What's your "Go To" menu when entertaining?

[Gryff]

Starter is usually continental meats smoked salmon olives and shaved Parmesan Main is slow cooker Spanish chicken dessert Creme Brûlée
Or 3 chocolate refrigerator cake with raspberry sauce

[Glee Fan]

Oh wow - some of these sound amazing and delicious!

I'm going to have to google for the recipes - thanks to everyone so far!

[Glee Fan]

Originally Posted by Gryff

Starter is usually continental meats smoked salmon olives and shaved Parmesan Main is slow cooker Spanish chicken dessert Creme Brûlée
Or 3 chocolate refrigerator cake with raspberry sauce

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Please can you give me more info on the 3 choc refrigerator cake

[Gryff]

It's an ancient recipe of my mothers ill,dig it out for,you basically it's a layer of white then plain then milk takes a bit of time but best made 48to 24 hours before hand

[firsttimemouse]

A good pudding which is really easy to make is nigellas chocolate steamed pudding. I can’t attach a link but if you search the recipe is available online. Very yummy.

[djewkes]

Originally Posted by Gryff

It's an ancient recipe of my mothers ill,dig it out for,you basically it's a layer of white then plain then milk takes a bit of time but best made 48to 24 hours before hand

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Gary Rhodes has a triple chocolate mousse cake recipe which is fiddly but gorgeous and huge...

[Lulu Belle]

My go-to mains are braised venison casserole, ducks legs in red wine sauce or stuffed chicken in parma ham.

Starters and dessert vary but pudding is usually something prepared in advance like a cheesecake.

If I need inspiration, I usually turn to the BBC Good Food website.

Feeling hungry now!

[Mousehunter]

We usually get a takeaway. Our friends have sampled my cooking and tend to encourage the takeaway option 🤨

[johnandmaz]

Originally Posted by Mousehunter

We usually get a takeaway. Our friends have sampled my cooking and tend to encourage the takeaway option 🤨

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Very true. We have and we do.

I remember when you had smoke detectors fitted that were voice activated. They turn off when someone shouts "Janice is cooking".

[Taffy1959]

Originally Posted by justacey

My last get together I served a big dish of bolognese and a big dish of chili. With rice / pasta / chips and garlic bread. My friends had been watching a rugby match on telly so had been drinking and didn't need anything fancy

Why not try a campfire stew pinchofnom/recipes/syn-free-campfire-stew/

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The campfire stew is gorgeous