In these parties that are thrown on us, the canapés or starters take on a special role. They decorate our table, give a feeling of abundance, whet the appetite and turn our food into a complete delicacy. However, not infrequently we run out of ideas when it comes to innovating year after year.
The canapés are also something that the little ones love because of their color and combination of delicious products and because have an ideal size for them, who perceive it as an affordable snack.
Next we would like to offer you some ideas to innovate with canapés, but not before remembering that as important as varying the ingredients is ccombine different types of bread on which they sit, whether it is sliced bread, toasted, crunchy, with seeds, puff pastry or any other type. You know, arm yourself with several "containers" of canapés for this Christmas.
Seafood and fish canapes
Ingredients: Surimi, tuna, mayonnaise, spun egg, prawns, biscuits, and dill
Preparation: Mix the drained tuna, the minced surimi, the chopped prawns and the mayonnaise. Place a spoonful over the biscuit and decorate with the spun egg and dill.
Smoked salmon canapes
Ingredients: Smoked salmon, spread cheese, dill, olives and tartlets
Preparation: Fill the tartlet with the blanoc cheese, type Philadelphia and roll a strip of salmon on top, and garnish with a slice of olive and dill.
Canapes of pate and jam
Ingredients: Mini round toasts, duck pate, raspberry syrup.
Preparation: Place the paté in a pastry bag with a starred nozzle and make mounds on the toasts. Drizzle with a little syrup or raspberry jam.
Garlic goat cheese canapes
Ingredients: Soft bread, goat cheese and garlic oil
Preparation: Cut the bread and goat cheese into slices. Toast the bread until it is crisp and place a slice of cheese on each slice, drizzle it with the garlic oil, which we will achieve by letting a couple of garlic cloves marinate in oil for a few days.
Canapes with eggs and mushrooms
Ingredients: Very thin slices of fresh bread, mushrooms, Emmental or Gruyère cheese, butter and eggs.
Preparation: Fry the bread until it is golden and crisp. Sauté the sliced mushrooms with butter and a dash of lemon. Beat the eggs with Gruyère or Emmental cheese and make a scrambled eggs with the mushrooms. Place on the fried bread.