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Cocktails
Cocktails - This is another kind of
appetizer which may be in the
form of a fruit vegetable juice
mixed with a little alcoholic
beverage or seafoods like shrimps,
crabs, or lobsters served with a
slightly seasoned sauce.
2. Canape
• canape and it usually small pieces of
bread, toast, or crackers, spread and
topped with a highly seasoned food
mixture such as eggs, chicken liver,
ham, bacon, sausage, and others can
pick up the flavor, taste, and even the
color of the canapes.
Types of canapes
a. Anchovy-and-egg canapes
- Cut bread in slices ¼ inch thick and cut
into diamond or round shapes.
- Spread with butter and brown in oven.
When cold, have ready some fresh butter
beaten to cream, and add anchovy paste to
tint and flavor as desired.
- Spread the bread lightly with the butter.
- Set a slice of hard cooked egg in the center.
B. Ham canapes
Cut thin slices of bread in rounds with a
large biscuit cutter.
2. Sauté in butter or brown in the oven.
3. Chop boiled ham very fine, mix with
mustard and a little cream spread on the
bread, and cover the top with grated
cheese with a sprinkling of paprika, put
in a hot oven for few minutes for the
cheese to melt.
C. Cheeses canapes - Cover pieces of
sautéed bread with grated parmesan
cheese, sprinkle with salt and paprika.
Let it brown in the oven. Serve at one
•D. Chicken Canapes
Prepare the following ingredients:
o 1 canned chicken
o 1 ½ cup shredded cheese (1/2 mozzarella. ½
cheddar, or your choice)
o Green onions sliced
o 2-3 garlic cloves crushed
o 2-3 tablespoons mayonnaise
o Fresh tomatoes (diced)
o 1 baguette or French bread sliced (for bigger)
Mix all the ingredients and spread on the bread
• Transfer to oven and bake on 450 degrees for 6-8
minutes or when the cheese is completely melted
•E. Prune or fig canapes
Soak the fruit in cold water for ten minutes, cook
in a little hot water till tender, cut the figs in
quarters, and remove the stones from the prunes.
Stew the fruit with sugar and a little water, using
one tablespoonful of sugar and a half cup of
water to a cup of the fruit. When the sugar and
water is mostly cooked in the fruit, add two
tablespoons of sherry wine, cook for two to three
minutes and place on sautéed squares or rounds
of bread, and then cover the top with whipped
cream. These make a very nice dessert and can
be cooked on the chafing dish.
F. Fruit canapes - all kinds of
preserved fruit can be used, the fruit
being heated and a little wine added if
cared for, placed on the sautéed bread,
covered with whipped cream. Peaches
and pineapple are particularly good
served in this way a little brandy can
be added to the peaches.
Alexandra canapes rec
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Sandwiches
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SANDWICHES