Most people think of bagels and think breakfast, right? Wrong. There’s nothing better than a bagel sandwich for brunch. These sandwiches are big and if you’re like me I can only eat ½. So call your friends and invite them over for a Liquid Sunday Brunch. What is that you ask? It’s a fun get together I started about two years ago. One Sunday a month I invite 3 friends over for my LSB, plan my menu and we get together around 10 am. We sit down and chat over food and cocktails. After brunch is finished we play a game until about 3 or 4. It’s a lot of fun and it gives us a chance to catch up in a relaxed environment, just you and your friends enjoying a Sunday of food, cocktails and company.
Here is a typical LSB at my house:
Bagelicious Sarny
4 sourdough bagels
Cream Cheese (aluminum packet with zip close)
Alfalfa sprouts
Smoked ham (thin sliced for sandwiches)
Tomatoes
Avocado
Provolone or Swiss cheese (thin sliced for sandwiches)
- Split bagels in ½, coat both ½’s with a good amount of cream cheese. Helpful hint- before you start place cream cheese packet in a bowl of hot water, by the time you’re ready to make sandwiches cheese will be soft. On bottom 1/2 layer a couple of slices of ham, one slice of tomato, alfalfa sprouts, one slice of hard cheese, and two slices avocado. Helpful hint-cut avocado in half from stem to stern. Use a large knife with the blade horizontal to the pit. In a quick, semi hard motion, bring knife blade down into the pit and twist, it will come right out (be careful, make sure you are a good aim and don’t cut yourself, if unsure use a spoon and dig pit out) leaving the meat in the skin cut in ¼’s and use knife to pull the meat out of the skin.
Put the top on and cut in ½.
I prefer to refrigerate them before my guests arrive and pull out of the fridge 5 minutes before serving, or you can also warm them in the micro to desired temp. Serve with fresh fruit.
LSB Screwdriver
*Standard bar recipe*
1shot vodka
OJ
Shake and serve over ice
Chunk of pineapple and cherry on tooth pick and orange slice on rim for garnish.
If you have any questions e-mail catseyesk@live.com.
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