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Presenting: Beautiful and Easy Cocktails, Appetizers and Entrees with Heshy Jay

Presenting: Beautiful and Easy Cocktails, Appetizers and Entrees with Heshy Jay

Heshy Jay knows exactly how to scoop your table up a notch, with these creative and delicious recipes! You might have your menu all planned, but these amazing techniques will absolutely take your table to the next level.

 

With a few simple touches, Heshy demonstrates how you can easily transform your celebration’s fare from predictable and plain to a work of art. These next level Scoop details and garnishes ensure that your family and guests will be wowed with very little extra effort.

 

First, click here to watch the video and see exactly how Heshy does it! Then, see below for what you need to DIY in your own home!

 

Contents:

  1. Basic Gefilte and Salmon Plate
  2. Scoop Style Square Gefilte and Salmon plate
  3. Shredded Mango Cucumber Slaw
  4. Gefilte with Pickled Radish
  5. Tuna Tacos
  6. Seared Tuna Squares
  7. Peppered Tuna Plate
  8. Fruit Juice Pitcher
  9. Sangria
  10. Triple Sec Infused Pound Cake and Fruit
  11. Chocolate Brownie Skewer Fondue
  12. Charcuterie Platter

 

 

 

Basic Gefilte and Salmon Plate:

 

You will need:

1 loaf Gefilte Fish

Sliced Poached Salmon

1 Carrot, unpeeled

Dill fronds

Approximately 1 cup Garlic Mayo

 

Tools:

24 Oz. (Ounce) Large Clear Squeeze Bottles

Norpro Carrot Curler and Ribbon Garnishing Tool

 

To assemble:

Use the garnishing tool to peel the carrot. Assemble the plate by

placing the gefilte and salmon across from each other on a circular

plate. Garnish the salmon with dill and the gefilte fish with the curled

carrot. Place the garlic mayo into the squeeze bottle and squeeze about

a 1 inch circle between the two pieces of fish.

 

 

Scoop Style Square Gefilte and Salmon plate:

 

You will need:

1 loaf Gefilte fish

Sliced Poached Salmon

Dill fronds

Dill mayo

1 Carrot, unpeeled

1 Cucumber, unpeeled

1 Black radish, unpeeled

1 package Gefen vacuum packed Beets

 

Tools:

Squeeze bottle

Vegetable peeler

Square cookie cutter

 

 

To assemble:

Prepare the garnish first by peeling strips of carrot, cucumber, radish

and beets. Roll the strips up and place them in a container with salt

water. Lay one square of gefilte fish flat on the plate, then another

two squares standing up on either side of it. Place 2 pieces of poached

salmon on the plate, one on top of the flat square of gefilte fish, and

one at the end of a standing square. Place the dill mayo into a squeeze

bottle and squeeze several dime-sized circles around the fish. Place the

rolled vegetables between the pieces of fish and alongside the dill

mayo. Garnish with dill fronds.

 

Shredded Mango Cucumber Slaw:

 

You will need:

1 Mango

1 Cucumber

Dressings

 

Tools:

Julienne peeler or vegetable spiralizer

 

To assemble:

Prepare the dish by julienning the mango and cucumber with a knife, or

with a julienne peeler. Toss with dressing and serve.

 

Gefilte with Pickled Radish:

 

You will need:

Gefilte fish

Pickled radish, slice in half lengthwise

Garlic mayo

Dill fronds

 

Tools:

Squeeze bottle

Round cookie cutter

 

To assemble:

Using a squeeze bottle, squeeze a one inch round of garlic mayo on the

side of a plate. Cut the gefilte fish into rounds using the cookie

cutter and plate on the edge of the mayo. Garnish with a dill frond and

half of a pickled radish.

 

Tuna Tacos:

 

You will need:

Tuna tartare

Dill or herb mayo

Chive/scallion puree

Fresh scallion, sliced

Passover Crepes (Blintzes)

 

To assemble:

Cut a circle from the crepe, and bake. This will be the taco shell. Fill

the taco shells with tartare. Place a dollop of scallion puree on the

plate and place the taco on top. Add a dime sized amount of dill mayo on

top of the tartare then garnish with fresh scallions.

 

 

Seared Tuna Squares

 

You will need:

Fresh tuna, lightly seared or grilled

Chive mayo

Fresh chives

 

Tools:

Square cookie cutter

Squeeze bottle

 

To assemble:

Cut squares out of the seared tuna. Squeeze some chive mayo onto the top

and down the side of one corner of the square. Garnish with a single

chive.

 

Peppered Tuna Plate

 

You will need:

Peppered tuna, lightly seared

Baby arugula

Mango cucumber slaw

Radicchio

Carrots

Garlic mayo

 

Tools:

Spoon

Norpro Carrot Curler and Ribbon Garnishing Tool

 

 

To assemble:

Curl the carrot with the Norpro tool. Slice the peppered tuna with a

diagonal slice and set it in the center of a round plate. Lay three

separate bunches of baby arugula around it, then top each one with a

radicchio leaf, mango cucumber slaw, and curled carrot. Spoon some

garlic mayo onto the plate,  then push it down with the back of the

spoon and drag it through the sauce.

 

Fruit Juice Pitcher:

 

You will need:

Grape juice

Apple juice

Blood orange

Granny Smith Apple

Lime

Lemon

 

To assemble:

Cut the fruits up into rounds (leave the peel on). Place into a large

pitcher, and cover with two parts grape juice and one part apple juice.

Refrigerate overnight before serving.

 

Sangria:

 

You Will Need:

Lemon

Lime

Mango

Apple

White wine

Triple sec

Lychee juice

Tropical orange mango juice

 

Dice up fruit. Add some wine, triple sec, lychee juice and tropical

orange mango juice, to taste.

 

 

 

Desserts:

 

Triple Sec Infused Pound Cake and Fruit

 

You will need:

Round cookie cutter

Simple sponge cake, or pound cake

Triple Sec

Citrus fruit, supremed

Raspberry coulis

Custard

Whipped cream

Pomegranate seeds

 

Slice three pieces of cake using a round cookie cutter. Arrange on

plate. Pour some triple sec over the cake, to taste. Garnish with

citrus, cream, pomegranate seeds and finally coulis to top it off.

 

Chocolate Brownie Skewer Fondue

 

You Will Need:

Chocolate brownie, cubed

Chocolate mousse

Fudge crumble

Raspberry coulis

Whipped cream

Chocolate fondue

Fresh fruit, cubed

Pomegranate seeds

Skewer sticks

 

Place brownies and fruit on skewers. Place chocolate fondue plate  in a

small bowl,  and place on plate. Place skewer directly on top. Garnish

plate with fudge crumble, chocolate mousse, raspberry coulis, whipped

cream, and pomegranate seeds.

 

 

 

Charcuterie Platter

 

You Will Need:

 

Roasted marrow bones with salt and pepper

Candied naval pastrami

Sliced and glazed with honey mustard and baked in over

Grilled sausages

Herb crusted Grilled london broil

BBQ glazed cocktail Franks broiled in the oven