Rebecca and I are very excited to announce a new recurring series here on Scared Shirtless! In addition to a great love of all things horror, we also both love to cook and eat, so we figured, why not combine the two from time to time?! This new series, which we plan to do every month or two, will have us pairing a horror movie with some themed food. Kind of like that old series on TBS, Dinner and a Movie… do you guys remember that? I really enjoyed that series, and I hope you’ll enjoy this one.
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For our first horror d’oeuvres party we decided to pair the slasher-classic Friday the 13th, with a few themed food selections. We decided to make some skewers, in honor of Kevin Bacon’s skewering by arrow, cheesy chicken sliders because of course you need a burger-type food when camping… and because marinara sauce looks good and bloody, and s’mores bars for dessert, because camping and s’mores go together like Jason and his hockey mask. Every dish was a success, and we thoroughly enjoyed eating our treats as we sat down to watch Mrs. Voorhees slaughter all those camp counselors.
Here are the recipes so you can have your own Friday the 13th dinner party!
Source: horrorfanzine.com
“Poor Kevin Bacon” Skewers
Makes 20 skewers
Ingredients:
10 Grape or cherry tomatoes
10 basil leaves
10 small balls of mozzarella
10 olives of your choice
10 pieces of feta (marinated if you like)
About a 1/4 of a cucumber, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
20 toothpicks
Directions:
1. To assemble, thread a tomato, basil leaf, and mozzarella ball onto 10 of the toothpicks, and thread an olive, piece of feta, and a piece of cucumber on the other 10 toothpicks. That’s it!!
Source: various pins on Pinterest
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Cheesy Chicken Meatball Sliders with Bloody Marinara Sauce
Makes about 16 sliders
Ingredients:
For the meatballs:
1 lb ground chicken
1/4 whole or 2% milk
1 large egg
1/4 cup plain breadcrumbs
2 Tbsp fresh chopped parsley, or about 2 tsp dried parsley
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 large shallot, minced
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp ground mustard
1/2 tsp dried oregano
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2-3 sticks mozzarella string cheese, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
To assemble the sliders:
Slider rolls or small dinner rolls, buttered and toasted
Warmed marinara sauce
Grated parmesan cheese
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
2. Mix together the ground chicken, milk, egg, breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic, shallot, salt, mustard, oregano and black pepper in a large bowl, until combined.
3. Take about 1 Tbsp of the mixture in your hand, place a piece of string cheese in the center, and take another tbsp of the mixture and cover the cheese. Press together so that it forms a meatball, with the cheese in the center surrounded by the ground meat mixture. Place on the prepared baking sheet, and repeat with the rest of the meatball mixture/string cheese pieces.
4. Bake for about 20 minutes. Then switch the oven to broil, and broil for about 2-3 minutes, until the tops of the meatballs are browned.
5. To assemble, place a meatball on a slider roll, place a dollop of marinara sauce on top, and then sprinkle on some Parmesan cheese.
Source: thekitchn.com
S’mores Bars
Makes 12-16 bars
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp unsalted butter, plus more for greasing the pan
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
1 cup mini marshmallows
2 whole graham crackers
Directions:
1. Line an 8×8 baking pan with tinfoil, and lightly butter the inside.
2. Melt the butter, and mix with the graham cracker crumbs in a small bowl until evenly coated. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan, and press down firmly (we used the bottom of a glass).
3. In a small saucepan, melt together the sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate chips over medium heat, until smooth, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat, and add the vanilla extract and salt.
4. Pour the chocolate mixture into the baking dish, and smooth with a spatula. Add the the mini marshmallows on top, pressing down a bit into the chocolate. Break the graham crackers into pieces, and stick between the marshmallows.
5. Cover and refridgerate until firm, about 4 hours. Remove from the baking dish, using the foil to lift the bars out. Cut into 12-16 pieces, and enjoy!
Source: Annie’s Eats
We hope you all still have a good appetite and try these recipes out. They are excellent on their own, but even better with a good horror movie to enjoy while eating them!
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