms if desired. Bake
in oven or toaster oven for 5-7 minutes at 375_ degrees.
"To
keep your Big Game Day party preparations simple, purchase
your toppings - such as chicken or tuna salad, sliced
salmon, and dressings - at the supermarket and simply
assemble when ready," said Steve Kontos, vice president
and owner of Kontos Foods. "And, if you can't find
mini Cocktail Flatbreads in your store, you can cut out
your own from regular-sized flatbread, using a round cookie
cutter or juice glass."
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