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The best easy, quick and inexpensive canapé recipes for your Christmas dinner

Canapés

Canapés are a perfect salty snack for Christmas dinner, ideal to eat while waiting for the main dish. These are delicious and very easy to make.

That is why below we offer you at least three options of canapés for your Christmas dinner, and we will explain how to make it. In addition, in the process we offer you some recommendations to make it perfect.

Tuna canapés

Tuna canapés are a perfect way to eat a small portion of tuna accompanied by other elements that enhance the flavor of the tuna. This can be perfect as a Christmas dinner snack.

Tuna canapés

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise

  • 60 grams of Tuna in oil well drained

  • 1 tablespoon of pepper roasted in strips

  • 12 Olives stuffed with pepper

  • 12 purchased tartlets

Steps for the elaboration

  1. Place the tuna in the blender glass, followed by the peppers and mayonnaise. Grind this mixture until you obtain a homogeneous paste in color and texture.

  2. With the help of a spoon, fill the tartlets with one or two heaping tablespoons.

  3. Place an olive in the middle of the filled tart. Repeat the process from the previous step with all the tartlets.

  4. Serve the tartlets on a plate.

Duck mousse canapés

They are a very delicious type of snack, which is made with few ingredients and is easy to make. Therefore, it is perfect for a low-budget Christmas menu.

Duck mousse canapés

Ingredients

  • 125 grams of Duck mousse

  • 3 tablespoons strawberry jam

  • 2 tablespoons crispy fried onion

  • 12 purchased tartlets

Steps for its elaboration

  1. Fill each of the tartlets with a little paté, spreading well with a thin layer over the entire surface.

  2. Add half a tablespoon of jam and spread over the entire pate to prevent it from oxidizing and provide a better flavor.

  3. On top of the jam add the crispy fried onion.

  4. Serve the canapés on the plate where you will present them.

Note: It is best to leave the pate for a few minutes out of the refrigerator before spreading it on the tartlets, so that it is softer and more manageable at the time of use.

Canapé of blue cheese and pears

It is a type of canapé that combines the sweet taste of the pear and the salty of the cheese to achieve an explosion of flavor in the mouth that is a delight. Therefore, it is perfect as a salty snack for good night dinner.

Blue cheese and pear canapés

Ingredients

  • 200 grams of Blue cream cheese or Roquefort cheese

  • 1/2 pear in syrup

  • 12 fried almonds

  • 12 Volcanoes or Tartlets

Steps for the elaboration

  1. Place the blue cheese cream into a piping bag with a nozzle.

  2. Take the volcanoes and tuck the nozzle of the sleeve into its hole, pressing the sleeve to fill the volcanoes with the cream cheese as far as you like. Ideally, it should stick out a bit.

  3. Cut the pear into slices and cut the slices in half.

  4. Place one of the sliced halves on top of the leftover cream from the volcanoes.

  5. Finally, place an almond next to the pear piece.

  6. Serve the canapés arranged on the presentation plate.

Canapés of anchovy pate

It is an excellent and very inexpensive way to make a snack for Christmas dinner, which is not only delicious, but is also very easy to make.

Canapés of anchovy pate

Ingredients

  • 30 grams of Anchovies in oil drained

  • 2 to 3 tablespoons cream cheese

  • 12 half peeled walnuts

  • 12 slices of black olives

  • 12 Volcanoes or Tartlets

Steps for the elaboration

  1. In the blender glass, place the anchovies, followed by a couple of tablespoons of cream cheese. Blend or blend until you get a paste with a homogeneous texture and color.

  2. Place the previous mixture in a piping bag with a curly tip.

  3. Fill the volcanoes, like the previous ones, letting out a little cream.

  4. Place a walnut on top of the cream and next to the walnut a disk of black olive.

  5. Serve the canapés arranged as you like on a plate.

Surumi Canapé

It is a really delicious type of canapé and perfect for those who want to surprise their diners with an elegant snack, but simple to make.

Surumi canapés

Ingredients

  • 4 Surimi sticks.

  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise

  • 1/2 boiled egg.

  • 1 tablespoon ketchup

  • A little chopped Chives.

  • 12 Canutillos (They can be tartlet or volcanoes).

  • Freshly ground black pepper

Steps for the elaboration

  1. In the blender glass, place the chopped crab sticks or surimi, followed by a tablespoon of mayonnaise and half a boiled egg. Finally, add a tablespoon of ketchup.

  2. Sprinkle some ground black pepper to taste over the ingredients.

  3. Blend or blend all the ingredients until you get a homogeneous paste in color and texture. Ideally, the mixture should be thick, because since the éclairs are lying on the plate, the mixture should not come out.

  4. Place the entire content of the freshly crushed pasta in a piping bag with a star-shaped nozzle.

  5. Fill each of the earrings, inserting the peak of the sleeve to the bottom and making circular movements while filling them. Remember that the pasta should stick out a bit.

  6. Sprinkle some chives on the topping cream.

  7. Serve the canapés on a tray or tray for presentation.

Conclusions of easy, fast and inexpensive canapés

These canapés are a delicious, inexpensive and quick way to make salty snacks for Christmas Eve dinner that everyone loves. In addition, it will give the table where you serve them, a touch of elegance.

That is why we urge you to choose any of these recipes and try to recreate it at home and share it with your friends on your social networks.

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