Creating a hot food platter
A hot food platter is a dish served at gatherings and events. But what should you fill a hot food platter with?
What to add to a hot food platter
Hot food platters are typically filled with a variety of warm, bite-sized foods that are easy to share.
Some of the best cheap recipes for large groups are great options to fill food platters, and so are Ottolenghi finger foods and Ottolenghi recipes for dinner parties.
Across Australia, you’ll likely find that hot food platters are commonly filled with easy-to-make and assemble foods such as:
- mini quiches
- samosas
- spring rolls
- meatballs
- vegetable fritters
- condiments and dips (with crackers of course!)
Best Recipes for Hot Food Platters
Mini quiches
Master of decadent finger foods, Ottolenghi, has a great recipe for mini quiches.
The recipe calls for a few specialty ingredients, such as smoked haddock and fresh oysters, which can add a luxurious and sophisticated touch to your hot food platter. The quiches are also flavoured with leeks, thyme, and crème fraîche, which add a subtle depth of flavour to the dish – so, it’s not exactly a traditional hot food platter addition.
But, they will be a very welcome surprise!
Spinach and Feta Spanakopita Triangles
These Greek-style appetisers feature spinach and feta cheese filling wrapped in flaky phyllo pastry.
Mix together spinach, feta cheese, onion, garlic, and seasonings. Cut the phyllo pastry into small triangles, fill with the spinach mixture, and bake until golden brown.
Puff pastry, cheese, and spinach – what more could a hot platter want?
Green veggie fritters
These crispy fritters are a great recipe to use up leftover eggs and vegetables. Mix together grated vegetables, such as zucchini or carrot, with flour, eggs, and seasonings. Form into small patties and fry until golden brown.
They’re pretty moreish, so you’ll want to bring a few extras!
Thai Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce (skewers)
Satay skewers can be a little messy if dipping straight from the hot platter, but boy, are they worth it!
This recipe from Recipe Tin Eats is “the benchmark of Thai food”, and “stands up to favourite Thai restaurant.”!
Fried meatballs (polpettine di bar)
These crumbed meatballs make for a great hot platter addition because they’re not too messy.
Most meatball recipes can be a little uncomfortable to handle without skewers, and even then, there’s risk of… drippage!
But what it lacks in sauce, this recipe makes up for in flavour!
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