Summer Cocktail Party Menu

It's a real delight to attend summer time cocktail parties wearing airy fabrics and enjoying light dishes and chilled drinks. You can well imagine hosting a summer season cocktail party, where deciding the menu becomes quite confusing. Summer is the season to relish light cuisines and enjoy loads of ice creams and cold drinks. And so the summer cocktail party menu has to be simple. Instead of choosing heavily spiced and oily gravies, you can arrange for a menu that is easily digested and delicious at the same time. The drink section is to be focused more in a summer cocktail party.

Summer Cocktail Party: Menu Ideas

I'm sure from the introduction itself you have got the basic concept of summer party food. The cocktail party ideas for summer parties relate with serving cool dishes. Thus, you give your guests an opportunity to chit chat on dining table while enjoying the food. The cocktails served in exotic glasses along with side dishes and appetizers create a perfect atmosphere in the cocktail party. Let's check out the party menus from the next segment.

Drinks & Beverages
Put up a mini bar at one corner and deck it up with exotic bottles of chilled drinks. A few bottles of Russian vodka, Italian wine and Scotch whiskey makes the bar. Cocktails and mocktails should also be present on the racks. Apart from alcohols you can also set up a stall for serving cold beverages. The summer season also calls for a dash of lemonade and fresh fruit juices The drinks and beverages for today's cocktail party is listed below.

• Spiked Pink Lemonade
  
• Ginger Margaritas
• Cosmopolitan Martini
• Dan Fay Martini
• Campari Smash
• Cucumber Mojito Crush
• The Bikini Martini
• The Zuidam Crush
• English Harbor Rum and Soda
• Pineapple Orange Sorbet
• Frozen Summer Slush
• Thai Iced Tea
• Freezy-Fresa Strawberry Margarita
• Key Lime Martini
• The Ritz Cocktail
  
• Sparkling Jasmine Iced Tea
• Iced Caramel Mocha
• Cement Mixer Shot

Desserts
Desserts occupy a prominent position on a summer cocktail party. Dollops of ice creams served in cups, fresh fruits chilled with ice creams and ice are ideal for a summer cocktail party. The very sight of mangoes, strawberries, pineapples, water melons, cantaloupes make you feel delighted. Other than cool desserts, you can also make a section where sweet dishes like cakes, rum balls and pastries will be served. So take a look at the dessert ideas for the cocktail party menu.

• Minty Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
• Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
• Ambrosia Angel Food Cake
• Raspberry Fluff Dessert
• Frozen Butter Pecan Crunch
• Bananas with Vanilla Rum Sauce
• Sautéed Grape Napoleons
• Cantaloupe Popsicles
• Pineapple Orange Popsicles
• Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
• Custard Bread Pudding
• Coconut Cream Pie
• Eclair Cake with Chocolate Ganache
• Butterscotch and Banana Sundaes
• Grilled Fruit Kabobs
• Lemon Meringue Pudding
• Peanut-Chocolate Brownies
• Chocolate Fondue Fountain
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

Main Course
Keep the main course simple on a summer party. You can also choose a theme for the summer party food. Serve some rare cuisines or continental types. Italian, French, Mexican and Thai food is loved almost be everyone. So decide the menu that will complement the cocktails. Do not go ahead with making recipes that take a lot of preparation and time. Here's the list of menus for the main course.

• Mandarin Chicken Salad
• Shrimp and Scallion Kabobs
• California Sushi Rolls
• Artichoke Prosciutto Pasta Salad
• Ham and Cheese Croissant Sandwiches
• Thai Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
• Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
• Rosemary Infused Coconut Shrimp Skewers
• Crispy Oyster Beignet
• Russian Dark Breads with Pommery Mustard
• Baked Chicken Wings
• Grilled Pizzas Provençale
• Bolognese Bread Pizza
• Portobello Mushroom and Sausage Pizzas
• Roasted Woodland Mushroom Fricassee
• Apple Wood Smoked Trout on Potato Latke
• Tarragon Chicken Salad

The arrangement should be done before arrival of guests and the ambiance must complement a cocktail party. Enjoy the summer and have fun with flavors of cocktails.