Culinary masterpieces in the form of canapés on skewers

The name of small canapé sandwiches came from the French word "canapé", which means "tiny". Width canapes up to 5cm. In the form of the basis for this wonderful dish, choose mainly bread, loaf or biscuits. But this is a fancy snack, and it all depends on the basic table layout, and also on what ingredients you want to make canapes from.

In the South-West of the European continent, in each bar and cafe you can find an abundance of mini sandwiches, which are served in the form of snacks for alcoholic beverages, for tea and coffee, and even as a dessert. We canapes also found their admirers and confidently take the lead at banquets, cocktails and picnics.

The basic rule by which ingredients are chosen for this dish are products with a pronounced flavor, so that you can immediately feel the full taste of canapés, and not after a dozen eaten sandwiches. For example, very popular: salmon, parmesan cheese, anchovies, salami, bacon, caviar. In the form of decoration, most often, spicy greens, lemon, olives, cowberry, cherries are used.

Multilayered sandwiches are convenient because they can be eaten by hand. Often sandwiches-"turrets" adorn with a small fork or skewers, but this is not only an ornament, with their help it is convenient to take tiny canapes. Skewers and forks keep all the layers together, which excludes the possible incidents of a collapsed sandwich in front of everyone. It is due to the combination of practicality and beauty that canapés on skewers are so popular in the culinary world.

To make a miniature sandwich, you can cut the bread into squares or rectangles, but do not stop at the classical view. Cut the bread into triangles, rhombuses or circles, they will be more interesting and attractive. Usually, a canapé is served at the table on skewers of several kinds. It is advisable to choose for your different fillings your own bread-shaped bases from the most suitable sort of bread.

Served at the table canapes taken on a wide flat dish, placing in groups or in a row for several varieties of sandwiches. Multilayered "turrets" without skewers are not very convenient to take from the dish by hand, so you will need a fork, scapula or a wide knife, as for a cake.

The main recipe for canapé is very simple. Bread can be fried in cream or olive oil, and bake in the oven until a crust is formed. Sometimes bread is dipped in an egg and fried in oil, which resembles our originally Russian croutons with egg. The cookies, breads, a slice of hard cheese, potatoes or a tomato will also be good for a base. And what you decide to put on top, it really depends on your imagination.

Canape Cheese Fantasy

By morning tea or coffee can be served light canapé with a simple cheese filling. In order to prepare "Cheese Fantasy", a lot of time will not be needed. Especially they are good for breakfast or a five-minute rest at work with a cup of fragrant coffee. Take the salty cookie "cracker", put a thin slice of frozen butter on it, on top of a slice of cheese and tomato, decorate with a small sprig of parsley and olive. Cheese can choose from any of your favorite varieties.

Canape on skewer "Salmon with caviar"

Such mini sandwiches are perfect for a cocktail party. On a slice of Borodino bread, apply a layer of butter, then a little shredded horseradish, which is pre-placed on the strainer to remove any excess liquid. Top with a slice of salmon, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs and decorate the caviar. Grind the ingredients with a skewer. Done, you can serve to the table.

Krabiki Canape

Unusual for the combination of products "Krabiki" to taste simply adorable. To make them, you will need slices of white wheat bread, which must be fried in butter. On the resulting toasts put sauce (mixed in equal shares of mayonnaise and ketchup) and at the center of the crouton put sliced crab meat, flavored with mayonnaise. Thin plate of cucumber roll in the form of a "sail" and put on a canape, fasten with a skewer.

Canapé on skewers "Exotic extravaganza"

Especially like fruit canapés on skewers for children. They can decorate and diversify any festive table. For their preparation you need a hard mango, peeled and cut into slices, banana and kiwi slices, slices of pineapple. On a large dish lay out mango slices, on top put banana, pineapple and kiwi, fasten them with skewers. Dish with fruit canapé put in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Before serving, pour honey or thick syrup from the jam and sprinkle with sesame.