It serves 6 people.

Aperitivo is the time when you catch up with friends while sipping a drink and nibbling on appetizers. It's perfect for your upcoming parties!

It’s after work, it’s before cinema, before dinner, before a party, before a dinner party. Very often it is the dinner party.

Every good aperitivo has something alcoholic to drink. The aperitivos range from a glass of wine to prosecco to vermouth to cocktails (Spritz for example) to beer, but some new generation mindful drinks are even better. Try Organic Rasberry and Tulsi organic Kombucha and Matcha and Mint organic kombucha (Great Taste Award Winner). They are brilliant mixer too.

The range of the food is gloriously broad, from vegan cheese to myriad of bruschettas to fresh veggies, nuts and crisps.

Aperitivos are a casual affair, no one needs to be stuck in the kitchen or behind the bar. No cooking is required. You’re buying food to be nicely placed on serving plates.

Do you know where to start?

These are a few ideas for a quick, tasty, unusual and luxury aperitif at home to amaze your friends and conquer many compliments.

Vegan cheese

Any kind of cashewbert, camemvert, diary free cheddar, gondino...to be paired with caramelised figs with balsamic vinegar of Modena PGI and truffles.

Spread

Stefania Calugi Sauce with Bianchetto truffle (Grate Taste awarded) and  Stefania Calugi Organic truffle hunter's sauce to be spread on crackers or toasted bread.

Dip

Vegan mayonnaise with spirulina will not disappoint your non-vegan friends! It’s just perfect for all of your raw veggies. What Kind of Vegetables Should you Use For Dip? Carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber slices, broccoli florets, sweet peppers, radish, cherry tomatoes … Serve vegan mayo in the center of a large serving tray with cut/sliced vegetables of your choice.

Salty bites

Very special food you don’t find in supermarkets like Stefania Calugi Cherry tomatoes with truffle, Green olives stuffed with truffle, Tuscan artichokes in oil. Place them as they are in a serving plate.

Nuts

Toasted Cashews coated with Chilli & Lime

Smoked Almonds - 40g tin - GREAT TASTE award-winner

Rosemary & Sea Salt Pistachios

 

To finish

Don’t forget fresh fruit (grapes, melon, strawberries, apples), bread and breadisticks. And to please your guests serve some Freeze dried physalis - groundcherries .

As a dessert a nice cup of coffee with Chai Caramel stroopwafel. Fill the mugs of your guests with piping hot coffee, place one stroopwafel over the top of each mug and leave it for a few minutes until it softens up. The gentle heat from a hot cup of coffee warms the stroopwafel to perfection, softening it.

Happy hour!