Canapé recipes
Get your party off to a stylish start with our tempting canapé recipes. Try cheese and rosemary sablés, smoked salmon and dill blinis and spiced pea soup shots.
We have all sorts of nibbles to keep your guests satiated, and all of them can be made-ahead, giving you an easy time of it on the night. Canapés should be little mouthfuls of joy, and the best ones are those which delight and impress. Opt for colourful trout cocktail boats, indulgent blue cheese gougéres or gochujang devilled eggs. You’re bound to find something to tickle your fancy among our canapé recipes.
Looking for more of a picky bits type affair? Discover our 100+ party nibbles.
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Budget Christmas party food recipes
Gochujang devilled eggs
Is it really a party without devilled eggs? This timeless canapé gets an on-trend glow-up by way of the savoury...
Trout recipes
Trout cocktail boats
Impress your guests with a twist on everyone’s favourite retro dish, the timeless prawn cocktail. Prawns are swapped with homemade...
Blue cheese recipes
Blue cheese gougères
Bake a batch of these blue cheese gougères and watch them get hoovered up by anyone within five metres of...
Canapé recipes
Yorkshire pudding canapés
This canapé from food writer Georgie Hayden shows how versatile the Yorkshire pudding really is. “I’m yet to meet anyone...
High protein recipes
Sticky pork and pickle lettuce wraps
Fill lettuce leaves with sticky Korean pork, pickled radish and cucumber to make moreish lettuce wraps. Perfect as a light...
Christmas canapés
Crispy roast chicken vol-au-vents
Vol-au-vents deserve to be brought back! They’re simple, endlessly customisable and – with the right filling – very, very tasty....
Christmas canapés
Kimchi prawn cocktail boats
Prawn cocktail will forever be the poster child of 1970s dinner parties, but its appeal is timeless. We’ve added kimchi...
Trout recipes
Spinach and smoked trout roulades
The retro swirl of a roulade always looks impressive – and, thankfully, it’s dead easy to make. Our savoury spinach...
Canapés and cocktails
Gougères with pineapple chilli jam
Anyone attending a kid’s party in the 1980s will remember the sight of a raw potato wrapped in foil, skewered...
Miso recipes
Miso devilled eggs
Who doesn’t love a devilled egg? This Japanese-inspired twist on the retro classic amps up the umami with a spoonful...
Sweet tart recipes
Orange curd mini tarts
Fill mini tarts with luscious orange curd and top with vanilla mascarpone. These freeze-ahead tarts make the perfect small, sweet...
Crab recipes
Crab toastie
Chef Mike Naidoo’s unashamedly luxurious crab toastie recipe elevates the classic crab sandwich to Christmas-party-with-bubbles-worthy heights. Mike’s story: He started out,...
Christmas buffet recipes
Cheesy Marmite puff pastry swirls
Ed Smith’s simple but sophisticated cheese scrolls keep for up to two months in the freezer. Have a batch on...
Make-ahead Christmas recipes
Harissa lamb kofte bites
Ed Smith’s freeze-ahead kofte bites are perfect for Christmas parties and festive nibbles.. Serve the harissa lamb kofte with the...
Summer recipes
Hake croquetas with aioli
Hake croquetas are a family favourite for Spanish chef José Pizarro . He shares his recipe for crisp, golden croquetas...
Asparagus recipes
Asparagus fritters and aioli
Joe Woodhouse’s crisp asparagus fritters with seriously garlicky aioli make a perfect starter or nibble with drinks for late spring...
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