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Perfect platters

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
 
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The key to the perfect platter...

  • Always keep cold with cold and hot with hot.

  • Never send out a platter which has only a few pieces of food on it — it looks sad. Always freshen it up and send it back out full.

  • Make ordinary sandwiches look delicious by adding a little greenery and scattering a few cherry tomatoes and sprigs of parsley.

  • Use hollowed out green, red or yellow capsicum to hold dips for veggies.

  • When you have platters circulating through a room, try and make sure there's always a couple of things going around to give your guests variety.

    Check out our slideshow of delicious and easy entertaining ideas and be inspired!

 
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