Saturday, December 5, 2009

ANNA'S FAVOURITE APPETISER





We are lucky enough to be included in the L'Archevesque family Thanksgiving celebration. This year it was hosted by Lee and Anna, who used to do it until Kara took it over a few years ago. Anna was very clear with my task, Savoury Cheese Palmiers with Ham. This is in the Delia Christmas book and I have been making them for years as I like them too, and so does Joseph! They are really a fancy version of cheese straws with the addition of Parma Ham. This year for the first time I did some with black olives too for the vegetarians. I was pretty pleased with them and I could have made more, the carnivores liked both versions! I have not yet found the recipe on Delia's site, I will keep looking or write it out myself, the recipe part is easy. Putting them together is a little fiddly and have to admit, time consuming. But enjoyable for me and satisfying when I get lots of compliments on them!