Family Style Wedding Reception Catering
Looking for something less formal than a seated plated meal for your wedding reception, yet more intimate than a typical buffet style menu? As a caterer in the Washington DC and Northern Virginia community, we are seeing more requests for Family Style Service. Catering staff will circulate with passed appetizers and stations during the cocktail hour. A first course could be a plated salad. The main meal is served Family Style. Platters and bowls will provide enough of each menu item to serve individual tables of 8-10 guests. Just like sitting down to dinner or supper with your own family!
Catering By Teatime recently prepared the following proposal for a Family Style Menu. Great ideas, and something for everyone.
Menu
4)
Maryland Crab Dip with French bread
Display of Assorted Domestic and Imported Cheeses with Brie Topping of
Cranberry-Walnut-Raspberry
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| Assorted Domestic and Imported Cheeses and Crackers |
Chicken and Waffles
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| Miniature Chicken and Waffle Appetizer |
Butternut Squash and Corn Soup Shooters
Gazpacho Shooters
bread with Fig, Caramelized Onion, Walnut, Prosciutto, and Gorgonzola
Country Sweet Potato Ham Biscuits
Spiced Apple Wood Smoked Salmon Fillet with Water Crackers
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| Sugar Spiced Apple Wood Smoked Salmon Fillet |
First Course
House Salad of Mixed Greens, Tomato, Scallion, Dried Cranberry, Toasted Pecans,
Gorgonzola Cheese in a Balsamic Vinaigrette
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| Ruth’s House Salad |
*Iceberg Wedge Salad with Buttermilk Dressing, Blue Cheese Crumbles and Bacon
Style Supper
2)
Braised Yankee Pot Roast with Vegetables
and Cider Braised Chicken Thighs and Legs
Jambalaya with Chicken Thigh, Chorizo and Shrimp
Garlic Lime Chicken and Sesame Flank Steak on Bamboo Skewers (served chilled)
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| Grilled Chicken on Bamboo Skewers |
2)
Grains with Kale and Butternut Squash
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| Ancient Grains with Roasted Vegetables |
Tie Pasta with Cilantro, Parmesan and Sun Dried Tomato
Roasted Red Bliss Potatoes
Skin Smashed Potatoes with Roasted Shallots
Roasted Baby Carrots with Pecans
Cake
and Flavor TBD (No Fondant)
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| One of Ruth’s beautiful Wedding Cakes |
Night Snack
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Bites w/ Creamy Tomato Soup
Pop Kettle Corn
Drinks/Mixers/Iced Tea/Water/Coffee