Don’t worry. You’ll still be able to find Bazkari’s “very special rice” and the chicken pie at the cart on Monument Square every Wednesday until the end of October.

But Ana and Ben O’Connell are also turning their attention toward their catering business. Last Friday, they invited their regulars and some of the city’s food lovers to a private tasting at their home on Munjoy Hill to give them the chance to sample the Bazkari Catering menu.

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Ben O’Connell presents a platter of hors d’oeuvres – including Spanish cheeses, membrillo, Serrano ham, chorizo and grapes – during a private tasting last Friday for guests of Bazkari Catering at the home of proprietors Ana and Ben O’Connell on Munjoy Hill in Portland. Photos by Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer

Bazkari Catering’s Ana O’Connell, right, with Amber Roberge of Portland.

Pintxos de tortilla Espanola, a traditional Spanish omelet with fried potatoes.

Traditional chicken and bechamel fritters with Serrano ham, below, and mushroom and shrimp pintxos topped with olive oil, garlic and parsley.

Lisa Panzeri of Portland samples the croquetas de pollo y Jamon Serrano – chicken and bechamel fritters with Serrano ham.

The menus includes hors d’oeuvres such as traditional chicken and bechamel fritters with Serrano ham and all-natural chicken, and entrees such as sweet piquillo peppers stuffed with tuna, tomato and carrot with bechamel.

“It’s totally different from what we have on our cart, with the exception of gazpacho,” Ben O’Connell said. “But it’s mostly traditional Spanish cuisine.”

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