Canapés

These are finger foods, the kind of foods you make to eat with drinks, snack foods really – alright, they’re canapés, though I really hate the word and all the connotations that it brings with it. I once worked (for less than a week) at a canapé catering company where I stuffed cherry tomatoes with pesto, boned whole quails and spent a merry afternoon squirting custard into tiny tart shells with a syringe.

They’re easy to make, they’re brilliant with a glass of something boozy, they might even looks impressive on a platter, and, most importantly, they taste great.

A

• Apple pierogi with warm apple compote

B

• Baked camembert and cranberry sauce
• Bruschetta with ricotta and artichokes

C

• Caramelized onion sour cream dip
• Cheese gougères
• Chocolate popcorn
• Crispy fried pizza bites
• Cucumber rounds with lemon crème fraiche and smoked salmon
• Cucumber sandwiches

D

• Devils on horseback

E

• Edamame
• Endive autumn salad

M

• Mozzarella and mango chutney wonton parcels

P

• Pan con tomate
• Potato rosti with sour cream and caviar

R

• Roasted zucchini chips with a curry yoghurt dip

S

• Sausages in bonfire marinade
• Spicy beef lettuce wraps
• Sticky cola BBQ ribs
• Sweet and salty popcorn
• Sweetcorn fritters

T

• Truffled mushroom bruschetta

U

• Union Square Café bar nuts