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.
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Snacks and nibbles
Chilli-pickled asparagus gildas
Said to be the first ever pintxo (the famous bar snacks of the Basque country in northern Spain), our gildas get a seasonal British twist by swapping out the peppers for spicy pickled pieces of asparagus. Delightful!
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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 warmth of Korean gochujang.
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Trout recipes
Trout cocktail boats
Impress your guests with these retro trout cocktail boats. The lettuce boats are loaded with homemade triple-citrus cured trout.
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Blue cheese recipes
Blue cheese gougères
Bake a batch of these blue cheese gougères and watch them get hoovered up in seconds. Pillowy, cheesy, crisp and creamy all at the same time.
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Canapé recipes
Yorkshire pudding canapés
This canapé takes mini Yorkshire puddings and brings them into street party territory with a filling of the classic ham, cheese and chutney.
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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 meal or canape.
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Christmas canapés
Crispy roast chicken vol-au-vents
Ditch the boring combos and bring in our crispy roast chicken vol-au-vents with hot and herby harissa at your next party!
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Christmas canapés
Kimchi prawn cocktail boats
We’ve added kimchi to these prawn cocktail boats for tangy crunch, and the spruced up dressing of sriracha and soy sauce brings a very 2020s twist to the 70s classic.
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Trout recipes
Spinach and smoked trout roulades
Our savoury spinach and smoked trout roulades are amped up with the fruity flavour of crushed pink peppercorns. A fabulous canapé!
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Canapés and cocktails
Gougères with pineapple chilli jam
These up-to-date gougères prove that the combo of sweet fruit and salty cheese is still a winner for party food.
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Miso recipes
Miso devilled eggs
Who doesn’t love a devilled egg? This Japanese-inspired version of the retro classic vastly improves the original by amping up the umami with a spoonful of miso. They’re the best devilled eggs you’ll ever eat.
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Sweet tart recipes
Orange curd mini tarts
Fill mini tarts with luscious orange curd and top with vanilla mascarpone. They make the perfect small, sweet bite for Christmas parties.
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Crab recipes
Crab toastie
This unashamedly luxurious crab toastie recipe elevates the classic crab sandwich to Christmas-party-with-bubbles-worthy heights.
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Christmas buffet recipes
Cheesy Marmite puff pastry swirls
These simple but sophisticated cheese scrolls keep for 2 months in the freezer. Have a batch on hand ready for Christmas parties and nibbles.
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Make-ahead Christmas recipes
Harissa lamb kofte bites
These freeze-ahead kofte bites are perfect for Christmas parties and festive nibbles.. Serve the harissa lamb kofte with cooling yogurt dip.
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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 with lemony aioli.
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