Nearly 3 months after moving in, we finally had our neighbors over for an open house to meet everyone over snacks and wine. In addition to cheese and crackers, black and white cookies, and dinosaur-shaped nuggets for the kids (which were surprisingly pretty decent--P and I totally had them for lunch the next day), I made eggplant compote (a Joel Robuchon recipe!), tiki snack mix, and peppered garlic confit with prosciutto (at P's request).
The compote I made as described, although I sauteed it for a bit longer. Served room temperature with pita chips, and the next night we had this with baguette slices and topped with a fried egg for dinner. Dicing that much eggplant is not really my idea of fun, but it came out deliciously, and it was nice to have a veg-heavy dish in what was otherwise a pretty carby/caloric "meal" (because, yeah, apps were totally dinner for us that night).
The tiki snack mix went over really well, I thought it tasted kind of like grown-up Cracker Jacks. As you surely know by now, I'm like the only person on earth who's not enamored with bacon, so I actually left this part out (and threw in some roasted pepitas to replace some of the smokiness). Sweet, salty, and crunchy--we snacked on it for the rest of the week!
Lastly, the garlic confit. This was hands-down the winning dish--everyone raved and several people asked for the recipe on their way out. Despite my efforts to not repeat recipes, I have a sneaking suspicion this will be requested sometime in the future. Thank goodness it was the easiest one in the bunch! Needless to say, though, not much in the way of leftovers for this one.
Oh yes. And the party itself: resounding success!
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