Beverage
Buried Pomegranate Brew
Eerie Iced Water
Appetizer
Bleeding Tomato and Basil Bruschetta
Soup
Ghostly Cauliflower
Salad
Gruesome Greens with Apple and Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
Haunting Orange Rolls
Palette Cleanser
Tempting Tangerine Sorbet
Main Course
Deadly Pork Tenderloin with Orange-Rosemary Glaze
Steamed Carrots and Garlic Potatoes
Dessert
Poisonous Apple Cobbler Spine Chilling Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Instructing the 'help'. 
Rusty brings out the Bruschetta for the gathering guests. We couldn't have done it with out the 'help'. Thanks Rusty, Chloe, Brad and Madison. Sweet French Baguette slices
garlic butter
mozarella cheese thickly sliced
tomato slices
basil leaves
Toast baguette slices on one side. Turn over and layer garlic butter and cheese. Toast until cheese is melted. Place tomato and basil leaf on top and serve.
Salad Recipe to come. And soup recipe as we.., we forgot to take a photo of the soup!
Tangerine Sorbet
After trying several palette cleansers, we chose this simple one made from Tangerine Juice. With a mint leaf and some pomegranates for garnish, very tempting!
Pork Tenderloin with Orange Rosemary Glaze
· 1/2 cup light corn syrup
· 1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
· 1 scant teaspoon dried rosemary, crumbled
· 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
· Salt and pepper, to taste
· 2 pork tenderloins, about 1 pound each
· Salt and pepper
Combine corn syrup, orange juice concentrate, rosemary, and vinegar. Heat over medium-low heat until it comes to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add salt and pepper, to taste.
Heat oven to 450°. Line a 9x13x2-inch baking pan with foil; brush with olive oil.
Trim excess fat from pork tenderloins. Place the pork in the prepared baking dish. Place in the preheated oven and roast the pork for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350°. Put about 1/3 cup of the glaze in a dish to use for basting pork. Brush the pork all over and continue roasting for about 30 to 40 minutes longer, or until pork is cooked through. Brush with glaze every 10 minutes or so. A meat thermometer should register about 160° when inserted in the thickest part of one of the pork tenderloins.
Slice tenderloins and serve drizzled with remaining glaze.Serves 6.
Potato and Carrot Recipes to come.
Tasty food and treasured friends, who could ask for anything more? Not I!Glad to have a few new recipes under their belts, Elizabeth and Rachel pass the torch to the next set of hostesses!
5 comments:
It was a spooktacular evening! The ambience at the Haunted Muirbrook Mansion was spot on. The food was perfection. I especially loved the Ghostly Cauliflower Soup, Garlic Potatoes, and Poisonous Apple Cobbler. Thanks for a fabulous night!
Bravo to Elizabeth and Rachel for a great night! Everything was perfect and you guys made it seem so easy! My favorites were the soup and the divinely delicious cobbler. Thanks again!
Girls, it was wonderful. I can't believe how much fun it is to leave home and family to fend for themselves and come enjoy friends and food. Oh, wait, I can. It's like a fantasy come to life.
I enjoyed it all (except maybe the floating eyeball.) I can't wait to try the soup. And tangerine is my favorite flavor, so I might have to whip some of the sorbet up one day. Again, what a fun evening. Thank you so much for all your hard work.
I am finally getting around to the blog, it's been crazy around here. I loved the halloween dinner party. You two were so creative and can really cook. I am sooo glad I am part of this fun group, the food is superb, but the friendships are beyond wonderful. thanks for a great evening, good job!
Elizabeth and Rachel-
Dinner was fantastic. You ladies did a wonderful job creating such an elegant event. The table decorations were perfect. The food was delicious; I loved the cran-apple crisp. I was particularly impressed with your waiter/butler. You both did an awesome job creating such a beautiful Halloween dinner.
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