Canapes are small sandwiches served as a snack. They usually accompany spirits and are served before dinner. There are also special canapé parties, when a variety of mini-sandwiches become the main course of the feast. It is convenient to fasten the canapes with plastic skewers that securely hold multi-layer products.
It is necessary
- - bread;
- - cheese;
- - olives;
- - large grapes;
- - small potatoes;
- - butter;
- - olive oil;
- - salt;
- - freshly ground black pepper;
- - lettuce leaves;
- - watercress;
- - chopped meat;
- - smoked salmon;
- - cottage cheese;
- - sour cream;
- - parsley and dill;
- - fresh basil.
Instructions
Step 1
Canapes can be made from any product. The base can be bread, crackers, specially baked cakes from choux or shortcrust pastry, pancakes, mini-puddings, chopped vegetables, cheeses. The finished products are laid out on trays and dishes, and on each plate it is better to collect several options for canapes, so the composition will look more elegant.
Step 2
Try simple cheese and ham canapes that pair perfectly with dry white wine. Cut a semi-hard maasdam cheese into cubes. On a skewer, place a pitted olive, a cheese cube, thin plastic of raw smoked ham folded in half in the shape of a petal, and another cheese cube. You can also make another version of canapes that combine cheese cubes and large green or black grapes.
Step 3
Select small young potatoes, boil them in salted water. While the potatoes are still warm, cut them into pieces, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley. Skewer three potato slices each and garnish with parsley sprigs.
Step 4
Boil large pasta-shells from hard flours in salted water, discard in a colander, sprinkle with melted butter, sprinkle with finely grated cheese. String the seashells on skewers, put slices of fleshy tomatoes on top, garnish the canapes with basil leaves.
Step 5
Disassemble the cauliflower into very small inflorescences and boil in salted water with the addition of vinegar. Wrap the halves of tiny squash with strips of ham, string on skewers and add cabbage. Drizzle the flavored olive oil over the canapes.
Step 6
Mix the ground beef with the egg, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Roll small meatballs from the meat mass and bake them in an oven preheated to 200 ° C. Refrigerate meatballs. Wash red and yellow bell peppers, clean from partitions and seeds. Cut the pepper into squares. String meat balls on skewers, alternating with colorful pepper squares and lettuce leaves. Garnish with watercress when serving.
Step 7
Cut off the crust from slices of white toast bread, cut the crumb into squares. In a blender, beat soft cottage cheese with finely chopped parsley and dill, salt, freshly ground black pepper and a couple of tablespoons of sour cream. Put a teaspoon of the curd mixture on thin slices of smoked salmon and roll the fish into a roll. On a skewer, pin a salmon roll, a piece of lettuce and a bread square.
