Irish Flag Veggie Tray! A recipe that's equally traditional and festive.
Hmm... What does the name tell you? Is it going to be a flag? Or a Tray with veggies looking like the Irish flag? Well, you are right my friend. This is simply a veggie tray looking like an Irish flag. Now I think you know from the title of this blog, that this is made for St. Patrick's Day. Also, check out my Leprechaun Veggie tray recipe
Irish Flag Veggie Tray for St. Patricks Day
To make this Irish Flag veggie tray I have used just three ingredients - carrots, cauliflower, and beans. This veggie tray is also called finger salad. These are pretty common St. Patrick's Day Appetizers. I have served this with a lip-smacking dip which I have talked about later in this article.
The idea of making this Irish flag veggie tray is to make my St. Patricks Day Party a bit more traditional. Since this is an Irish holiday, I thought why not use my veggies to make a combination of traditional and innovative for my guests? Hence, the idea of this Irish Flag made of veggies hit me!
What I like about this recipe is that I can make these just 30 minutes before the party. And, its a less mess kind of a recipe. All I had to do was chop my veggies.
But, I highly suggest that you do not cut your veggies way before time. This will make them go black and they'll lose their freshness.
Hence, a suggestion would be to chop your veggies just 30 minutes before the party or 45 minutes if you stress about lacking time like me.
Another super-important suggestion is to simple Blanche yours in lukewarm water. Just place them in a bowl of lukewarm water and immediately take them out and place them in another bowl containing ice-cold water. If you boil it, then your veggies will lose its moisture and will look dull and dry. We don't want that.
Lastly, just drizzle lemon juice all over your veggies. It will make them taste fresh, flavorful and succulent. Also, keep in mind to not sprinkle salt over the veggies as it will soak up the moisture of your veggies and eventually dry them out. If you need any seasoning, then use chili flakes along with Oregano.
How to Make Irish Flag Veggie Tray
To make this Irish flag veggie tray I have used three vegetables. Carrots, Cauliflower florets, and Beans. These three veggies gave me my desired color. If you have any other ideas in mind, then you can go ahead with that.
I have not chopped my carrots in small pieces. Rather, I have vertically chopped my carrots into thin slices and arranged them on the veggie tray.
For the white color, as I said, I have used small blanched cauliflower florets. I didn't cut them into too small pieces as they would become messy and would lose their bite.
Lastly, for the green color, I have used beans. You can use green bell pepper if you want. But, I didn't have it. So I just used my beans. I blanched them and placed them on the side. I just cut the sides and gave it the desired shape of about 1 inch each.
I have served my Irish Flag Veggie tray with a Cream Cheese and Garlic Mayo Dip.
To make the dip, I used three dollops of Garlic Mayonaise with a half brick of Cream cheese and three spoons of Garlic herb butter. To this, I added two drops of wasabi mayo sauce and finally, I mixed these sauces and seasoned it with freshly grounded black pepper, salt, a pinch of basil, and red chili flakes.
So, I have talked about the technicalities of this Irish flag veggie tray recipe and also told you guys about the things that can go wrong. Now take a quick look at the step by step recipe below.
Irish Flag Veggie Tray
Ingredients
- 1 Large Pieces Carrots
- 1 Small Floret Cauliflower
- 11 Pieces Beans
For Seasoning
- ¼ cup Lime Juice
- 2 tablespoon Oregano
- 1 tablespoon Chili Flakes
For my Secret Dip
- 3 tablespoon Garlic Mayonnaise
- ½ Block Cream Cheese
- 3 tablespoon Garlic & Herb Butter
- 1 Pinch Red Chili Flakes
- 1 Pinch Oregano
- As Per Requirement Salt
- 1 tablespoon Freshly Grounded Black Pepper
Instructions
- Cut out your veggies and place them in a bowl of luke warm water for just 1 minute.
- Take them out and place them in a separate bowl having cold water.
- Again, take them out and pat them dry with your kitchen towel.
- Chop the carrot vertically and line them on one side.
- Arrange cauliflower florets beside the carrots.
- Cut out your beans from the sides and make them at least 1 inch or 1.5 inch in length.
- Line the beans beside the cauliflower florets.
For Seasoning
- Drizzle fresh lime Juice all over your veggies.
- Sprinkle oregano and chili flakes over the veggies.
- Serve them fresh and Enjoy with my secret dip!
My Secret Dip
- Use ½ block of Cream Cheese
- With 3 tablespoon of Garlic Mayo. In case you have unflavored Mayo, you can add some chopped garlic over them.
- Now pour wasabi mayonnaise into the mix.
- Mix these with cream cheese.
- Season your sauce with grounded black pepper, Oregano, Red chili flakes and salt.
- Serve this along with your irish Fag veggie tray.
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