Canaps

The festive table canaps can be seen quite often, especially if the event is held in the form of a buffet. In this article we will discuss how to prepare sandwiches, canaps, and something interesting about this wonderful snack.

Canaps are small snack sandwiches, usually strung on beautiful colorful skewers that they are easy to take and entirely to eat at one time. This appetizer can be seen today at various events quite often, and on domestic holidays she is also popular.

Invented canaps canaps Italians in the late 19th century, and they invented this snack specially for official receptions. The name, derived from the French word "canape", before the appearance of this dish was defined as a piece of furniture. The so-called small sofa from valuable breeds of a tree, whose style was invented during the reign of Louis XV. We have a sofa canap is widespread in the reign of Elizabeth II. Today, the word canap is associated in most people with mini-sandwiches, and that originally the title referred to the piece of furniture, only a few know.

Small sandwiches, canaps usually do, weighing no more than 50-80g, laying on toasted slices of white or brown bread, various pasta products and very thinly sliced products. Filling for canaps can be anything from fish and meat products and delicacies, chicken, pate, sardines, sprats, sliced vegetables (cucumber, tomato, celery leaves, feathers onions, sprigs of greenery and so on). Put it on bread, for convenience, the filling fasten with bread-based thin forks or bright kitchen skewers, diversity and originality which today are dazzling.

Preparation of canaps is a very time-consuming (usually canaps prepared several dozen pieces), but very pleasant. It is a creative process, which is similar to art - to make these sandwiches are very nice and original if desired. Options canaps, of course, very much, and we will tell you about some simple and interesting.

Recipe canaps with salmon and caviar

Ingredients:

100g wheat bread
50g salmon
for 20g of butter and red caviar

greens

Method of preparation:

How to prepare canaps with salmon. Cut the bread slices, each cut with cookie cutters oval pieces for the base canaps. Fry the bread in butter or not to roast as desired, to put on top of a piece of fish, tucked the edge with one hand, to isolate from the confectionery syringe softened butter, put a little caviar, make canaps greens.

Recipe canaps with herring fillets

Ingredients:

100g wheat bread
on 30g herring fillets, butter, potatoes
for 20g mayonnaise and Apple

Method of preparation:

Soak herring fillets in milk, then put out and cut into large strips, potatoes, sliced into strips, fry in deep fat, combine with chopped Apple, herring and mayonnaise. To make the bread pieces - a base for canaps, cut crusts from bread, fry the basics, put the cooked stuffing with herring, decorate canaps greens.

The canaps recipe with bacon and avocado

Photo: retsepty-s-foto.ruIngredients:

8 thick slices of white bread and strips of bacon
3 slices avocado
1 clove of garlic
2 tbsp. lemon juice and dill
St.l. olive oil

Method of preparation:

How to prepare canaps with bacon and avocado. Slices of bread with two sides to dry, then RUB cut garlic in half with one hand and with the same hand greased with oil. Bacon fry 3-min over medium heat, then put on a paper towel, avocado drizzle with lemon juice, put nicely on the slices of bread, top lay the bacon, make canaps with dill and fasten with skewers.

The canaps recipe with sausage and horseradish

Ingredients:

100g black bread
50-80g sausage or ham
30-40 oil with horseradish
greens

Method of preparation:

How to prepare canaps with horseradish and sausage. For cooking oil with horseradish Creamed butter mix with grated fresh horseradish or mustard, adding some salt to taste. Grease prepared with oil base for canaps of black bread. On the circle sausage or ham or cold cuts put the herbs, rolled into a tube and this tube to attach to the base canaps with skewers or sandwich forks.

Recipe canaps with paste

Ingredients:

250g pate
24 piece of bread fundamentals for canaps
12 black olives
6 tomatoes
5 boiled eggs
3 pickles

Method of preparation:

How to prepare canaps with paste. Finely chop the cucumber, mix with paste, mugs chop the tomatoes and eggs, cut in half olive. Lubricate the basis for canaps paste, put on top of each Cup eggs, then a mug of tomato, half of the olives, garnish with greens, bonding canaps skewers.

Methods preparation of canaps many. Based on the principle of making these mini sandwiches, you can follow the recipes and to cook, to come up with something different. Well, visual guidance for the preparation of canaps see videoretsept.

Videoretsept prepare canaps