Christmas canapés

Impress this Christmas and New Year’s Eve with scrumptious canapé recipes. Find ideas for sweet and savoury nibbles, as well as everyone-dig-in sharing dishes like our amazing cheesy choux wreath.

Need something festive to drink, too? Take a look at our cocktail recipes for something boozy, or try our non-alcoholic drink recipes.

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Seeded stilton biscuits

Seeded stilton biscuits

Give cheese biscuits a festive twist by using strong blue cheese. Our seeded stilton biscuits...

Vegetarian
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Marinated wensleydale tostadas

Marinated wensleydale tostadas

Learn how to marinate cheese with our easy marinated wensleydale tostadas recipe. Make the cheese...

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Vegetable and sweet chilli spring rolls

Vegetable and sweet chilli spring rolls

These super-simple sweet chilli spring rolls tick the ‘dirty vegan’ box – even avowed meat...

Freezable Vegan Vegetarian
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Pigs in blankets sausage rolls

Pigs in blankets sausage rolls

What do you get if you cross pigs in blankets with sausage rolls? These Christmassy...

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Gunpowder potato puffs

Gunpowder potato puffs

These easy, Indian-style puff gunpowder potato puffs are almost too good to share… but they...

Vegetarian
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Devilled eggs

Devilled eggs

The ultimate Christmas party food, devilled eggs are about as moreish as canapés get. Popular,...

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Oregano, rosemary and ’nduja sausage rolls

Oregano, rosemary and ’nduja sausage rolls

Oh, sausage rolls. How we do adore you. With your light and flaky pastry shell...

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Mini crayfish and crab brioche bites

Mini crayfish and crab brioche bites

We’ve given the seventies-style prawn cocktail an update with these crayfish and crab brioche bites....

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Spiced paneer with quick-pickled cucumber

Spiced paneer with quick-pickled cucumber

These little paneer bites are the new cheese and pineapple…We think they’re going to catch...

Vegetarian
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Simple cheese straws

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Simple cheese straws

This scrumptious cheese straw recipe makes the perfect nibble for your Christmas cocktail party and...

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Prune and apple sausage rolls

Prune and apple sausage rolls

Fruit adds a pleasingly sweet note to the filling of these apple sausage rolls. Alter...

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Anchovy rarebit

Anchovy rarebit

Lucas Hollweg recommends eating this rarebit just as it is or posh it up on...

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Red onion chutney, olive and goat’s cheese twists

Red onion chutney, olive and goat’s cheese twists

These moreish goat’s cheese twists are an easy-to-make, yet impressive dinner party nibble. And they...

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Cheesy choux wreath with hot smoked salmon and horseradish dip

Cheesy choux wreath with hot smoked salmon and...

An impressive tear-and-share cheesy profiterole wreath served with a fiery smoked salmon, horseradish and cream...

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Prawn tikka bites

Prawn tikka bites

Your favourite Indian takeaway in bite-size form: tikka masala spiced prawns, mango chutney and natural...

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Brie & pastrami melts

Brie & pastrami melts

Delightful little olive and walnut toasts are topped with slices of pastrami, melting brie and...

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