TLE10 Appetizers, Sandwiches, Salads, and Desserts

Appetizer

A refreshing simple food or drink offered before the meal to guests as soon as they arrive

Starters

Other name for appetizers

Canapés

Small open-faced sandwiches

Pieces of bread or cracker biscuits are topped with seasoned spreads

Cocktails

Drinks with flavoring ingredients served in small glasses

Can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic

Vegetable hors d'oeuvres

Small bits of marinated fish, hard cooked eggs, pickles, sardines, sausages, and fruits with vegetable slices as base

Relishes

Selected vegetables that are served chilled

Fruit appetizers

Light and refreshing fruits sliced, diced, or scooped that are fresh or preserved

Chilled and served with cream or syrup as accompaniment

Served in bowls, in cocktail dishes, or in fruit cups

Grilled appetizers

Usually served outdoors and the guest do the grilling themselves.

Tasty tidbits

Include assorted nuts, chips, pickles, and fresh or dried fruits and vegetables

Commonly called fingerfoods

Bread

Provide casing for food inside

Provide variety, texture, flavor, and appeal to sandwiches aside from providing bulk nutrients

Pullman (sandwich loaves)

Commonly used for sandwiches

Spreads

Used in sandwiches to protect the bread from soaking up moisture from filling

Also adds flavor to the sandwich

Butter and mayonnaise

Most common spreads used for sandwiches

Fillings

Heart of the sandwich

Simple sandwiches

Include hot fillings like meat placed between two slices of bread or rolls

Ex: hotdogs and hamburgers

Open-faced sandwiches

Prepared with butter or mayonnaise spread over the bread and topped with hot meat as filling

Served with fork and knife

Grilled sandwiches

Also called toasted sandwiches

Buttered inside and browned inside an oven

Deep-fried sandwiches

Made by dipping sandwiches in beaten eggs and sometimes in bread crumbs and are deep-fried

Simple cold sandwiches

Range from a single slice of cheese with salami, ham, onions, pepper, tomatoes, or more

Multi-decker sandwiches

Made with more than two slices of bread and with several ingredients in the fillings

Ex: club sandwich

Tea sandwiches

Small fancy sandwiches generally made from light, delicate ingredients, and bread that has been trimmed of crust

Salad as an appetizer

Must stimulate rather than satisfy the appetite

A light tossed salad of greens with French dressing is required

Salad as an accessory to the main dish

Very light and ideally served before a heavy dinner

Salad as main dish

Heavy in nature like potato and chicken salads

Served together with the main dish

Salad as dessert

Fruit salads or fruit gelatins are usually favorite desserts

The sweetness of this dish somewhat balances the craving for the preceding courses

Fruit salads

A variety of fruits, specially those in season, is prepared and mixed together

Whipped cream and condensed milk and cottage cheese serves as a dressing

Vegetable salads

Almost all vegetables can be made into salads

Ex: potato salad and tossed green salad

Dessert

Highlight of an enjoyable meal

Course served at the end of the meal

Has a large bearing in the overall impression of the meal

Moulded creams

Mousses, bavarois, and similar cream-based mixture set with gelatin or vegetarian jelly

Meringue shells and nest

Egg white whisked into a very stiff mixture, sweetened with sugar, piped into a nest-shape baked

Flans and tarts

Made of short or sweet pastry with sugar and egg in place of water

Baked or steamed

Jellies

Flavored fruits which are sometimes mixed with wine and set with gelatin and agar-agar

Cream caramel

Egg custard cooked over a caramel base

Caramel

Gives an attractive toffee brown top, and runs down the sides to form a sauce

Trifle

Sponge, jelly and is fruit-based and sometimes served with jam or whipped cream

Ice cream yogurt

Frozen mixtures of sugar, milk fat, and fresh fruits for flavoring

Creamiest of all frozen desserts

Can be served alone or with garnishing

Sherbet

Contains less dairy than ice cream

Lighter and soft but creamy in texture

Sorbet

Basically made of frozen fruit and vegetable purées, juices, wine or the combination of tea

Texture is grainy because of the ice particles

Cakes and pastries

Usually sweet baked products served in slices or pieces

Crepes and pancakes

Basically made up of flour, sugar, milk and butter made into soft dough and pan fried. They are served with butter, syrup and garnishing like fruits, berries or even ice cream.