I was given this recipe by Marilyn who attended one of our Canapease classes. She said it was delicious, easy, went in the freezer and made lots and lots and she was right on all four counts. It is a great one to have tucked away and everyone seems to love it. Ingredients - makes approximately 50 4 thick slices white bread (1.5 cm thick seems to work well) 1 large egg white 40g full fat cream cheese (I used Philadelphia) 75g strong cheddar, grated 75g butter Salt and pepper Cayenne Method Line 2 large baking sheets with baking parchment. Use bread that has dried out, either a few days old or toast it on the lowest setting for a minute or two. A sandwich loaf is easy to cut neatly and giv
These little choux puffs freeze brilliantly, so they are a great one to have in the freezer for busy times. Alternatively they will keep them in the fridge for a couple of days, take your pick, they are delicious whichever way you choose to store them. This recipe makes masses of light and spicy golden bites, which is just as well as they are soon gobbled up. Give them a go, choux pastry is far easier to make than you would imagine. Ingredients - makes approximately 45 For choux pastry 110g plain flour 75g butter 3 eggs 175ml water 1/2tsp salt 125g chorizo, skinned and finely chopped Paprika Method Preheat oven to 180 Grease 2 baking trays. Bring butter, salt and water to bring to a boil
This is the first of 6 canapes to have stored away in the freezer for Christmas gatherings. These miniature cheesecakes are really tasty and look far more complicated than they actually are and they can be simplified right down as you can see below. You do need to get some mini silicone cake cases though. The ones used here are made by KitchenCraft and are the same ones used for the strawberry and pistachio cheesecake recipe. Ingredients - makes 12 50g soft goats cheese (essential Waitrose French soft goat’s cheese or similar soft and creamy cheese or just use all cream cheese) 30g soft cream cheese (Philadelphia or similar) 30g savoury oatcakes (Nairn’s oatcakes/gluten free oatcakes) 20
We enjoyed lots of duck dishes in Hong Kong and the inspiration for this little canapé came from our trip. I hope you like it. Ingredients 60g cooked duck 0.5 tsp Chinese five spice (if using uncooked duck) 30ml hoisin sauce 40g cucumber, chopped 1 small salad onion, chopped Chives Romaine lettuce leaves 2 filo pastry sheets (I get about 12 cases out of each sheet) - or use Rahms ready made cases Melted butter or light flavourless oil, such as grapeseed Mini muffin tin Plain sided cutter Method For the filo cases: Brush the inside of the mini muffin tin with a little oil or melted butter Cut the filo sheet into strips 4.5 cms wide and then cut the strips to make squares, each measuring aroun
