I love eating meals in appetizer format. If you pair the right foods, you can eat healthy, get a wide array of foods on your plate, and be full at the end. This is great when you can't decide what to eat. I assemble various plates, including cheeses, meats, veg, fruit, condiments, dips, etc. The 2 variations I had this week, are:
A tasty assortment of delicious and healthy foods, packed with flavours. Home grown and pickled beets, home made locally grown caraway sauerkraut, Schinkenspeck prosciutto, German pumpernickel, and Polish cherry wood double smoked sausage. I love this sausage, well I love everything on that plate, but I'll focus on the sausage. It has an amazing texture, and a very smokey flavour with a hint of sweetness.
I never buy sausages at a supermarket, because that's like buying a "sausage" at a hotdog stand and thinking you're eating a German, Italian, or Polish sausage, when in fact you're not much better off than had you just ordered a hotdog. Go to your local deli, Farmer's Market, or butcher's and taste the difference, never mind the healthier ingredients.
The other plate I made was more sauerkraut - I can't get enough of this stuff, jalapeno ciabatta with an olive oil and balsamic vinegar dip, and more Schinkenspeck, because it's so good.
I used this 6% Italian balsamic wine vinegar: medium bodied, fruity, sweet and sour flavour went well with the spicy bread.
Appetizer plates have endless possibilities, and I love that about them.
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