Halloween Witch Party - Hansel and Gretel Party with dessert table

October 09, 2015 in Halloween, halloween, Childrens parties, Printables

This year we created a Hansel and Gretel Halloween theme. This party consumed a large part of the house with a full dessert table, working Witch's kitchen and a darker adult take on Hansel and Gretel.

For this post we focus on the dessert table where we used elements of Hansel and Gretel first finding the Candy House through to the nastier side of the Witch. We created a set of printable products to accompany the dessert table, these are available from our shop.

This theme was a lot of fun we hope you enjoy.

Julie

**Halloween Hansel and Gretel Dessert Table**

Our dessert table used a simple crushed velvet table cloth. On the wall we added a large spooky cardboard cut out tree with a witch peeking around the side. Some large spiders were then added to the wall.

The cupcakes represented the Witch's candy house. We used a small violet crumble's for the house and licorise all sorts for the roof and door. The house was decorated with tiny trees and candy canes from a christmas sprinkle range.

**Halloween Hansel and Gretel Cupcakes**

I find layered coloured jelly is always popular with the children, we made the jelly in spooky cups and topped with toppers from our Hansel and Gretel printable range

For cookies we used a witch boot and shoe, we decorated these quite simply with gold and silver couscous balls.

Colourful candy is a must for this theme, we used small crystal bowls and lots of shapes and colour.

Toffee apples are also great for a halloween Witch theme, we used black chopstick and decorated using mini bunting from our printable range.

The cup cakes did take some time to assemble but used simple techniques.

LED Lanterns are a great way to add colour and height to a table

Our printable range includes: Mini bunting, bottle labels, jelly toppers, 2 inch circles and tents

**Halloween Hansel and Gretel Printables**

I must give my husband credit for jack O'lantern carving, he found a wonderful spooky witch stencil which worked a treat.

Please see our shop for full details of our Hansel and Gretel Printable products.

Halloween Punch - Tipsy Witch - Free Printables

October 07, 2015 in Halloween, drinks, free printable, halloween

Halloween is perfect for a large bowl of punch or two. This year our Halloween theme was a Hansel and Gretel Witch party so a tipsy witch punch was definitely in order.

For this party we created a set of free downloadable halloween punch tents so you can create the look at home. You can catch the full party here

This was absolutely delicious, but not for the children.

Enjoy Julie

Recipe

Ingredients

1 bottle of Malibu Rum
1 bottle Blue curacao
500ml Lemon Juice
2 bottles Pineapple soft drink

Method

Ensure all ingredients are well chilled
Mix the Malibu, Blue Curacao and lemon juice in a punch bowl.
Top up with pineapple soft drink, 1 or 2 bottles will be required depending on the capacity of your punch bowl.
Serve and Enjoy

Halloween Witch Party - How to Create a Witch's House with Free Halloween printables

October 05, 2015 in Halloween

Almost time for another halloween season. I really love halloween as I can go totally over the top and totally get away with it.

This year we decided on a Hansel and Gretel Witch party and a large amount of the house was used to create a Witch atmosphere. We created a Witch's Kitchen and included lots of lotions, potions and a large stove. This area kept all the children engaged for hours as they served each other severed fingers, brains and other ghastly morsels.

We created a set of printable tents to label our lotions, potions and body parts. We are offering this range as a free printable to help you create this look.

And yes, I was a very evil green Witch with my youngest children being Hansel and Gretel.

Enjoy Julie

Our kitchen was created by attaching a large amount of crushed velvet to curtains with pegs to form a black background, we then added bookshelves and repurposed an old corner TV unit as an oven.

**Halloween Witch Kitchen decorating ideas**

We collected a lot of cut glass and crystal bottles to use for potions. These were filled with coloured water and herbs.

I found a range of skull bottles in a local discount store and used cauliflower for brains,

The stove was created using an old corner TV unit, cardboard boxes, lots of black paint and halloween ornaments.

**Halloween Witch Oven Decorating Ideas**

Wine bottle crates were used to make small shelves around the stove. We included spiders, zombie body parts and very small bottles with dyed water and small pickled onions with a clove stud.

**Halloween how to decorate a Witch Kitchen**

A large cauldron was filled with bones and an over sized wooden spoon. I used a lot of battery tea lights under the red cellophane which glowed nicely at night.

We used a lot of different colours in our potion bottles.

We did include a couple of scary Witch's scattered through the house.

**Halloween Witch Party Hansel and Gretel Theme**

Incorporate vingage elements to the theme, I found a vintage silver and glass casserole dish which was filled with eyeballs,

**Halloween Witch Kitchen Hansel and Gretel**

A Witch kitchen isn't complete without a variety of pumpkin and a spell book.

**Halloween Witch Kitchen - Recipe Books**

We did include other items in our Witch's kitchen such as my talking Crystal Ball Witch, a very odd bunny growing horns and some Tru Blood.

We created printable tents for this party including lot's of lotions, potions and body parts. These are available as a free download. For best results printed the cards on bond 200 card paper.

**Halloween Witch Party - Free Printables**

Vintage glass spice bottles were used to hold small items.

We hope this post gives you lots of ideas to create a Witch Kitchen.

Happy Halloween

Halloween Melting Witch Punch

October 03, 2015 in drinks, halloween, Halloween, Printables

Halloween Punch is just so good. This year we had a Hansel and Gretel Witch Halloween party and had three punch's representing Witches. We called this punch the Melting Witch Punch.

This is a non alcoholic punch which was a favourite with the children..

For this party we created a set of free halloween punch tents so you can create the look at home.

Enjoy Julie

Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Caster sugar
8 tablespoons of water
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
green food colouring
4 litres lemon / lime sode
2 litres good vanilla ice cream.

Method

Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan and cook string over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved,
Remove from the heat and add the milk and almond extract.
Transfer to a large jug and allow to cool to room temperature, then move to the fridge to chill.
When ready to serve, transfer the mixture to the punch bowl
Add food colouring a bit at a time until you reach your desired green
Add lemon / lime sode, leaving space for the ice cream
Add ice cream using a scoop
Enjoy

Halloween Adult Witch Party Hansel and Gretel

October 01, 2015 in halloween, Halloween, free printable

Finally the first day of October, and the start of Halloween season.

Who says Halloween is just for children, luckily for me I have a number of adult friends who share my enthusiasm for dressing up and partying at Halloween. This year we had a Witch Party with a Hansel and Gretel theme, and while I did allow the dessert table to be child friendly the rest of the house was very dark and defiantly post the Hansel and Gretel Candy House.

The centre piece for this party was a Witch House in the woods and we will post a tutorial on how to create this over the next couple of days.

This was a dark theme but perfect for an adult halloween party, we have created free printables for you to use and enjoy.

Enjoy Julie.

**Halloween Hansel and Gretel Witch Party**

The House and Forest were the centre piece for this party, we then strategically surrounded the house with Champagne glasses, Glass Punch Bowls and Witch food.

Our Champagne glasses were all individually named with famous or should I say infamous Witches and Wizards these circles are included in our free download.

**Halloween Witch and Wizard drink tags**

We used a lot of candles to create height for the forest, we also used lollipops to frame the pathway to the Witch's house.

We created three punches for this party, the punch bowls were arranged together with bones, links to the recipes will be posted over the next few days with our free printable punch tents.

My Halloween parties normally have vodka jelly shots and this night was no exception

The house looked great in the dark, it was full of battery tea lights which emitted an eerie glow through the windows.

**Halloween Hansel and Gretel Candy House**

We served Witch fingers at the party, these are simple packaged Italian Breadsticks with an almond sliver for a finger nail and green food gel to hold the almond. I tend to use Silver ware and Crystal for food service at Halloween rather than disposable products.

We served a number of simple dips presented in crystal bowls on a silver tray scattered with bones and mice. The bones were from halloween necklaces.

We included some wasabi peas, Olive mix and Japanese Oisji peanut crackers.

A selection of cheeses were included with cheese circles from out free printable range.

We made three punch's for this party, the recipes are included on our blog in the Halloween section

Our free printable include Witch and Wizard circles, Cheese platter tents and circles, Vodka shots tents and Picks and Punch tents

**Halloween Witch party free printable**

Halloween Graveyard Tutorial

October 09, 2014 in Halloween, Tutorial

This Halloween we created a tabletop Graveyard for our Party, this was a great party and the graveyard was a huge success. To complement the party I've created a tutorial with lots of ideas so you can create your own graveyard at home. This graveyard looked great in candlelight, select the link to see this Halloween Graveyard party in action.

Materials Required:

Shallow cardboard box as a base, or art carvas
Back and white paint and brush
Duble sided tape
White and coloured stones (I used black green and purple)
Blu Tack
Skeletons (glitter and plain)
Halloween jewellery with bones and skulls
Small skulls
Halloween kits with fences, tombstones and monuments
Grim Reaper
Battery operated tea lights

This is not difficult to make but does take a few hours to complete.

Enjoy

Materials

I've included photo's of the materials used to construct the graveyard. I found the tombstone kits at on-line party shops and the jewellery and skeletons at discount stores and supermarkets.

**Coloured rocks - Halloween Graveyard Tutorial**

**Halloween Jewellery - Halloween Graveyard tutorial**

**Graveyard Monuments both Large and Small**

**Glitter Skeletons - Halloween Graveyard Tutorial**

Step 1

Paint a path and circle for the monument in white paint (Make sure you check the size of the monument and pencil the shape). Use black paint to cover the remainer of the box, including the sides.

Step 2

Using double sided tape, attach the fence the the edge of the box

Step 3

Cover the path with small white stones, use a colour stone to create an edge to the path

**Step Three - halloween Graveyard Tutorial**

Step 4

Place the monument in the circle and surround with skulls. Continue with the white and colour stones used on the path. I placed battery operated tea lights inside the monument which looked great at night.

Step 5

Mark out the graves and secure the Tombstones to the board using Blu Tack. Use White stones with a colour border to mark the graves.

Step 6

Place the skeletons on the graves using different poses. I used a combination of standing, sitting and crawling.

Step 7

Stand some Skeletons up at the front fence, rear and side fences. Use Blu Tack to secure if required.

Step 8

I created two monuments either side of the path which I attached with Blu Tack. I used a combination of rocks, skulls and bones at the base of the monument. I also found a small Grim Reaper that I placed on the path.

Step 9

I used more skulls to define the graveyard gate and placed another skeleton on the path trying to escape.

Step 10

The final touches. When the day arrives for you to move your Halloween Graveyard into place I added more skeletons and spiders on the table just outside the gate and added cobwebs to the fence.

This looked great with tall vintage candles either side of the graveyard with cobwebs linking them together.

**Step 10 - Halloween Graveyard Tutorial**

Halloween Dessert Table

October 06, 2014 in halloween, Halloween

Halloween is always a great time of the year, this year our Halloween Dessert table had some wonderful Halloween ideas including Cauldron, Pumpkin and Eyeball cake pops, some wonderful Witch Hats and Bat cookies, pumpkin cup cakes and small jelly shots.

We decorated the table using a wonderful haunted house and some simple purple lanterns. The printables used for the Halloween Dessert table were created by Chic Party Ideas and will soon be available in our shop.

Enjoy

To decorate the table I started with black crushed velvet and used a wonderful haunted house that I found as Cosco. I added purple lanterns and some spooky old style picture whose faces changed from sweet to scary.

I created a lot of cake pops using Cauldrons, pumpkins and eyeballs. I places these in individual cauldrons for display, this looked really effective and I will soon post a tutorial on how to make the cauldron stands.

I used small skulls for jelly shots (child friendly) and placed a couple of sour snakes in each. Topped with a Jellified grave worm topper they added bursts of colour to the table.

Halloween cookies are a must for a Halloween Dessert table. I made simple Witch Hat and Bat Cookies, with a simple decoration that was easy to make.

You have to have Cup Cakes on a dessert table, I made simple vanilla cup dates and decorated with orange fondant icing and using a pumpkin template to chatter black sprinkles.

Our printable package includes mini bunting, great for straws

**Halloween mini bunting are great for decorating straws**

I served the Cake Pops in mini cauldrons and included halloween mini bunting around the cake pop stick

The must have halloween Jack O Lantern, this is always my husbands task at Halloween and I'm sure this is sponge bob.

My witch's and ghost stood guard of the dessert table and that concludes another halloween Party.

Halloween Graveyard Party

October 02, 2014 in Halloween, Adult's Parties

Who said Halloween is just for the children? This Halloween Graveyard was definitely created with the adults in mind. It was a dark and eerie scene, perfect for a late evening post trick and treating party.

For this party I transformed my Dining table into a miniature graveyard including well defined graves and tombstones, skeletons raising from the graves and lots of bones. As it was later in the evening it was a Champagne and Cheese affair served on crystal dishes which had been embellished with bones and skulls. I've created a tutorial for the graveyard which will be posted shortly.

I'm also offering the Halloween Printables used in this Party as a free download. I'd love to see how you have used them for your Halloween Party.

If you want to create something a bit different this Halloween, the Graveyard worked wonderfully.

Enjoy.

Halloween Graveyard - Adults Party — **Halloween** **Graveyard - Adults Party**

The actual graveyard was just over half the length and width of the table, allowing space for Champagne glasses and serving plates. I used black crushed Velvet as a table cloth and a pair of tall vintage candle sticks gave height to the table.

I used cobwebs to join the candlesticks and both candlesticks had a combination of spiders and skeletons crawling to the top.

I positioned some skeletons outside the Graveyard with some spiders who were all trying to escape.

Given the table was quite dark, I used a number of glitter spiders which added some colour and sparkle

**Halloween Candle with glitter Spider**

While this party was wonderful in candlelight, it was very hard to capture the detail in photography, so at this point the lights are turned on to show some detail.

At the front of the graveyard I had skeletons standing up on the graves and positioned to jump the fence.

Halloween Graveyard  - The skeleton's have raised from the grave — **Halloween Graveyard - The skeleton's have raised from the grave**

The graves and pathways were created using different coloured small stones.

**Halloween Graveyard - Glitter Skelletons**

I loved the concept of the skeletons escaping the graveyard and the spiders leaving with them.

**Halloween Graveyard - The Skeletons are escaping**

It appears that some our our skeletons decided to stay for some adult fun rather than leave the graveyard. I used a number of different skeleton poses to add interest to the table.

**Halloween Graveyard Table - Naughty Skeletons**

I dissected a number of skeletons and used the bones, I also used the bones from Halloween necklaces and bracelets.

**Halloween Graveyard - use dissected skeletons and small jewelry bones to decorate the graveyard**

For this party I wanted the dishs to hide in the background, so I used vintage glass and crystal bowls and decorated them with different bones and skulls, mostly from Halloween jewelerry which was dissected for the occasion. I used small amounts of Blu Tack to hold the bones in place and this worked really well.

**Halloween crystal and bone serving bowls**

**Halloween Bowls with bone decorations**

Hard to go past Vodka Jelly Shots for Halloween. These printables looked great to add some colour and are free to download.

**Halloween Vodka Jelly Shots and Free Printables**

We only required simple catering with this party, some lovely cheese and biscuits with printables were perfect.

Our free printables include 2 inch circles that I used as Champagne Glass names

**Halloween Champagne or wine glass names**

Try standing some tall bread sticks amount smaller crackers.

A simple bowl of Olives with Skull decorations always comes in handy.

Gothic Dinner Party

September 30, 2014 in Adult's Parties, Halloween

If you are looking for a totally different way of entertaining your guests then step back 160 years to the Victorian Gothic Period and entertain with a flamboyant gothic table setting, a gothic inspired menu, gothic party games with prizes and some good classical music.

To recreate the 1850's I used a lot of silver and crystal pieces for this party. While I had or borrowed many pieces I managed to find a lot of wonderful vintage silver and crystal at both thrift and vintage stores. This was a real party, all meals and menus are included within this post.

To really set the gothic theme I created a series of Gothic Party Games which are featured in this post and some core printables which added colour to the black, silver and white theme.

The Gothic Party Games and Printables will soon be available from our on-line shop. While this was a dinner party, it would work really well as a Gothic Wedding.

This was a real party for eight, everyone arrived dressed beautifully in vintage styled attire to enjoy an evening of decadence and frivolity.

The Table

I used tiny pedestal silver goblets that were placed then on a larger silver pedestal tray for height. They were used for a very Victorian Sherry during the evening.

**Gothic Party - Silver Sherry goblets**

Vintage silver salt, pepper and mustard looked great on a pedestal crystal dish.

**Gothic Party - Vintage Silver Pieces**

To fit the period I used crystal glasses for this party and complimented with crystal and silver decanters. The Chairs were wrapped with Tulle and a vintage silver napkin ring secured the tulle in place.

I used small vintage style black photo frames for name place holders, and embellished basic silver charges with press on crystals. For this occasion I did use my Black Laguiole flatware which was just perfect for this party.

The Name Place Holders and Napkin rings will shortly be available from our on-line shop. They provided some vital colour to a very Black and Silver evening.

I used silver coasters under all the glassware, these were easy to find in vintage stores.

I styled a side board with pieces appropriate to the period, this included a selection of books available in 1850s and Vintage Globe book ends.

**Gothic Party - Novels appropriate to the period**

I did include a small number of Halloween pieces but only included what could pass as taxidermy or sculptures.

I displayed the menu on the sideboard and used the same style frame as the place holders.

The Menu

After much internal debate I settled on a menu of "normal" dish's made to look gothic, I included lots of red dishes and different shapes but everything was very edible. The menu will soon be available for sale in our store.

For starters (selection of holy relics) I included four courses that were served as tasting plates. The first starter was a wonderful Oyster Shooter served in a crystal sherry glass with a small rat.

**Selection of Holy Relics - Oyster Shooters**

The next starter was a petite bloody Mary served in petite stemmed glasses and served on a vintage silver tray.

**Selection of Holy Relics - Bloody Mary**

Our third starter was Prawn with green olive aioli. These were served in a small cut glass and silver cup on a silver serving tray.

**Gothic Dinner Party - Prawn with Green Olive Aioli**

The final starter was a simple Bacon and Tomato on Toast, the toast was cut into a crucifix using a cookie cutter.

**Gothic Dinner Party - Bacon and Tomato Crucifix**

We included a soup course (Broth of sewer Rat served with dead mens' fingers). This was a warm Borscht served with Italian Bread sticks with almond sliver finger nails.

**Gothic Dinner Party - Borscht with Italian Bread**

All good Victorian Parties included a palette cleanser. I settled on a dark red Cherry Sorbet, these were served in vintage silver goblets with vintage collectable tea spoons.

The main meal (Rack of suckling Wolf served with Brains and Veins) consisted of a herb crusted rack of Lamb with root vegetables cut into crucifixes. The Brains were provided via a Cauliflower Smash made in a plastic brain mould and the veins were simple green beans with garlic and butter.

**Gothic Dinner Party - Herb Crusted rack of Lamb**

Both the Ladies and Gentlemen received a different dessert of Panna Cotta (Breast of Troll and Eye of Ogre). I used red and blue jelly as the base of the Panna Cotta and food dye as paint. Final touches included some well placed jewellery.

**Gothic Dinner Party - Panna Cotta Breast**

**Gothic Dinner Party - Panna Cotta Troll Eye**

Dessert was served with strawberry and blueberry sauce (fresh plasma). This was served on ice in test tubes

The Games

I incorporated a number of games into this party that were all in line with the period. To avoid shock on the night of the party I provided details of the games as part of the invitation. The games included;

Each Couple was allocated a famous couple of the 1850 and part of the night was spent in Character.
We had Poetry readings of the Raven
Various "guess who" games based on household objects from the 1850s or occupations from the 1850s.

I used a small table at the party that held everything I needed to run the games

The party games, including full invitation instructions have been produced as a Gothic Game Package which will soon be available from our shop.

I used a black velvet canteen to store everything required for the Gothic Games during the evening

For this Party I played Queen Victoria and proudly wore my tiara while in character. I created a number of prizes for guests including the best Poetry Recital.

The invitations were delivered a few weeks in advance, I used my youngest child dressed as a Royal Messenger to deliver the invitation and details for the Games.

**Gothic Dinner Party - Royal Messenger**

The Party

And yes, this was a real party and my guests all went to so much trouble to source wonderful custumes for the evening. They all looked absolutely splendid.

**Gothic Dinner Party - party in action**

I created a relaxed Victorian drawing room to serve starters and Cheese before the main affair commenced.

The Recipes

For this Gothic Dinner Party I opted for a menu I knew people would like and served it in a way to look "gothic". I included a lot of red dishes and used shapes to depict a gothic scene.

While the recipes were not difficult it did require a good plan to ensure the meals hit the table on time. I also asked different guests to assist with plating the various courses and this was invaluable help.

How I approached the cooking.

Some of these ingredients will not be available at your local supermarket, try asian food stores and shop well in advance of the party.
The Shooter liquid must be made two to three days in advance.
Prepare Bloody Mary's late morning of the day of the party
Prepare the Green Olive Aioli the morning of the party
Prepare the Panna Cotta on the day before
Prepare the strawberry and blueberry sauces the morning of the party
Prepare the Herb crust the afternoon of the party
Make sure the table is dressed the day before the party
Have all serving ware close at hand and ready to use.

**Gothic Dinner Party - Oyster Shooters**

Oyster Shots

(Part of the Holy Relics)

Ingredients

Dozen Oysters
1 teaspoon wasabi paste
1 litre Mirin
250 ml Sake
80 ml rice wine vinegar
50 ml light soy sauce
2 tablespoons wasabi powder

Method

Place the miring and sake in a small saucepan and bring to the boil. Once boiling light a match and burn off the alcohol (be careful). Set aside and allow to cool.
Once cool transfer to a glass jug.
Add the rice wine, soy sauce and wasabi powder.
Stir until the wasabi has completely dissolved.
Store upright in the fridge for 2 days to allow the sediment to sink

To Serve

Place an Oyster in each Crystal sherry Glass
carefully fill with the shooter mix
The Oyster should float, if required use a small spoon to bring the Oyster to the surface.
Place a small amount of Wasabi on each Oyster.
Position Shooter Glasses on a silver tray and add a rat for effect

Bloody Mary's

(Part of the Holy Relics)

Ingredients

500 ml chilled tomato juice
4 tablespoons Vodka
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
Tabasco Sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
pinch pepper

Method

Mix all ingredients together and store in a sealed bottle in the fridge.

To serve

Pour into small long stemmed glasses
Place on a silver tray
Add a Rat or Spider to the tray

Prawns with Green Olive Aioli

(Part of the Holy Relics)

Ingredients

20 green prawns, peeled with tails intact
4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup whole egg mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chopped green olives
1 tablespoon baby capers
1 clove garlic crushed
sea salt and pepper

Method

To make the Aioli, place the mayonnaise, olives, capers, crushed garlic, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Cover and store in the fridge for serving
Place the prawns, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a bowl and toss to coat.
Allow to marinate for 5 - 10 minutes.
Cook prawns in a large pan with olive oil for about two minutes each side

To Serve.

Place the Olive Aioli in the bottom of a glass or cup
Add two prawns per person
Place on a silver tray
Add a Rat or spider

**Gothic Dinner Party Toasted Bacon and Tomato**

Toasted Tomato and bacon

(Part of the Holy Relics)

Ingredients

1 Pane Di Case bread cut to toast
4 rashed of Bacon
4 large Cherry Tomatos

ethod

Heat oven to 180 C
Cut the bread into crosses using a cross cookie cutter
Cut the bacon into strips, equal length and width to the cross and lay on the bread
Cut the centre slice (widest part) from the cherry tomato and place in the centre of the cross
Place on a tray in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes

To Serve

Serve on a silver tray
Add a rat or spider

Borscht with Italian Bread Sticks

(Broth of sewer Rat & Dead Mans fingers)

Ingredients

600 - 700 grams beetroot
500g ripe tomatos
1 clove garlic crushed
1 onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
500 ml beef stock
salt and pepper
125g greek Feta
2 packets of Italian Bread Sticks (1 plain and I sesame
Almond slivers
Red gel Pen

Method

Heat Oven to 180 C
Half the tomatoes, drizzle with olive oil and salt and roast for 25 - 30 minutes
Finely chop the onion and fry in the remaining oil until soft.
Grate the beetroot and add to the onion mixture with the stock and bring to the boil, season and boil for 8 - 10 minutes or until the beetroot is tender.
Stir in the tomato, and transfer to a blender to process until completely smooth.
Place in the fridge until ready to use.

To Serve

Break the Italian Breadsticks in half and attach the almond sliver using the red gel. Make sure the gel is visible to look like a bloody finger nail
Tie 3 Fingers together using black ribbon.
Reheat the borscht and divide between pedestal crystal bowls (I used the bowls traditionally used for Ice Cream).
Crumble Feta over the top
Place the Borscht, Italian Bread and a rat on a plate to serve.

Cherry Sorbet

(Sorbet of blood letting leech)

Ingredients

6 cups cherries (I used bottled)
1 1/2 tablespoon Lemon Juice
3/4 Cup Water
1/4 cup Caster sugar

Method

Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until the mixture is smooth.
Place mixture in a shallow cake tin, cover with cling wrap and freeze
Every 1 hour stir the mixture to break up any ice crystals

To Serve

Remove from the freezer about 1 hour before required, as it starts to melt stir the mixture. If it melts to fast, return to the freezer.
Place Sorbet is silver goblets and serve with an ornate collectable tea spoon

Herb Crusted Rack of lamb

(Rack of suckling Wolf)

Ingredients

4 racks of lamb (3 - 4 per person)
Olive Oil
Potatoes (4 to 8) *
Pumpkin
Beetroots (4 to 8)
sea salt and freshly ground pepper
4 tablespoons English Mustard
8 Slices of day old Bread
two bunches of parsley
1 bunch corriander
1 bunch of thyme
4 Rosemary Sprigs
100g Parmesan Cheese, Freshly grated

Method

Heat Oven to 200.
Peel the Potatoes, Beetroot and pumpkin. Slice approximately 1.5 cm wide and using a cross cookie cutter cut cross shapes from all three vegetables. *I used a larger cross for the Potato and a smaller cross for the beetroot and pumpkin. Make sure you buy potatoes that are large enough for your cookie cuter.
Toss the vegetables in olive oil and sea salt and bake for 50 minutes, turning once.
Season the Lamb and seal in a hot frying pan with the Olive Oil until golden brown.
Transfer to the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, then allow to rest for 10 minutes.
Tear the Bread into pieces (remove crusts) and place in a food procession.
Roughly cut the herbs and add to the food processor with the Parmeson. Blend until you have fine crumbs with a green tinge
Brush the lamb with the english mustard and cover with the herb crust. Return to the oven for 5 minutes.

Rosewater Panna Cotta

(Breast of Troll & Eye of Ogre)

Ingredients

900 ml thickened cream
1 1/2 cups Milk
250g white chocolate
1/3 cup caster sugar
4 teaspoons dried gelatine
1 1/2 tablespoons rosewater
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1 packet red Jelly
1 packet blue jelly
Blue and Red food colour
Glace Cherries

Method

I used small Chinese rice bowls for the eyes, they provided a rounded shape rather than a flat top. I also use a product called Sprink from Bakels as a release agent, this is great for releasing items from moulds and does not have any taste or colour. I made 10 deserts to allow a couple of spares.
Combine the cream, milk, chocolate and sugar in a large saucepan over a low heat.
Cook string for 5 minutes or until the chocolate and sugar dissolves
Add the gelatine to warm water and wait for it to dissolve, then add to the cream mixture.
Add the rosewater and Vanilla and stir to combine
Pour into the moulds but leave 1/2 cm for the jelly base
Place into the fridge to set
When set, make both jellies according to the package and allow to cool
When cool add the jelly to the panna cotta 5 red and 5 blue

o Serve

Place a small blunt knife at the edge of the panna cotta and gently tip onto the plate.
place a small amount of blue food colour on a saucer and using a round cookie cutter coat the base of the cookie cutter in the food colour, place the cookie cutter in the centre of the panna cotta, this will provide a true circle for you to work with.
Using a paint brush paint the blue dye from the centre of the eye to the outside rim,
Use a new paintbrush and red food colour to paint the veins on the eye
Repeat step 2 and 3 with the red food colour on the remaining panna cotta's
Place a glace cherry in the centre of the breast and pierce with a craft wine glass holder

**Gothic Dinner Party - Strawberry and Blueberry sauce**

Strawberry Coulis & Blueberry Sauce

(Fresh Plasma)

Ingredients - Strawberry

500 g fresh strawberries
1 teaspoon Vanilla escence
2 tablespoons caster sugar
3 tablespoons water

Method - strawberry

Hull and quarter the strawberries
Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan
Cook stirring until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture thickens (about 10 mins)
Allow to cool, blend in a food processor until smooth
Store in the fridge until required

Ingredients - Blueberry

1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blue berries
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla escence
3 tablespoons water

Method - Blueberry

Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan
Cook stirring until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture thickens (5 - 10 minutes)
Allow to cool, blend in a food processor until smooth
Store in the fridge until required

To Serve

Divide mixture between test tubes (with lids)
Place in a silver bowl on crushed ice

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