During buffet receptions both at home and at a corporate party, it is very convenient to put on the table a dish with tiny sandwiches as a light snack. They eat them whole, in some cases they use special skewers, with the help of which sandwiches are sent to the mouth.
Sometimes they are made on slices of white or rye bread, often they use croutons. There are analogues without it at all. The basis of such canapés (from the French word canapé, which translates as “a slice of toasted bread”) are a variety of ingredients. These are pastes, and meat, and fish snacks, and, of course, shrimps beloved by many.
In the article, we will consider several options of shrimp canapes popular in the world. According to the recipe with a photo, you can easily make such an appetizer yourself at home.
How to prepare the base
Since sandwiches must be tiny in order to fit in the mouth with the filling, it is necessary to prepare a large number of small pieces of bread. For shrimp canapes, it is best to use a baguette. Cut it into thin pieces (thickness - 0.5 cm). Then you need to trim the crust around the perimeter and use the various baking tins to cut out the bases for the canapes.
In order for the bread to be crispy, you need to drip olive oil on each slice, transfer them to a baking sheet and put in the oven for a couple of minutes. Bread should only dry, but in no case fry. Then they take it out and leave it to cool on the kitchen table. In the meantime, you can prepare different layers for shrimp canapes.
Appetizer with Lemon and Salted Butter
To prepare such canapes, use salty butter, peeled from the hard shell and cut along the boiled shrimp, mayonnaise, small branches of dill, thin slices of lemon. If desired, use black pepper.
A thin layer of salted butter is spread on the prepared slices of toasted bread. Then spread the seafood, divided into two parts. Shrimp canapes show how to place them on a sandwich.
Half a teaspoon of mayonnaise is squeezed onto them from a cooking bag. It turns out a beautiful star. Put dill on top. Canapes are served with a thin slice of lemon, which will refresh the taste of the sandwich.
Canapes with cottage cheese and shrimp
Shrimps for such a sandwich are boiled for several minutes, if you wish, you can buy ice cream and fry them in oil in a pan. Then the curd cheese is thoroughly beaten with a fork so that there are no lumps, you can break it with a blender or rub it through a sieve. Slice and dry the bread as described above. Still need fresh cucumbers, chopped in circles.
Canapes with shrimps are collected in the following sequence: a circle of cucumber, a teaspoon of soft curd cheese, boiled shrimp. In addition, you can decorate a mini sandwich with greens or olive.
Skewered Shrimp Canapes
These are light snack sandwiches that can be prepared very quickly right before serving. Simply boil the shrimp in water and dry slightly so that excess moisture does not spoil the appearance of the snack. The shrimp canapes recipe is simple. First, one edge of the neck is strung on a skewer, then a seedless olive, then the second edge of the shrimp. At the end, the skewer is stuck in a cherry tomato.
As you can see, you can quickly put together such a set of products, in just a few minutes you can prepare a sufficient number of canapes for all guests.
Canapes with sausage and sauce
The serving of small canapes with shrimp looks very impressive (see photo below) with glasses for sauce. Such a sandwich will be juicy and with a piquant point. According to the recipe for cooking, you need to use pork spicy sausage chorizo, popular in Spain, but if you don't have one, you can replace it with slices of toasted smoked hunting sausages. The main thing in the preparation of canapes is the original sauce. Consider how to cook it properly.
However, before tackling the spicy sauce, marinate the shrimp in a mixture of Italian seasonings, lemon juice and garlic with olive oil. Leave them as such for half an hour in a cold place.
Making pepper sauce
First you need to cook sweet bell pepper. To do this, clean it from seeds and cut into four parts. Then put them in a preheated pan without oil and fry until a black charred crust forms. Put the slices of vegetables in a plastic bag or wrap in plastic film, let cool completely. After this procedure, the skin from the pulp can be removed quickly and easily.
In a blender bowl, drop pepper, diced tomatoes, add salt to taste, a little sugar and chili pepper if desired. Mix the ingredients until smooth. Pour the sauce into small stacks for portioning.
Composing canapes
According to this recipe, canapes with shrimps then perform the following actions. One edge of the neck is strung on a skewer, then a circle of sausage is inserted and finally another part of the shrimp is pierced with a skewer. Before serving, the canapes are fried on both sides in a preheated pan for three to four minutes.
Then each skewer is placed in a separate cup with sauce. You can sprinkle shrimp with parsley or cilantro.
How to put shrimp on canapes
The picture above shows the main location vectors on small shrimp sandwiches. They can be both on the top layer, and under any other ingredient. The differences also relate to the location of the shrimp itself. It can lie on bread or a snack sideways or tail up. Large specimens are strung on a skewer in the middle or pierced at the edges. In the recipe for shrimp canapes described above, they were generally divided with a knife into two halves (longitudinal section).
The article describes interesting canapé recipes with seafood and original additives. Fantasy with different components can be constantly pleasing guests with interesting tastes. As you can see, making small sandwiches can be pretty quick and easy. The whole family can do the compilation of multi-layer canapes, you can even attract kids. An exciting lesson will distract them from running around the house before meeting guests.