December 12, 2016

Parmesan Onion Toasts

dani@slyrooster.com Hors d'oeuvres cheese toasts, cocktail bread, holiday parties, holidays, parties, party food 3 Comments

Call me nostalgic but I think that the best party hors d’oeuvres harken back to the 70s. They tend to be unapologetically caloric, straight forward and comforting. Exactly what you want when slipping into the  holiday season. If you need some convincing (or reminding), we’re talking: Pigs in a Blanket, Deviled Eggs, Onion Dip (made with Lipton’s Onion Soup Mix, of course), Cheese Logs, Stuffed Mushrooms, Swedish Meatballs, Bacon Wrapped Dates, must I continue?

These Parmesan Onion Toasts are lesser known but top my list of party bites of yesterday. “Yesterday” being 35 years ago, at our ski house in Vermont. The “party” being a gaggle of Rasmus-Sobel family members and the friends that often outnumbered our mighty clan. I’ve written of our ski house era here before but it’s this time of year, every year, that I reminisce the most. 

So get outside, ski if you’re lucky, or just go for a brisk walk in the cold winter air. Come in to a roaring fire, glass of wine and these simple bites. You can make a container of this mixture in advance and spread it on store-purchased cocktail bread just before putting your feet up to relax, welcoming guests, or decorating your tree, as we finally did last night. It doesn’t get better, or easier, than this. Enjoy!

Full disclosure: The Sirius XM 70’s station is a preset button on my car radio, so maybe it’s not only the party food of that decade that I crave!