Entertaining recipes and tips
Whether it’s a casual catch-up, festive celebration or a foodie feast, there’s nothing better than gathering with friends and whānau. Here you’ll find easy entertaining recipes, party food ideas and simple hosting tips to help your next BBQ, dinner party or drinks-and-nibbles night go off without a hitch.
Entertaining dips and platters
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Get entertaining & specialty cheese online
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$5.35/100g
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$2.23/100g
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$5.60/100g
Pams Finest Tahatai Smoked Cheddar Cheese
140g
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$3.56/100g
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$3.85/100g
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$4.79/100g
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$6.66/100g
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$8.46/100g
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$7.14/100g
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$6.50/100g
Moondarra Cheese Apricot & Almond Cream Cheese
120g
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$4.74/100g
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$5.58/100g
Moondarra Cheese Honey & Pistachio Cream Cheese
120g
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$4.74/100g
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$5.58/100g
Castello Double Cream Truffle Brie
150g
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$7.99/100g
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$9.86/100g
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$6.66/100g
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Coombe Castle Red Leicester Cheddar Cheese
200g
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$4.95/100g
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$5.20/100g
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$4.79/100g
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Easy recipes for the BBQ
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Easy finger food
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Planning tips
- Adopt the ‘buy some, make some’ mantra. There’s no need to cook a menu entirely from scratch.
- If you’re serving canapés, allow five per guest for a one hour function, or eight for two hours.
- Stock up on non-perishables. Christmas cake, crackers or biscuits are good to have in the pantry in case of unexpected guests.
- Ease your workload by including a couple of items that can be made up to a day ahead, or have ‘do-ahead’ elements that can be put together just before they go to the table.