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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Gochujang devilled eggs

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...

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Trout cocktail boats

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...

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Blue cheese gougères

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...

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Yorkshire pudding canapés

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...

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Sticky pork and pickle lettuce wraps

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...

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Crispy roast chicken vol-au-vents

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....

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Kimchi prawn cocktail boats

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...

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Spinach and smoked trout roulades

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...

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Gougères with pineapple chilli jam

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...

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Miso devilled eggs

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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Orange curd mini tarts

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...

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Crab toastie

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,...

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Cheesy Marmite puff pastry swirls

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...

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Harissa lamb kofte bites

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...

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Hake croquetas with aioli

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...

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Asparagus fritters and aioli

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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