What appetizer looks best on the festive table? Of course, canapes. Fruit or vegetable, it simply pleases the eye with the brightness of colors and the beauty of design. In addition, canapes are a great option for a children's holiday. Kids often get bored for half an hour sitting on plates and picking salads with a fork. It’s much more fun to grab a sandwich or canapes on the run and continue the game. The hostess of canapes (fruit, vegetable or even meat) pleases with the ease of preparation.
So what can be prepared for the holiday?
Pineapple Canapes
You will need a can of canned pineapple, mango, banana, lemon and honey. Peel and cut a banana and mango - a banana in circles, and a mango in rings or slices, a centimeter thick. Pineapples are cut into small cubes. Prepared fruits are strung on skewers, alternating with banana, mango and pineapple. The first and last should go a circle of banana. When the canapes are ready, they are watered with lemon juice and honey. If the honey is too thick, you can not douse the canapes from above, but dip them on one side.
Peach canapes
Ingredients: 2 peaches, 2 kiwi, orange and 2 apples. The fruits are peeled and cut into circles, 1 cm thick. Of them, identical circles are squeezed out with a glass and collected for a skewer or a toothpick. Collected in the sequence: apple, orange, kiwi and peach.
Fruit canapes
You will need: pineapple (canned), mango and banana. Bananas are cut into circles, 1 cm thick. Peel and remove the nucleolus, cut into rings, squeeze or cut out a circle of the same size as a banana circle. Pineapple rings are divided into 2 parts. Fruits are harvested on skewers. First they pierce the pineapple along so that it resembles a sail in shape, and then put on a circle of banana and mango.
Canapes with grapes:
It will take: a handful of green grapes, plums, a couple of peaches and pears, banana and kiwi. Fruit is thoroughly washed and chopped. Peel the kiwi, banana, pear and peach . The banana is cut into rings, the plums are divided into 2 parts and the stone is removed. If the plum is large, it can be divided into 4 pieces. Peaches and pears are cut into cubes, kiwi - in circles. Prepared fruits are picked for a toothpick. Below is a circle of banana, then kiwi, pear, plum, peach and string a grape berry on top.
Canapes with grapes and cheese
To do this, several grapes are washed and separated. It is advisable to choose seedless varieties and different colors (red, black, green). Cheese should also be of different shades - white, yellow or marble. Pieces of cheese are divided into small cubes of 1-2 cm in size and put on skewers, alternating with multi-colored grapes.
Strawberry Canapes with Cream
You will need a large apple and some berries of strawberries. They wash the apple, peel it, cut into rings 1 cm thick, squeeze a circle from each ring with a glass. Wash strawberries and divide them into 2 halves. A drop of whipped cream is squeezed onto each, pierced with a skewer and an apple circle is pierced from below.
Canapes fruit "Traffic light"
To cook it you need to take: nectarine or peach, a couple of kiwi and 3-4 strawberries. Remove the nucleolus from the nectarine and peel it, cut it into cubes. Kiwi is also cut into cubes, previously washed and cleaned. Strawberries are halved, after which berries and fruits are combined with skewers. First comes a strawberry, then a cube of peach, and the last piece of kiwi.
Canapes "The Sun"
You will need a banana, peach, pear and an apple. The banana is peeled and cut with ringlets, about a centimeter thick. Peel the remaining fruits, remove seeds from them and cut them into large cubes of 2 cm each. After that, they pierce the fruit with skewers - first an apple, then a peach, a pear, and complete with a circle of banana.
It should be remembered that some fruits darken over time, so cook the canapes shortly before serving.