When I first made this, my husband was quite sure I’d lost my marbles – the combination is quite unusual lol. But the sweetness & acidity of the strawberry and heat of the sriracha work very well together with the salmon. The ciabatta was chosen as I’ve always loved the taste of freshly baked bread, but even crackers or blini would work quite well 🙂 Ingredients: Strawberries Regal Sliced Smoked Salmon Ciabatta loaf Cream Cheese (spreadable) Sauce: 1 teaspoon Sriracha Sauce 1/2 tablespoon Soy sauce 1 tablespoon strawberry jam Method: Mix the Sriracha sauce, soy sauce & strawberry jam, & set aside. Cut strawberries into pieces. Preheat the…
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Confession Time
Dear Reader, I have a confession to make. Shhhh. In one way, it’s probably not the most appropriate time to make this confession, but in another, it’s probably the only time I can. One thing I must say first, is that no one has come to any harm with this confession. My wee family is as strong as ever, and those close to us understand this is our choice. You see, dear readers, we don’t do Santa. shock, horror, oh my word . Yes, you read right, we don’t do Santa. Yes, we do Christmas, presents, family, traditions, food & fun. But, not Santa. Phew, so glad that’s off my…
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Day 8 : Chocolate Mousse Fruit Dip
Chocolate & fresh fruit – the two things my kids are guaranteed to eat without any fuss. A great party food, shared lunch for school or even just dessert 🙂 Ingredients: Strawberries Kiwifruit Banana Greggs Rich Chocolate Mousse Mix (will need 1 cup of milk) Method: Prepare the chocolate mousse mix as per the instructions on the packet. I’ve used lactose free milk. Decant into a serving bowl. Wash, & cut into smaller pieces, the strawberries, kiwifruit & banana. Use food picks to serve the cut fruit, with the chocolate mousse as a dip. Enjoy! 🙂 Note: As with all my 12 days of Canapés recipes,…
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Day 7 : Asparagus Toast
This canapé was enjoyed by almost everyone that I tried it on. I guess its a twist on the asparagus rolls that were once a familiar sight at any get together in NZ 🙂 I learnt 2 things whilst coming up with this canapé – 1. I don’t know how to cook asparagus & 2. Whilst I’m not a big fan of asparagus (probably because I’ve always only had tinned asparagus), master 4 loved it! Ingredients: Sliced Toast Bread Heinz Seriously Good Aioli Watties Tinned Asparagus Method: Toast the bread. I did mine in a standard pop-up toaster, but you could toast it on a baking tray in…
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Day 6: Cheese Straws
To be honest, before doing this canapé, I’d never actually made cheese straws. It was always something I had bought, but now that I have done these, there’s no way I’d buy them again. The homemade version is so much better, IMHO! They’re great for party food, snacks & even lunchboxes. Ingredients: Puff Pastry sheets (at least 2) Cheese (I used a combination of mozzarella & colby) Barkers of Geraldine Capsicum & Apricot Chutney Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Place 1 sheet of puff pastry down on a flat surface Spread the Barkers Capsicum & Apricot Chutney evenly across the pastry On this, sprinkle a thin…
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Day 5: Caprese Sticks
A great, easy, no-cook, make ahead, summer canapé. Ingredients: Bite size Tomatoes (I’ve used grape or cherry) Cheese (Caprese generally uses mozzarella or bocconcini, but I’ve used camembert because its more readily available, cheaper & most importantly, my kids eat it) Fresh basil leaves Method: Cut the cheese you have chosen into cubes or pieces of similar size to your tomatoes Cut each tomato in half Thread the tomato, cheese & basil onto a food pick or skewer in the following order: Basil, top half of tomato, cheese, bottom half of tomato Arrange on a platter Enjoy! 🙂 Note: As with all my 12 days of…
