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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 or kimchi prawn ones, indulgent blue cheese gougéres, gochujang devilled eggs or golden crab toasties. You’re bound to find something to tickle your fancy among our canapé recipes.

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Dinner party starters

Paul Ainsworth’s The Mariners taramasalata on toast

Taramasalata on toast makes a winning dinner party starter or snack. “There’s no comparison to the homemade stuff," says chef Paul Ainsworth.

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Christmas air fryer recipes

Air fryer potato and smoked salmon canapés

These salmon-topped canapés use tinned potatoes, a great budget standby. Made in an air fryer, they quickly become crispy little superstars.

Gluten-free

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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

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

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

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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Canapés

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

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.

Dairy-free Freezable

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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

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.

Vegetarian

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Miso

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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