Entertaining 6 to 8 People – Part 1
Entertaining 6 to 8 People – Part 1.
Entertaining 6 to 8 people can be challenging, not to mention that putting together food selection can be stressful as well. Don’t you agree ? This time I will give you some idea of food selection to entertain 6 to 8 adult. It is saver to measure cooking for 8 adult when we invite 6 as we never know for sure our guess appetite . Can be they just back from gym or running, or just like me…naturally eat a lot 😀
When entertaining people, I like to mix all type of food/cooking, it gives a rich taste and experience also choices to our lovely guesses. I love western food as much as Asian food. I love food, period 🙂
This time, I prepared lunch for 6 adult and 4 beautiful children. So the measurement for cooking would be similar with cooking for 8 adult. When I know that I cook a lot, I would not serve heavy entree, otherwise everyone will be full before the main food serve.
For the main dish I made:
1. Baked potatoes with bacon and thyme
2. Roasted leg of lamb
3. Rosemary chicken and tomatoes
4. Indonesian braised beef
5. Roasted Mushroom Salad
I cooked “Rosemary chicken and tomatoes” and “Indonesian braised beef” the night before as both dishes taste better the next day, thats what I think anyway. And also it makes a lot easier the next day as we only cook few dish.
Here’s the portion I use and the shopping list for above menus, I do hope it helps with your entertaining plan.
1.Baked potatoes with bacon and thyme.
You can find the recipe under western food – side dish. Or just search for Baked potatoes with bacon and thyme recipe and you will find it.
2.Roasted leg of lamb.
You can find the recipe under western food or Asian food – Lamb. Or just search for Roasted leg of lamb recipe.
3.Rosemary chicken and tomatoes.
You can find the recipe under western food – Poultry. Or just search for Rosemary chicken and tomatoes.
Please note, this time I replaced red wine with chicken stock. Also amount of the chicken is little bit more:
Ingredients:
-10 chicken skinless thigh fillet, cut into 2 part.
-2 rosemary spring, finely chopped.
-1 big red onion, finely sliced.
-5 garlic clove, sliced.
-6 anchovy, chopped.
-2x 400 gr can chopped tomatoes.
-1 tbs cappers.
-75ml chicken stock.
-Garam dan merica (Salt and papper)
-Italian parsley, chopped for garnish.
-3 tbs olive oil.
Method is remains the same.
4.Indonesian braised beef.
You can see the recipe under Asian food – Beef. Or just search for Indonesian braised beef recipe.
5.Roasted Mushroom Salad.
You can see the recipe under Western food – Salad. Or just search for Roasted Mushroom Salad Recipe.
If you love baking, for desert you can make cake or something fancier like baked cheese cake but if you are not a baker like me I will go simple by get some chocolates, 2 different type of nice biscuits to complement coffee or tea (choc chips and short bread) plus grapes or other easy to eat fruits as not everyone have a sweet tooth 🙂
Shopping List for the menus above:
-1.5 kg beef
-1,5 kg leg of lamb
-10 chicken skinless thigh fillet
-250gr bacon
-600 ml cooking cream
-1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
-1 cup unsalted roasted cashew
-small bottle sweet soy sauce
-small bottle light soy sauce
-small jar of anchovy
-2x 400 gr can chopped tomatoes
-small jar of cappers
-liquid chicken stock
-1x 200ml coconut milk
-coriander powder
-sugar
-turmeric powder
-olive oil
-honey
-sesame seeds
-wine vinegar
-dijon mustard
-salt
-pepper
-2 kg potatoes
-3 whole garlic
-1 bunch of fresh thyme leaf
-small fresh ginger (6cm)
-5 chilli paddy
-3 medium Frech onion/shallot
-1 tomato
-1 lemon
-2 rosemary spring
-1 big red onion
-1 bunch Italian parsley
-5 kafir lime leaf
-5 bay leaf
-2 lemon grass
-2 cm galangal (optional)
-800 gr fresh small button mushroom
-200 gr mix green leaf
*Plus any entree, desert and drinks of your choice.