Vegetarian Christmas canapé recipes
Serve up these vegetarian Christmas canapé recipes to your meat-free guests. Find fritters, easy cheese straws, arancini balls and (our personal favourite) rarebit stuffed gougères.
Make the most of the air fryer with our range of recipes: vol-au-vents, and rarebit scones. Gochujang devilled eggs add a kick, whilst spiced paneer makes a fabulous option. Get all your canapé needs sorted with our full range of canapé recipes.
Jazz up classic Christmas fare with our Glow Up mini recipes: five easy ways to add oodles of flavour. Dip canapés into our festive hazelnut, orange and chilli oil or brush them with a sweet and sticky pomegranate, fig and marmalade glaze. Simple!
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Christmas air fryer recipes
Air fryer sesame egg mayo vol-au-vents
These moreish vol-au-vents with sesame egg mayo are the perfect make-ahead party bites. Best of all, you can cook them in the air fryer.
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Christmas air fryer recipes
Air fryer mini stilton-rarebit scones with onion chutney
Preparing Christmas canapés like these stilton scones in advance, then cooking them in the air fryer for a few minutes, is a lifesaver.
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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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Nuts
Chilli, honey and soy roast nuts and seeds
These easy salty, sweet and spicy roast nuts and seeds from River Cottage's Gelf Alderson are everything you could want in a snack.
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Budget Christmas party food
Pickled walnut and cheese rolls
These moreish walnut and cheese rolls are a perfect no-fuss nibble for Christmas parties. Make them ahead, then pop in the oven on the night.
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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
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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Pickled recipes
Breaded pickled shiitake mushrooms
These breaded mushrooms are crisp on the outside, but soft, sharp and sweet with umami notes inside. A real treat for Christmas parties.
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Crostini
Goat’s cheese and chicory crostini with balsamic pickled shallots
A perfect nibble to have with champagne, these goat's cheese crostini are easy to make ahead so all you have to do – when guests arrive – is assemble them.
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Vegetarian Christmas canapés
Gunpowder potato puffs
These easy, Indian-style gunpowder potato puffs are almost too good to share... but they do make fab Christmas canapés.
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Canapés
Devilled eggs
The ultimate Christmas party food, devilled eggs are about as moreish as canapés get and a must for the Christmas table.
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Canapés
Cheesy polenta fritters
There are so few ingredients in these little cheesy morsels and yet they’re so tasty. Serve them as a canapé or snack before a dinner party.
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Vegetarian Christmas canapés
Spinach and pine nut palmiers
You can make these freezable canapés ahead of your party. They make a great snack with champagne or you can serve them as a starter before mains.
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Canapés
Spiced paneer with quick-pickled cucumber
These paneer bites are the new cheese and pineapple. Give these Indian-inspired canapés a go at your next party.
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Canapés
Simple cheese straws
Cheese straws are the ultimate party food and these are quick and easy to make. You can use any leftover hard cheese to make them.
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