Dish Up: Book Club Appetizers and Cocktail

Easy and delicious appetizers and a quick cocktail recipe for your next book club gathering.

Baked Cheese with Pepper Jelly

Ingredients

One wedge of brie or other soft cheese
2 Tbsp red pepper jelly

1. Place in a oven safe dish and put in the oven at 300F for 5-10 minutes or until the cheese and pepper jelly softens but is not runny (this can be dependent on the type of cheese you use).

Solomon Gundy with Cream Cheese and Crudite and Crackers

Ingredients

2 Tbsp Solomon Gundy or other smoked fish
2 Tbsp cream cheese
2 Tbsp sour cream
parsley
3 stalks celery
3 carrots
2 large sweet yellow pepper

1. Mix all three ingredients well and sprinkle with parsley
2.Cut a platter of your favourite vegetables into 2” sized pieces

Gin and Tonic

Ingredients

½ of a cucumber peeled
2 limes cut into wedges
10-12 leaves of mint
1 cup Gin
1 cup tonic
1 cup soda

Directions

1. Put the cucumber, lime and mint in a pitcher over the ice.Add gin, soda and tonic.
2. Squeeze some extra lime if you like. Stir well.