Canape (canapé, franc.) - a popular kind of sandwiches, especially suitable for buffets. The main advantage of canapé is its small size, which together with an attentive approach to the combination of ingredients ensures the continued success of this dish. Sometimes canapes are made on the basis of a small slice of bread, but this is not the rule, the substrate can be not only bread, it may not be, the ingredients use a wide variety. The basic principle of compiling canapes is: taste harmony + convenience of use in a situation of public presence.
Often for the making of mini sandwiches use a variety of delicacies, meat, sea and fish, expensive cheeses, fresh vegetables and fruits.
Recipe for canapé with salmon and cucumber on skewers
Prepare canapé with salmon - a win-win culinary idea for organizing receptions and other types of collective celebrations. These small bright sandwiches will be the decoration of the table, your home and guests will definitely appreciate them. The number of ingredients depends on how many canapes need to be made.
Ingredients:
- salmon slightly salted (fillet);
- baguette (preferably rye) or buffet table bread;
- fresh cucumbers;
- butter, natural;
- dill;
- skewers.
Preparation
Bread is cut into small pieces, remembering that canapé is a "one bite" sandwich. Cut the crust, slightly dry the slices of bread, you can on a dry baking sheet in the oven, in a toaster or electric saber. We cut the fillet of salmon into pieces of suitable configuration. Cucumber we shred across the ovals. Let's cool the bread and butter each piece. From above on each piece we shall lay out salmon and on a slice of a cucumber. Decorate with dill and attach the canapé with a skewer. Put the canapes into a serving dish. A fine snack, for light wines, vodka, gin, berry bitter tinctures or dark beer.
Recipe for canapes with salmon, olives and cheese
Ingredients:
- salmon slightly salted;
- white baguette or fourchette bread;
- cheese fused;
- olives without pits;
- red hot pepper fresh;
- fresh herbs (basil, coriander);
- lemon.
Preparation
We will cut the fillet of salmon with slices of such a configuration that on the piece of bread next to the fish you will put a lemon. Lemon slice thin slices, olives - in half lengthwise, sharp pepper - as thin as possible rings. Bread is prepared, as in the previous recipe. Each of the dried and cooled slices is spread with cheese. On top, lay out a piece of salmon, on the side - a lemon slice. On top of the fish put a ring of pepper, and on it - half an olive. We decorate the canapé with olives and fish with leaves of greenery. We fix the canape with a skewer.
Such canape with cheese and salmon can be well served with special fortified wines (sherry, madera, marsala, port, vermouth), cognac or red beer.