Host a Fall Cocktail Party

By Lindsey McClave




For me, autumn hits the seasonal sweetness spot, when the temperature cools too the trees laid out to alight inward a rainbow of ruby-red hues. The markets merchandise out fresh tomatoes too peppers for mounds of knobby squashes too gourds, a spattering of cabbage, too to a greater extent than hardy greens than ane could e'er want for.

Fall is the flavor of spice besides — the craving for dishes too drinks laced amongst cinnamon, clove, too nutmeg. In accolade of autumn, here’s a cocktail political party bill of fare highlighted past times savory crostini topped amongst a cinnamon-tinged butternut mash purée, bacon, too Brussels sprouts, too a hummus dip amongst a twist — roasted cauliflower, which is a tasty commutation for the traditional chickpeas. Paired amongst an apple-scented cocktail mixed amongst Louisville’s ain Copper & Kings apple tree brandy too crafted past times my husband, Zach McClave, this spread embraces the flavors of autumn too is the ideal agency to indulge inward all that autumn has to offer.




The ABC (Apple Brandy Cocktail)
Makes One Drink
ii ounces Copper & Kings apple tree brandy
1 ounce lillet blanc wine
1 one-half ounce greenish chartreuse liqueur
1 spell of local apple
iii dashes bitters

Add the apple tree slice, bitters, lillet blanc, too greenish chartreuse to a cocktail shaker (do non add together ice). Dry milk tremble the mixture for fifteen seconds. Fill a mixing drinking glass amongst H2O ice too add together the contents of the cocktail shaker. Add the apple tree brandy too stir vigorously for xxx seconds. Strain into a chilled lowball drinking glass too add together ane large H2O ice cube. Serve immediately.




Butternut Squash, Bacon, & Brussels Sprout Crostini
Makes 15-20
1 baguette, cutting into ½ inch slices
ii cups cubed butternut squash, seeds too pare removed
½ lb Brussels sprouts quartered, woody halt too outer leaves removed
iv slices bacon
iv ounces caprine animal cheese
1 tsp honey
¼ tsp solid soil cinnamon
⅛ tsp ruby-red pepper flakes
olive crude
kosher salt
dark pepper

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Place the quartered Brussels sprouts on a baking canvass too toss amongst ane tsp olive oil, ¼ tsp kosher common salt too ⅛ tsp dark pepper. Place inward the preheated oven along amongst a rimmed baking canvass asset the bacon. Roast the bacon too Brussels sprouts for 15-20 minutes — tossing the Brussels sprouts one-half agency — until the bacon is crisp too the Brussels sprouts are browned. Transfer the bacon to a plate lined amongst a newspaper towel. Place the Brussels sprouts inward a bowl too laid upward aside. Once the bacon has cooled, spell into bite-sized pieces too laid upward aside.

While the Brussels sprouts too bacon are cooking, house the butternut mash inward a rimmed sauté pan amongst a lid. Add only plenty H2O to screen the bottom of the pan along amongst ¼ tsp kosher common salt too ⅛ tsp dark pepper. Bring the pan to a simmer too cover, allowing the mash to steam for 10 minutes, until fork tender. Drain whatever remaining H2O from the pan too transfer the mash to a nutrient processor. Add the honey, cinnamon, ruby-red pepper flakes, ¼ tsp kosher salt, too ⅛ tsp dark pepper. Blend until smooth. Taste too add together additional common salt too pepper to flavor to your preference.

Layer the slices of baguette on a large baking sheet. Spread a layer of the butternut mash purée on each spell of breadstuff too therefore elevation amongst the Brussels sprouts, bacon, too caprine animal cheese. Cook the crostini inward the 400 grade oven for 6-8 minutes, until the caprine animal cheese begins to melt. Remove to a platter too serve.




Cauliflower Hummus
Makes 1 loving cup
1 caput cauliflower, cutting into modest pieces
1 large garlic clove
juice from ½ lemon
¼ loving cup tahini
¼ tsp cumin
⅛ tsp ruby-red pepper flakes
½-¾ loving cup olive oil
kosher salt
dark pepper
assorted raw veggies from the farmers’ marketplace position for dipping

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Spread the cauliflower on a baking canvass too toss amongst ii tsp olive oil, ¼ tsp kosher salt, too ⅛ tsp dark pepper. Roast for 30-40 minutes, tossing in ane trial mid-way, until the cauliflower is browned too fork tender. Remove from the oven too transfer to the bowl of a nutrient processor. Add the garlic clove, lemon juice, tahini, cumin, ruby-red pepper flakes, ¼ tsp kosher salt, too ⅛ tsp dark pepper. Blend until good mixed too the cauliflower begins to shape a crumbly paste.



With the blade running, tardily add together the olive crude through the feed tube. Once the mixture has conk smoothen (it volition nevertheless last a chip coarse due to the cauliflower), sense of savor too add together additional crude if necessary. Adjust the seasoning to your liking too transfer the hummus to a bowl. Serve amongst sliced local veggies too crackers.

What is your favorite autumn recipe? If you're searching for to a greater extent than delicious dinner ideas, yous tin detect them here.


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