Yesterday, I attended my friend's home-barcraft event for the WCS NA finals. Since I'm the one with the cooking blog, I was tasked with creating the food. I decided to create a mini menu with 1 food item representing each race!
I put spoilers because there's a ton of text. D:
HELLBAT SLIDERS
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INGREDIENTS
For the Burgers
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 lb of ground turkey
- 8 mini hamburger buns
For the BBQ Sauce - salt
- pepper
- 2 teaspoons of liquid smoke
- 1 tablespoon of worchershire sauce
- 2 tablespoon of chiptole paste
- 3 tablespoon of ketchup
For the apple coleslaw - salt
- pepper
- 2 teaspoons of granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons of white vinegar
- 1/3 cup granny smith apple, sliced thinly
- 1/3 cup of shredded cabbage
- 1/3 cup of shredded red cabbage
(If you can find a ready made bag of shredded cabbage and red cabbage, I suggest getting that)
I recommend making the apple coleslaw and BBQ sauce ahead of time, especially if you plan on traveling to a friend's house to make these. It will save you a ton of time and it'll be easier for you to bring a container full of coleslaw or sauce instead of bringing each individual ingredient.
PROCEDURE
Prep time for this will take about 20 minutes. Cook time is roughly 12 minutes. This makes 4 servings.
Calories per servings: ~300 calories
- Thoroughly combine your BBQ sauce ingredients (salt, pepper, liquid smoke, worchershire sauce, chipotle paste, ketchup) in a bowl.
- Pour your 2/3 BBQ sauce over your ground turkey and stir the sauce through the turkey. Reserve the 1/3 of the BBQ sauce for the burgers.
- Shape your ground turkey into small patties. You should create about 8 patties.
- Set a pan on high heat and add your olive oil. When the pan becomes hot, place your patties in the pan. You may have to cook them in separate batches. Cook the patties for about 2 minutes on each side. Remove patties when done.
- Place chopped apples and both shredded cabbages in a bowl.
- In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, vinegar, and sugar. Stir to combine to create the dressing.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to combine.
- Place 1 patty on each of the burger buns (optional: place 1/2 teaspoon of BBQ sauce over the patty) then top with some of the apple slaw.
SWARMHOST BITES
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INGREDIENTS
- salt
- pepper
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- 12 large mushrooms, stems removed
- 1 Italian pork sausage, casing removed
- 1/2 cup of marinara sauce
- 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese, shredded
PROCEDURE
Prep time for this will take about 10 minutes. Cook time is roughly 15 minutes. This makes 4 servings.
Calories per serving: ~120 calories
- Pre-heat an oven to 350° F (~176° C).
- Add olive oil and heat a pan on high heat. Once the pan comes up to temperature, add in your sausage. Cook the ground sausage for about 6 minutes.
- Dry the inside of your mushrooms with a paper towel. Season with salt and a little pepper.
- Add in a spoonful of marinara sauce into each mushroom.
- Add in a spoonful of ground sausage to each mushroom and top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
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INGREDIENTS
- pepper
- pre-made croissant dough (usually comes in a tube)
- 8 slices of proscuitto
- 1/4 cup of spinach
- 8 slices of mozzarella
- butter
PROCEDURE
Prep time will be about 20 minutes and cook time is about 18 minutes. This makes 4 servings.
Calories per serving: ~380 calories
- Preheat your oven to 350° F (~176° C).
- Unravel your croissant dough and separate the triangles.
- Wrap 1 slice of prosciutto around mozzarella and a 2-3 leaves of spinach. Season with pepper.
- Place your wrapped prosciutto on the bottom of the triangle (opposite the point).
- Roll your dough towards the point of the triangle. Pinch the edges of the rolled croissant.
- Grease a baking dish and place your croissants on the dish. Bake for about 18 minutes or until golden brown.
I will admit that the tempest croissants weren't as crescent shaped as I would have liked. ): Still really tasty!
:D om nom nom nom
I will say that I did not make enough for my party haha. ): Next time I will triple my ingredient amounts.
For more pictures, check out my blog post here. I even made a ridiculously simple cocktail to go with our food.
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Also as a complete tangent, I want to celebrate the fact that I will be building my first ever computer tomorrow! WOOO. I've been using laptops since middle school, and as many people know, laptops aren't typically the first choice in gaming equipment.
Here's my build. I know it's not jaw-dropping, but it'll still be fairly powerful, and the most important thing of all is that it's mine. <3 Time to play SC2 in ultra settings! Yay!
Thanks for reading, TL!