The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #43691 Message #639830
Posted By: Kaleea
01-Feb-02 - 01:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: How to serve caviar?
Subject: RE: BS: How to serve caviar?
Kim, Anahootz is on the right track. Serve the caviar on simple round crackers (not ritz, but ones you might find recommended by the shopkeeper). Serve it cold from a small bowl nestled in a larger bowl if ice. Have some neufchatel cheese (cream cheese is OK) softened and waiting for easy spreading. One may use small metal knives for the cheese, but not for the caviar. Purchase the best quality caviar and either good Vodka or Champagne (not sparkling white wine) which your budget allows. Some folks emjoy having a couple of small bowls of other things to pile on the crackers such as small slices of chilled fresh fish--some like a strong flavor such as salmon, others prefer a milder white fish; perhaps some lemon zest (the lemon rind very thinly sliced or curled with a zester), some like a bit of fresh parsley. Also, think of something you might eat later to give your palate a less fishy taste (fish breath is not exactly, ahem, sexy). Perhaps some light finger deserts?