Star Sandwiches Recipes

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink; drain. Add cheeses, peppers, chilies, olives and dressing mix; mix well. Set aside. Brush both sides of wrappers with oil; press onto the bottom and up the sides of greased muffin cups. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a baking sheet. Fill each with about 2 tablespoons of the sausage mixture. Bake for 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve warm.

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• Spread 8 of the bread slices with cream cheese, and the remaining 8 with jelly. Sandwich cream cheese slices with strawberry slices. Using star shaped cookie cutters, cut out shapes. Place strawberry slice on top of the sandwich, for garnish.

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• Rub tri tip with salt, granulated garlic, pepper and Worchester. Let sit for 20 to 30 minutes then grill until medium rare.
• In a medium saute pan over medium high heat, heat olive oil, add onions, peppers, and sausage. Cook for 10 minutes or until onions are translucent. Add garlic, cook for 2 minutes, then deglaze with wine and chicken stock. Simmer, and add paprika, celery salt, and chili powder.
• Cut bread in half length ways, remove some of bread from center, and toast lightly.
• After tri tip has been cooked, slice on a bias as thin as possible.
• Place cooked onion and pepper mixture on bottom piece of bread, slice Italian sausage into 6 slices per link. Add all sausage slices to onion mixture on bread, add sliced tri tip, top with Provolone cheese and add Hot Pickled Veggies. Top with top crust of bread and slice into 2 inch slices
• In a large pot of boiling water, blanch vegetables. Add half of the garlic and the salt and peppercorns. Start with Carrot, boil 30 seconds, add in Cauliflower, boil 30 seconds, add celery boil 15 seconds, then add Anaheim peppers, bell peppers and red onion time 15 seconds more. Immediately remove all from water and immediately put in ice bath. Discard peppercorns and garlic.
• In a large jar, add the uncooked garlic, olive oil, red pepper flakes, cracked pepper, salt, sugar and one cup of the vinegar. Chop the cooled blanched vegetables into dice. In a bowl combine the olives, pepperoncinis and the diced vegetables. Add the mix to the jar with the seasonings, cap and shake to combine seasonings into mix. Top with additional red wine vinegar to cover mix if necessary. Refrigerate 24 hours. Will keep for 2-3 weeks under refrigeration.

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• Place egg in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.
• Place the chopped eggs in a bowl, and stir in the mayonnaise, mustard and green onion. Season with salt, pepper and paprika. Stir and serve on your favorite bread or crackers.

Steps:

• Use a star-shaped cutter to stamp out six bread stars from the wholemeal bread (freeze the off-cuts to make breadcrumbs). Swirl the red pesto through the cream cheese and spread onto both sides of the stars. Close, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge if making the night before.