Canapés and Verrines

By 9th May 2011Uncategorized

Easy gourmet catering canapes Require canapés for a cocktail-breakfast, lunch or evening occasion?

We have a range of delicious menus to fit the bill.

Canapés Breakfast

Fried quail eggs on a spinach and hollandaise bed in pastry cups (V)

Mini bagels with smoked salmon, cream cheese and chives

Cumberland cocktail sausage turnovers

Mini croissants filled with roasted ham and cheddar cheese

Small ciabatta rolls with bacon strips and brown sauce

Mini mozzarella and black olive scones (V)

Mini scrambled egg and crispy bacon crostini

Mini muffins in assorted flavours (chocolate, blueberry, choc-chip) (V)

Bacon, onion and cheddar mini quiches

Mini brioches with scrambled eggs and tomato  (V)

Canapés Lists for Lunch and Evening Occasions

MENU A

Meat

Marinated grilled chicken breast on a bed of Waldorf salad in a celery boat

Mini Yorkshire puddings with roast beef and horseradish

Bamboo chicken roll satay skewers

Mini Cumberland sausage with onion chutney turnovers

Spanish meat balls in red pepper dressing on fondant potatoes

Chicken and leek pies with a coarse grain mash

Pepperoni pizzettes topped with roasted red pepper and salsa verde

Fish

Lightly spiced white fish and coriander mini fish balls served with aioli

Smoked paprika cured salmon and capers with dill tartar on rye bread

Teriyaki salmon bamboo skewers

Sentenced prawn mini quiches

Poached salmon and Thai green curry rillette on mini breads

Diamonds of fried cod with spinach and hollandaise sauce in a pastry shell

Smoked salmon with cream cheese crostini with black fish eggs

Tempura king prawns with soy sauce

Vegetarian

Stilton cheese soufflé tartlet

Baby jacket potatoes with mature cheddar and spring onions

Cherry tomato baby mozzarella fresh pesto red pepper mousse pastry

Deep fried wonton filled with mushrooms duxelles

Grilled Carpaccio of courgette filled with Moroccan couscous ratatouille (vegan)

Mature cheddar, rosemary and red onions mini muffins

Garden vegetable and cheese quiche

Cottage cheese and leeks croustade basket with fresh pesto

Butternut and pesto with parmesan risotto balls

MENU B

Meat

Rare Lamb rump with parsnip puree, blackcurrant jelly and fresh mint on Provencal Herbs shortbread

Roasted beef wellington stuffed with seed mustard

Cumberland Sausage with mustard mash and truffle sauce in filo pastry case

Slow roast pork belly, with roasted potatoes and crackling in red wine gravy

Rare Roast Beef, sweet potatoes puree on button mushrooms with horseradish cream

Smoked Duck Breast, Savoy cabbage in balsamic dressing and roasted plum toasted brioche

Chicken balotine stuffed with tapenade and sun dried tomato

Rare roasted beef on a truffles mushrooms croustini

Fish

Mini salmon en croute with spinach and ricotta

Smoked haddock Kedgeree mini fried balls

Dill Salmon Gravalax on bamboo stick

Min Tartlet of cod in saffron pie in filo cups

Smoked haddock kedgeree fried balls

Large prawns on lime wedges and dill served with cocktail sauce

Skate Rillette with chilli and coriander served in Chinese spoon

Vegetarian

Herbs shortbread toast of feta cheese tapenade, sun blush tomato

Quails eggs with puys lentil and fried shallots salad with chives hollandaise

Mini Tartlet of goat cheese & tomato and black olives mini quiche

Wild mushroom and truffles oil frittata topped with chives and cream cheese

Goat cheese wrap in roasted walnut, rosemary sable with cherry tomato dried thyme crown

Pumpkins and pine nuts parmesan with green oil Risotto

MENU C

Pichintos, Terrines and Verrines

Be creative and surprise your guests with a more unusual style of canapés. With the elegance and size of canapés, pichintos, terrines and verrines offer a healthier way of eating.

Beetroot, cured salmon, garlic wild mushrooms, lime Chantilly

Fatayer with butternut squash and feta

Kibbeh (minced beef) with mint yogurt

Crab and avocado salsa with lime and chilli verrine

Mini chorizo in jerez vinegar and tomato marinade

Cream of zucchini, mushrooms, truffle oil and parmesan

Croquettes of salt cod with alioli

Fresh anchovies marinated in garlic and fresh pesto served on toasted sour dough bread

Pork belly with mango and black olive verrine

Pichintos de gambas marinated in lemon grass, chilli and coriander

Feta, mint, tomato, cucumber fresh pesto verrine

Scallops wrapped in jamon with saffron verrine

Tuna Niçoise salad verrine

Beetroot, feta and grilled artichokes verrine

Grilled chicken, sweetcorn, pea shoots, pineapple and coconut milk

Chargrilled tuna, roasted baby vegetables, mint couscous, Spanish olive tapenade and yoghurt verrine

Pork pichintos marinated in Spanish spices

Mint, cucumber and goat’s cheese Chantilly verrine

Chorizo, peppers and smoked paprika rice

MENU D

Mini Barbecue Pichintos

Barbecue Kibbeh skewer (minced beef)

Mini chorizo in a marinade of peppers

Barbecue pork belly with mango and black olive

Pichintos de gambas marinated in lemon grass and chilli

Grilled scallops wrapped in pancetta with saffron salsa on mini toast

Skewers of chargrilled tuna and wine cherry tomato

Pork pichintos marinated in Spanish spices

Chorizo pizzettes topped with roasted red pepper and salsa verde

Skewers of chicken, coriander and lemon grass

Skewers of Provençal vegetables marinated in pesto

Skewers of baby potatoes with rosemary and garlic butter

Chef carving organic Spanish ham in front of the guests to serve as canapés

Pan con Spanish jamon  – this easily serves up to 150 guests and can be offered at reception drinks of for an evening buffet.

Free-Range Cebo Iberian Ham:

Our Iberian ham comes from pure-bred Iberian pigs raised in semi-wild conditions and fed on grain and pulse crops in pasturelands. The ham is produced using the best traditional, handmade methods. The hind legs of the Iberian pig are processed with salt and then undergo a very slow drying and maturing process which gives them the organoleptic typical texture and flavour. Curing time is 36 months. All this is done subject to the strictest quality controls.

Dessert Canapés

Tartes au citron with lemon zest confit

Raspberry tarts topped with crunchy pistachio

Mini chocolate brownies with powder snow icing sugar

Seasonal fruit crème pâtissière tarts

Strawberries in chocolate coating

Mini crème brûlées

Mini strawberry cheese cakes

Forest fruit tarts

Mini apple crumbles

Spoons of roast peach and toasted almonds in port wine syrup

Mini tiramisu

Mini lemon pies

Mini chocolate mousse cups

Raspberry and elderflower jelly shot glasses

Mini Eton mess shot glasses

Blackberry pâtisserie shot glasses

Trio of chocolate shot glasses

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