Canapes and Olives Recipe
Canapes
Canapes are often served as an appetizer, they are small sandwiches, which can either be made with thinly sliced buttered bread or bread that has been lightly toasted and then buttered. The sandwich is usually filled with meat or fish paste of your choice and then cut into long strips. The canapés are then tastefully arranged on a plate ready to serve.
Olive
Olives are small fruits, which are a source of oil. Olive oil is healthy and is used mostly in the diet-conscious recipes. Olives should be washed and the stones removed if desired. If at all possible olives should be served on crushed ice.
Canapés and Olives Recipes
Spanish Olive and Cream Cheese Canapés
Ingredients
- Finely chopped pimiento-stuffed green Spanish olives 3 oz,
- Parmesan Cheese 1 oz
- Melted unsalted butter 1 and a 1/2 tablespoons
- Medium-dry Sherry 2 teaspoons
- White sandwich bread 10 slices firm
- Finely chopped red bell pepper 1/4 cup
- Softened cream cheese 3/4 cups
- Finely chopped scallion 1/4 cup
- Sweet paprika 1/4 teaspoon
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Bake toasts until they turn pale gold, for about 8 minutes
- Leave toasts on baking sheet
- Preheat broiler
- Finely grate Parmesan cheese
- Mix olives, cream cheese, paprika, bell pepper, sherry and scallion
- Put this mixture on the top of every toast
- Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top
- Broil until Parmesan cheese begins to turn golden,i.e. about 1 minute
Ingredients
- Plain flour 75g
- Grated Parmesan cheese 25g
- 20 pimento stuffed olives
- Grated cheddar50g
- Chilled butter 75g b
- Mix the flour and butter using your fingertips, until the it looks like breadcrumbs
- Mix the Cheddar and Parmesan and knead lightly to bring the mixture together
- Prepare a 20cm-long sausage and wrap in cling film
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes
- Unwrap and slice 20 pieces
- Take a piece each and press an olive into it
- Cover your hands with the flour and make a ball from the pastry
- Place on a baking sheet
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C
- Bake for 10 minutes until the pastries turn light-gold
Ingredients
- Black olives 1 cup (stones removed)
- Smoked and sliced salmon
- Toothpicks
- Springs of parsley
- French loaf 250 g
- Wash the parsley leaves in the cold water
- Make thin slices of the French loaf
- Make small pieces of the salmon slices
- Take a toothpick and stick a piece of salmon, olive and salmon again
- Stick these toothpicks in the bread
- Garnish with parsley leaves
Red pepper and olive canapés recipe
Ingredients
- Frozen puff pastry 425gm
- Olive oil
- Sun-dried red peppers
- Jar black olives
- Black pepper
- Preheat the oven to 220°C
- Cut a puff pastry into squares and put on a baking tray
- Top each piece with red pepper and black olives
- Sprinkle a bit olive oil and black pepper
- Bake for 10-12 minutes
Ingredients
- Shredded cheddar cheese 6 ounces
- Sliced ripe olives 1 cup
- Mayonnaise 1/2 cup
- Sliced green onions 1/4 cup
- Curry powder 1/2 tablespoon
- Salt as per preferred taste
- 3 split English muffins
- Mix cheddar cheese, olives, mayonnaise, onions, curry powder and salt in a bowl
- Spread over English muffins
- Cut into quarters
- Place on a baking sheet and broil for 1-2 minutes or till the cheese is melted
- These are some of the interesting canapés and olive recipes you can prepare at home.