In our article, we want to consider different options for canapes that have gained incredible popularity. They are tasty, easy to use and at the same time able to decorate any holiday table. They liked the housewives, because they are quick to prepare, and the result is amazing.
What is canapes?
Before we talk about what options for canapes can be prepared for the holiday, let's figure out what is meant by this concept. Canapes is a generic name for all kinds of miniature snacks. If we talk about a variant of the event, like a buffet table, where all the invitees do not sit at the tables, but eat food while standing, then in this case the canapé is the main course. There are all sorts of varieties of such snacks, from the simplest, consisting of several components, to whole masterpieces that can be independently made at home.
The peculiarity of the dish is that it can have a variety of design options. Canapé is a universal appetizer, which can be both the main course and dessert at any holiday. You can cook such a miracle from almost any component. The main thing is to use products that combine with each other. In addition, it is worth knowing the basic principles that you must adhere to creating such small masterpieces.
The main rule is that the canapes must certainly be placed in the mouth, the dish should be eaten immediately and as a whole, without biting off a small piece.
Types of Canapes
There are a variety of canapes. Recipes with photos we will give in the article. In general, all their diversity can be divided into the following types:
- Canapes on skewers (plastic, wooden, metal and even toothpicks can be used as the latter). Skewers serve for the convenience of bonding ingredients to each other.
- Canapes sandwiches. In them, the ingredients are laid out in layers. For cooking, you need a solid base. It can be bread, vegetables, fruits or pastries. Sometimes these snacks are also called tartinki.
- Tartlets are small cups or baskets of dough into which different fillings are placed. The basis for the dish can be prepared independently, or can be purchased at any supermarket. Tartlets can be filled with a finished snack, or you can bake with the contents. The recipes of such dishes are an incredible amount. As an application, for example, at a buffet table, you can fill tartlets with salads.
- Canapes on the spoons. Such options do not imply bonding ingredients. Most often, all kinds of snacks with liquid sauces and caviar are served on spoons.
- Rolls, envelopes, rolls. Such canapé options are generally simple in the sense that in the process of their preparation, some products are wrapped in others. For structural strength, ready-made canapes are pierced with skewers. But rolls can also be bandaged with parsley or dill. The category of canapes includes traditional sushi rolls, and for their delivery they give out disposable sticks resembling tongs.
- Canapes soup (soup canapes). These are a variety of mousses, cream soups, sorbets and any other liquid dishes that are served in small bowls or in glasses. This type of canapes is not always associated with more familiar options. But the principle of their submission is the same. Soup canapes - one sip appetizer. They are served with small spoons or straws.
Canapes with cheese and grapes
Oddly enough, the most popular options for our hostesses are canapes with cheese. Recipes for such snacks simply can not be counted. The main condition is the presence as the main component of cheese.
The most delicious is the combination of cheese and grapes. To prepare such an appetizer, individual grapes and chopped pieces of cheese are used. They are held together with a skewer. That's all the work. Our dish is ready, it looks amazing, and it tastes great. In addition to grapes, a variety of vegetables and fruits are perfectly combined with cheese.
Canapes with mozzarella and feta cheese
Considering options for canapes on skewers, you can offer an easy-to-cook recipe using cheese. Feta should be cut into slices and soaked for several hours in olive oil with pepper and dry basil. Next, take the bread, cut it into cubes and lightly fry, sprinkling with marinade. Now you can start collecting canapes in the following order: a piece of bell pepper, bread, cucumber, cheese, cherry.
Fried cheese on skewers
For those people who love a variety of cheese canapes, the following recipe may be to your taste. To prepare it, we need 250 grams of suluguni, which should be cut into cubes. Roll the resulting pieces in flour. In a separate bowl, beat a couple of tablespoons of milk with two eggs. Dice in this mixture, and then roll them in cornmeal. Suluguni should be fried in a deep saucepan, in a large amount of oil. Cheese should acquire a beautiful brown crust. Take out the finished pieces with a slotted spoon and be sure to dry on a paper towel. Next, the cheese is strung on skewers in the form of barbecue.
Cheese rolls
Sometimes there are truly unusual options for canapes, the recipes of which hit with a combination of incompatible products. But the excellent result speaks for itself. One of these options we want to bring to your attention. For the preparation of rolls, canapes, we cut the dried apricots (certainly soft). Next, add 200 grams of curd cheese. We will wrap the resulting filling in thin slices of rectangular cheese ( cheddar cheese should be used ). Ready roll on the side can be chopped with a skewer. Serve this appetizer with orange sauce, which is easy to prepare. You need to boil 300 milliliters of orange juice with 100 grams of sugar, until a sticky mass is obtained.
Cheese baskets
Thinking over the options for canapes for a buffet or a festive table, you can independently prepare cheese baskets, which are subsequently filled with salads or filling. There are several cooking options. If you use an oven, you can simultaneously make up to eight baskets.
To prepare six servings, you need to take 200 grams of Parmesan cheese. Preheat the oven to two hundred degrees. And cover the baking sheet with baking paper. We rub the cheese on the smallest grater and put it on paper in the form of circles. Next, bake no more than five minutes. This time will be enough to melt the cheese. Carefully remove each circle from the paper until the cheese has cooled, and form baskets from it. This can be done using an inverted glass. Gently, cheese is placed on its bottom and is given a cupped shape. The baskets are very fragile, so they should be stored very carefully. Salad is best applied immediately before serving, and it is better to use a filling that does not give a lot of juice.
For the preparation of tartlets, cheese does not have to be rubbed; Then we wrap the bottom of the glass with a fused slice. It turns out a very elegant mold in which you can put chicken pate or other filling. These canapes are distinguished by their taste and originality, and therefore will certainly be appreciated by the guests.
Canapes with herring
For a festive and everyday table, you can come up with your own options for canapes. Recipes can be modified using more expensive products and the simplest ingredients. As a simple but excellent option, you can offer to cook canapes with herring. This appetizer is suitable for a male company and spirits. For cooking, you will need a piece of herring, Borodino bread, mayonnaise, coriander, dill, apple slices, black pepper. All these ingredients blend perfectly together on a small sandwich.
Ingredients:
- Half an apple.
- Borodino bread.
- A tablespoon of vodka.
- Sugar.
- One herring.
- A quarter of a lemon.
- Mayonnaise.
- Dill.
- Freshly ground pepper (black).
- Coriander seeds
Herring fillet is cut into pieces. In a bowl, mix sugar, vodka, black pepper. Pour herring with a mixture, cover with cling film and put in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Dill should be washed, dried and finely chopped. Fry the coriander in a dry pan for several minutes, and then grind it in a mortar. Mix dill and coriander with mayonnaise. Next, cut Borodino bread into pieces, peel and divide each part into four pieces. Cut the apples into thin slices and sprinkle with lemon juice so that it does not darken. Now you can start assembling the canapes. Lubricate slices of bread with a mixture of mayonnaise and spices, put the herring on top, decorate everything with a slice of apple. Sprinkle with ground pepper on top.
Canapes with caviar
All canapes options (photos are given in the article) are good in their own way. But the most festive are those made with caviar. As a rule, sandwiches with caviar are prepared for special occasions, but with such a wonderful product you can come up with more interesting options.
As a boat for caviar, you can use the halves of boiled chicken and quail eggs. And on top decorate the canapes with greens.
In addition, you can cut curly basics out of bread with molds, and then lightly fry them. Garnish with caviar on top of the workpiece, and if desired, put butter between the bread and caviar with a pastry syringe.
Caviar can still be laid out on pieces of cucumbers, in finished tartlets. Pancakes with caviar are incredibly popular. We offer a more economical version of such a dish. You can make a small roll from a strip of pancake, put a piece of butter inside it, and tie a green onion with a feather or chop it off with a skewer. We roll the roll vertically like a roll, and decorate with caviar on top. It turns out a great canapé. The options for preparing appetizers with caviar are not so numerous, it is not worth combining such a product with many components, since it alone deserves special attention.
Simple skewer canapes
There are many options for preparing canapes on skewers. You can organize on the festive table from the simplest options to whole culinary masterpieces. Of the simplest recipes, it is worth highlighting:
- Ham, cheese and olives are put on a skewer.
- Olives can be combined with several types of cheese (hard varieties and feta cheese).
- Thinly sliced smoked sausage is very suitable for canapes. The combination of ingredients can be as follows: sausage, cheese, pickles (you can also take fresh).
- On the festive table, you can put a dish with different options for canapes, prepared from various ingredients. So, for example, cheese can be the basis of each option, and then it can be combined with slices of cherry tomatoes, cherries, figs, candied fruits. Salty hard cheese goes well with sweets.
Fruit canapes
Do not forget that you can cook fruit versions of canapes on skewers. With the photographs provided in the article, it will be very easy for readers to figure out recipes for making original snacks. Sweet canapes can be a dessert on the festive table or the best treat for kids at a children's party. Fruits are a great addition to wines, ice cream, cake and sweets.
An incredibly bright and colorful dish is obtained using multi-colored components. As a sweet option, you can serve on the table canapes of grapes, tangerines, canned pineapples and strawberries. All ingredients blend well, giving an interesting fruity taste.
Sweet desserts
To prepare the next option you will need:
- Bananas
- Strawberry.
- White grapes.
- Air marshmallow.
- Toothpicks.
Grapes, banana, strawberries, marshmallows are alternately strung on skewers.
In the summer, canapé desserts made from seasonal products are very appropriate: melons, watermelon, grapes, strawberries, peaches.
Instead of an afterword
In our article we tried to show how canapes can be indispensable as appetizers on holiday tables. The variety of forms and types make them a truly universal dish, which can become not only an ornament, but also the main type of food (at receptions). There are many different recipes, from simple to expensive and sophisticated. Each hostess can choose the right option for herself. Canapes are a real field for imagination. You can always come up with your own original version to surprise guests.