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avocado, beef wellington, cooking, dinenr party recipes, easy recipes, Lemon Posset, North, olive oil, olives, parma ham, Recipes, starters, tasty
I have had a busy few months in London so it was lovely to spend last weekend back in the North, enjoying the countryside, home comforts and of course my mum’s cooking.
On Saturday evening I was treated to a delicious three course meal consisting of avocado and parma ham rolls to start, beef Wellington to follow and lemon posset with homemade shortbread to finish- it was all superb, although I couldn’t walk afterwards!
I have previously posted the beef Wellington and shortbread recipes, so I thought I would give you the starter recipe to try- it is so tasty but also remarkably quick and easy to make. It is perfect for a dinner party as all the prep can be done before hand, so all you need to do on the night is put two rolls on a plate and dress it. Here’s how you do it:
Ingredients – serves 8
30g chopped fresh Basil (keep 8 reasonable sprigs for decoration)
4 tbsp Mayonnaise
2 Lemons
100 ml Olive Oil
3 ripe Avocados -flesh removed and mashed roughly (remember RIPE)
16 slices Parma Ham
50g Black Olives
2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
Method
- Mix the balsamic vinegar and olive oil in a bowl to make a dressing and refrigerate
- Gently combine the mayonnaise with the avocado, chopped Basil leaves and juice from half the lemon.
- Spoon a little of the mix onto a slice of Parma Ham and roll up – repeat with all 16 slices.
- To serve place two rolls onto a clean plate, drizzle with a little dressing, add a few olives, a sprig or two of Basil, a wedge of lemon and a sprinkling of coarse ground black pepper.
- Serve with fresh brown bread and butter.
- Oh…and enjoy
