Canapés and cocktails
Our nifty nibbles and classy cocktails will get any party started in no time. Whether you’re handing out pigs in blankets, a crab toastie or some retro devilled eggs, everyone will feel thoroughly indulged by our best party food ideas. Take your pick of the drinks – how about a spicy martini or espresso martini for a crowd or your Galentine’s bash?
Discover more canapé recipes for any occasion.
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Christmas cocktail recipes
Santa’s spritz punch
A cranberry-spiked spritz makes for a crowdpleasing batch cocktail. This spritz gets a festive glow up thanks to a beautifully...
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...
Nut recipes
Chilli, honey and soy roast nuts and seeds
These salty, sweet and spicy roast nuts and seeds from River Cottage’s Gelf Alderson are are everything you could want...
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...
Spicy recipes
Jalapeño mezcal margarita
Are you partial to a margarita? This is the best version of the cocktail we’ve come across. Mezcal (tequila’s smoky...
Canapés and cocktails
Gochujang bloody mary with a soy-pickled quail egg
This fun twist on the iconic hangover cure swaps Bloody Mary’s usual Worcestershire sauce and tabasco with gochujang, a fermented...
Canapés and cocktails
Spicy martini
Fans of the dirty martini, listen up! Swap the green olive for a pickled green chilli and realise what you’ve...
Cocktail recipes
New old fashioned
The whisky cocktail for people who don’t like whisky! Starward’s Left-Field whisky is light and refreshing and their team have...
Cherry recipes
Cherry bakewell brandy
This infused brandy with cherries, almonds and vanilla has got all the delicious flavours of a cherry bakewell tart –...
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...
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...
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