What is canapé?Whoever did not meet this name, he asked a similar question. After all, not everyone knows that this is a variant of the usual sandwiches on the festive table. But they are only reduced and more diverse.
It seems nothing special, but tasty canapés will not only decorate any table, but will also become a wonderful snack that will surprise with originality. It is only necessary to include imagination.
So what is canape and how to serve it? This is a miniature sandwich made from bread toasts, with a variety of fillings. Also this snack can be presented on a skewer.
Shpazhka - not only the decoration of snacks, but also withpractical side is very convenient. The size of the canape is small. So you can send it to your mouth at once, and by grabbing a skewer, you can do this in one motion and do not stain the stuffing of your hand.
There are several rules regarding canapés:
- Since the sandwich is small, its weight should not be more than 80 grams;
- the filling can be varied: meat, vegetable, cheese, fish, pate, sweet options are also possible;
- canapes can be served without skewers, but then they should be eaten by hand;
- the toasts themselves should be made thin, no more than 7 millimeters thick, they should be either roasted (it is best to use olive oil), or dried in the oven;
- the form of canapes can be very diverse: round, oval, triangular, and rectangular;
- for the substrate, bread can be replaced with vegetables, fruits, and crackers, and chips, and cheese, and biscuits;
- that mini-sandwiches looked more brightly, it is possible to combine different colors;
- filling canapes for receptions consists of several layers; the most convenient and popular are three-layered;
- Of course, you can do five and six layers,but there are some nuances: firstly, they are uncomfortable in that they do not fit in one mouth at a time, and secondly, it is very difficult to achieve a harmonious taste of the products from which the canapes are made.
Some people make canapés of fresh bread,believing that there is practically no difference, between fresh and toasted. Here they are wrong. On a toasted toast, a mini sandwich will keep its original look the whole evening, while on fresh bread this is not achieved.
We figured out what canapé is. And how to serve them? Here are a few nuances:
- they need to be served cold, it is best to send it to the refrigerator for a while;
- to present such a snack preferably ona wide dish and in large quantities: lay out the canapes with one layer (of course, some experts are able to lay out a small masterpiece from small sandwiches, and no one feels uncomfortable, getting some canapé, but here one needs skill);
- it is necessary to watch, that near such snack always there were napkins;
- on the buffet table, the skewers need not be stuck in the canapé, they can simply be placed next to the dish;
- Canapes should always be served on the table by one of the first dishes, if suddenly someone is hungry, then such a minimum snack will temporarily calm the appetite;
- mini sandwiches can be consumed with almost all drinks, from alcoholic to tea.
To make simple canapés on skewers, you will need:
- bread base (white or black bread, but the best option is a baguette);
- sausage, cheese, fish, fruit, vegetable products, you can also use caviar;
- if there are no special skewers for canapé, toothpicks will replace them perfectly.
First of all, you need to dry the bread, and thenalready it cut, giving the necessary form. If you toast, it is not strong, so that there is no golden crust. After this, using a paper towel, it is necessary to get wet from excess oil.
Then you need to decide on the main filling. If she:
- meat, then you can do with fat, bacon, cold boiled pork, chicken, pate;
- fish, then herring, caviar, red fish;
- cheese, then use any kind of hard cheese (fused does not fit);
- vegetable (tomatoes, Bulgarian pepper, cucumber, eggplant, olives);
- fruit (grapes, apples, pears, strawberries, bananas).
To decorate canapes and improve taste qualities, you need:
- olives or olives;
- grapes;
- Cherry tomatoes;
- Capers;
- gherkins or pickles;
- quail eggs;
- a lemon;
- hard cheese;
- berries, for example cranberry;
- fresh herbs.
To ensure that the guests are satisfied and well fed, you need to count on each about 10 pieces of one type of miniature sandwiches.
Now consider simple recipes canapé festive, for which you can quickly prepare interesting snacks.
The basis here should be from black toasted bread. On it it is necessary to put butter or oil creamy, a little podtoplennoe and well mixed with the crushed dill or a leek-leek.
The herring should be laid out in small pieces, and a delicate lemon slice will serve as an excellent decoration.
For this type of mini sandwiches, the breadbread will not be needed. Here you need one kind of any hard cheese, which should be cut into not very large cubes.
The second component is suitable for cheese, Adyghe, Suluguni. One of these cheeses should be cut in the same cubes as a hard one.
As an ornament and the third ingredient will serve as an olive, which is threaded on a skewer between cubes of cheese.
It is based on a salt cracker. It is smeared with some paste. Then it is decorated from above with greens, olives, cornichons.
Для основы здесь нужен белый хлеб, который should be prepared on toast. Any smoked meat is cut into thin slices. Cucumbers are best to take small. They should be cut into four parts. Each quarter is wrapped in meat and attached to the canapé with a skewer. You can decorate with a branch of greenery.
For the base is perfect any toastedbread toast. If you wish, then it can be applied a thin layer of butter. Chicken fillet is cut in small pieces, which need to be slightly marinated and fried in sesame, preferably with olive oil. As decoration and the third component is suitable olive. You can also decorate with greens.
The basis here will be rings of fresh cucumber, butjust need to make sure that the vegetable is not bitter. The next layer will be boiled chicken eggs. A piece of salmon is put on it. And in the end - hard cheese. All ingredients are connected with a skewer.
Canapes on the holiday table made of olives will become indispensable. They are done very quickly, since the bread base is not needed here.
Take several types of cheese, not very cutlarge dice. Olives and olives can be taken whole or divided in half. These components are pinned on a skewer, and as a result it turns out not only very tasty, but also beautiful. Appetizer will look great between other dishes.
For housewives who love to pamper their guestssomething unusual, useful recipe canapes of olives and cheese "Philadelphia". The shape of the snack will resemble a penguin. Large and small olives are chosen separately. In those that are larger in size, small slices are cut out, and a piece of cheese is neatly put inside. This is the torso. A smaller olive is taken for the head, a horizontal incision is made, and a piece of carrot is inserted.
The very same vegetable is crushed into rings, which cut a small segment (nose). A torso is placed on a circle of carrots, and a head is placed above. It all connects with a skewer.
Как сделать канапе на стол? Просто.We offer you canapes with champignons. To make them juicy, you need to melt the cheese and grate the egg on a fine grater and mix with greens and mayonnaise. There should be a homogeneous thick mass. Small balls are made of it.
The basis of these mini-sandwiches will serve as cucumber circles, and the top - pickled mushrooms. All is connected with a skewer.
Cooked simple canapes of sausage will delight not only the taste, but also the appearance.
Many housewives believe that boiled sausage sandwiches are a bit out of place for guests. But to make canapes with it is quite another matter.
They are done quickly and at no extra cost.Rye bread is taken, cut into small pieces. A leaf of lettuce is placed on top of it. Then boiled sausage, sliced thinly and twisted ring. All is connected with a skewer. To top it off, add one grape.
Smoked sausage canapé can even be madeslightly exotic. Toast for the substrate will be from Borodino bread. Pineapple is placed on top (can also be canned, but juice should flow from it). At first, one side of a thinly sliced smoked sausage ring is placed on a long skewer, then an olive, olive, grape, if desired. After - the second side, and stuck in the base.
This dish can be a highlight of the solemn feast. First you need to make cheese mass. It may also be different:
- processed cheese, boiled chicken eggs, mayonnaise;
- processed cheese, crab sticks, fresh cucumber and the like.
On a thinly sliced ring of ham superimposed a little cooked pasta. Carefully wrapped and secured with a skewer.
Such rolls can be served as they are cooked. Also for the substrate it is recommended to use bread toast or vegetable base.
In this embodiment, the main stuffing will be shrimp.They need to boil, adding to the water a tablespoon of vegetable oil, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, fresh juice from three cloves of garlic, a teaspoon of salt and a half teaspoon of ground black pepper.
Butter a little soften and mix thoroughly with greens. This mass should be applied to the wheat toast. A shrimp is put on top, and then an olive or olive (as decoration).
And what is a canape fruit? This option requires fantasy. On skewers, you can string a variety of fruits so that the dish looks bright and appetizing.
You can also make canapés based on cookies, biscuit, marmalade, marshmallow, jelly. These original products will perfectly replace the fruit cutting on the holiday table.
Now you know how to make canapes. Recipes with photos presented in the article will help you prepare similar snacks at home. Good luck!
