It’s always handy to have a few tasty and easy Canapes up your sleeve for over the Christmas and New Year periods. Usually I end up with the staple of sausage rolls and cocktail sausages, and this year I wanted to do something a little bit different. Here are a couple of tasty Canapes for this Festive Season
Brie and Cranberry Parcels
Ingredients (Makes 12)
1 Sheet of Ready Rolled Puff Pastry
1 Block of Brie, cubed
1 Jar of Cranberry Sauce
Method
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Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C Fan / Gas Mark 7
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Roll out the roll of puff pastry
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With a sharp knife mark cut out 12 squares
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Lightly grease a muffin tin and line each hole of the muffin tin with a square of pastry
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Drop a cube of brie and a heaped teaspoon of cranberry sauce into the middle of each pastry square
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Cook in the oven for about 15 minutes or until the pastry is golden
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Remove from the oven, cool a little before removing from the tin and then serve
Honeyed Goats Cheese and Roasted Grape Crostini
Ingredients (Makes 20)
1/2 French Baguette
1 Tub of Soft Goats Cheese
1 tbsp. Honey
A Punnet Red Grapes
Olive oil
Rosemary
Method
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Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C Fan / Gas Mark 7
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Slice the grapes in half (you will need approx. 30 grapes) add these to a roasting tray along with a few sprigs of Rosemary, and drizzle with Olive Oil
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Roast in the oven until the grapes start to look a bit wrinkled (around 15 mins), remove and allow to cool
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Slice the baguette into approx. 20 slices, around 1 cm deep, brush with olive oil and toast in the oven until golden brown
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Remove from the oven and leave to cool
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In a bowl mix the tub of Goats Cheese and the Honey together
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Once everything is cool spread the crostini with the Goats Cheese mixture and then top with 3 of the roasted grape halves and decorate with a little bit of Rosemary
