Ingredients - makes 20 20 quails eggs High quality sausage meat (4 sausages worth) 1 chicken egg Flour (to dust) Breadcrumbs (I prefer Panko if you can get) Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade. Boil quails eggs for 4mins and then when cool, remove shells. Divide sausage meat into balls, around the same [...]
Ingredients - makes 20 - 2 duck breasts - Pack of 20 Chinese style pancakes (can buy from most Asian supermarkets - plus they freeze!) - 1 Cucumber - Hoi Sin Sauce (again Asian supermarket buy) - 5 Spice mix - Ginger (either fresh or ground is fine) - Soy sauce - Spring onion/fresh chive [...]
Ingredients – makes 20 10 Brussel Sprouts Half a butternut squash (or 1 sweet potato) Honey Cranberry Sauce Parma ham (optional) Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade Peel and cut the squash/sweet potato into square chunks about the width of your brussel sprouts Cut each sprout in half then add both to a [...]
Sick of leftovers yet? Here's a new twist to use up those brussel sprouts! Plus...everything is better with bacon...especially brussels! Ingredients - makes 20 Pack of 20 brussel sprouts 7 rashers of bacon Cranberry Sauce Method Boil a kettle of water and trim/peel brussels Boil the brussels for 6 mins on a medium heat on [...]
Looking for something to whet the appetite before your thanksgiving feast? These should do the trick! Ingredients - makes 24 1 pack of pre-rolled puff pastry 1 pack of feta (200g) Green pesto Spinach leaves (chopped finely) 1 egg (beaten) Method 1.Preheat your oven to 170 degrees centigrade 2. Unroll your puff pastry and roll out [...]
Because I'm obsessed with sweet potato...and its that time of year that we need something a little more hearty! This works best if you've made a full pie during the week and then can recycle a little extra for canapés when your pals come over! Ingredients - makes 20 200g of Beef mince 1 Onion [...]
A fab option for any veggie friends and a great one to experiment with in terms of different stuffings depending on what you have in the cupboard. Ingredients Mini sweet peppers Giant cous cous Vegetable stock Parsley Feta Method Pre-heat the grill to a medium heat Heat the giant cous cous on the hob for [...]
I did these for a wedding recently...when we ordered the "mini" yorkshires, they pretty much came as normal sized...so if you have a similar problem, I have a solution...re-brand them as "manapés" (man sized canapé) - haha! Ingredients Mini Yorkshire puddings (I just buy frozen ones but you can always make your own if you [...]
Ingredients Puff pastry (I'm lazy and buy the pre-rolled stuff) Parmesan cheese Cherry Tomatoes Fresh Basil Leaves 2 Eggs 280ml of Double Cream Method Pre-heat the oven at 180 degrees centigrade Unroll your puff pastry and cut out with a c.5cm diameter cutter (or whatever works for your tartlet tray) and put in your tartlet [...]
Ok, it's September...I feel like people might be after something a little more indulgent! I tried this out at a dinner party last week as I was intrigued about the combo, but they went down a treat so I had to share 🙂 Ingredients Shortcrust pastry (can buy pre-rolled if you're lazy like me!) 1 [...]
Canapé Queen 