Recipe of the day: Three tasty Saturday finger-food ideas

If you are over serving meatballs, cocktail sausages and mini sausage rolls for snacks when guests come over to watch the rugby, why not step your game up a little with the below recipes.

Pizza dip with toasted garlic ciabatta bread

• Author: All Spice and Everything Nice
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 1 hour
• Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
• Category: side, lunch
• Method: cook
• Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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• Cooking spray, for pan
• 6 lasagne pasta sheets
• 500g ricotta
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley, plus more for garnish
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 250g marinara
• 100g mozzarella, shredded
• Salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160ºC fan) and grease a large baking tray with cooking spray.
2. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain and lie flat on baking tray while you prep rest of ingredients.
3. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta, egg, and 1 tablespoon parsley. Mix until well combined then season with salt and pepper.
4. Cut pasta sheets in half crosswise. Spread a thin layer of ricotta mixture onto each sheet then roll up. Cut the rolled lasagne sheets in half crosswise.
5. Place lasagne bites onto the same greased baking tray. Spoon marinara onto each lasagne bite then sprinkle with mozzarella.
6. Bake until the cheese has melted and the lasagna bites are warmed through, 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Garnish with more parsley and serve warm.

*This recipe was found on the All Spice and Everything Nice Instagram account.

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Recipe of the day: Crumbed hake fritters in red curry sauce with sweet and sour salsa 

• Author: Delish.com
• Prep Time: 15
• Cook Time: 45 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour
• Category: side
• Method: Frying
• Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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• Cooking spray, for pan
• 6 lasagne pasta sheets
• 500g ricotta
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley, plus more for garnish
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 250g marinara
• 100g mozzarella, shredded
• Salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160ºC fan) and grease a large baking tray with cooking spray.
2. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain and lie flat on baking tray while you prep rest of ingredients.
3. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta, egg, and 1 tablespoon parsley. Mix until well combined then season with salt and pepper.
4. Cut pasta sheets in half crosswise. Spread a thin layer of ricotta mixture onto each sheet then roll up. Cut the rolled lasagne sheets in half crosswise.
5. Place lasagne bites onto the same greased baking tray. Spoon marinara onto each lasagne bite then sprinkle with mozzarella.
6. Bake until the cheese has melted and the lasagna bites are warmed through, 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Garnish with more parsley and serve warm.

Notes

*This recipe was found on www.delish.com.

Pulled chicken tacos

• Author: snacksbible
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 4 1x
• Category: Lunch, Dinner
• Method: Frying
• Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients

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• 500g chicken breast
• 2 bell peppers
• 1 red onion
• 3 Tbsp oil
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp ground paprika
• 2 tsp Adobo seasoning
• 2 tsp Cajun seasoning
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 can chopped tomatoes
• 1 cup water
• 10–12 corn tortillas
• Grated cheese of choice
• Coriander and diced red onion

Instructions

1. Marinate chicken, peppers and onions with all the seasonings listed above and some oil. Set aside for at least 1 hour or overnight.
2. Pan fry chicken in a little oil, then shred using a fork or a mixer, set aside.
3. In the same pan, add the peppers and onions and sauté́ for a few mins.
4. Add the chopped tomatoes, the shredded chicken and the water. Mix well.
5. Allow to simmer on low heat for approx. 25 mins or until most of the liquid has evaporated. Take off the heat.
6. Dip the corn tortilla in the sauce, then pan fry in a little oil with cheese, pulled chicken mixture, red onion and coriander. Cook both sides until golden.

*This recipe was found on the Snacks Bible Instagram account

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