Reply #21: TWo REALLY easy ones...... [View All]

1 - similar to your own idea, but you pour a load of Thai sweet chilli sauce over the cheese. You can use plain cream cheese, but it's FAR FAR better if you use a decent soft creamy blue cheese like dolcelatte or Saint Agur or even Danish Blue. Dip rice crackers, thick potato chips or chopped carrots/celery/peppers/cucumber into the cheese.

2 - use a decent breadknife to slice a French loaf (baguette) into lots and lots of thin slices. Bake them in the oven for about 30 mins on a medium heat until they're golden brown and crisp. Take 'em out and let 'em cool. You can then "top" them with your choice, but I'd recommend:

- decent French smooth duck liver pate (preferably flavoured with something like Cointreau or champange or truffles)
- smoked salmon pate
- decent soft blue cheese
- homemade chicken liver pate

Serve them on a big white plate with some roughly crushed peppercorns and some rock salt.