Ideas for original skewer appetizers and tips for preparing them

Snacks on skewers are a convenient and effective treat at corporate parties, children's matinees, business or festive buffets (see. buffet snacks). They are always bright, tasty and miniature, prepared for one bite, so guests can taste different options for snacks. The advantage of the dish is also that its preparation takes a minimum of time and effort. You can even involve children, what is so difficult about stringing prepared foods on skewers? It's even funny, and it also gives you the opportunity to dream up.

Savory snack options

The most common canapé snack is a multi-layer mini sandwich. The ideal products for its preparation are:

• hard and cream cheeses;
• ham, bacon;
• salmon, shrimps;
• tomatoes (sort of cream or cherry), cucumbers, bell peppers;
• olives, olives;
• quail testicles;
• avocado, grapes, lemon.

This list does not exhaust all the options, you can shape snacks as you like, but remember that some types of fish (for example, tuna) and meat (beef, pork) are not suitable for skewered appetizers. Recipes with photos of the most interesting canapes are presented below:

1. Greek salad appetizer. It is prepared from the same products as the famous salad - cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, Feta cheese, olives, if you wish, you can add red onions. Make the base of the canapé with cucumber (the hardest ingredient).
2. Green olives stuffed with lemon or anchovies (you can take ordinary olives without additives), wrapped around a thin strip of bacon and fastened with a skewer look very simple and original.
3. Snack "Italian antipasto". The products are strung on skewers in the following order: olives, rolled strips of pickled baked peppers, rolled thin slices of salami sausage, olives and pieces of pickled artichokes.

To decorate skewer snacks especially beautifully and effectively, use special cutting tins and curly knives. With their help, you can cut diamonds, hearts, balls, stars from products, or make cuts with zigzag edges.

Dessert snacks

Fruits can be added not only to fish and meat snacks, but also to make separate dessert canapes from them. Best suited for their preparation:

• apples, pears;
• kiwi, bananas;
• melon, grapes;
• oranges, tangerines, grapefruits;
• plums, peaches, apricots.

Berries are used less often, because they are small, with the exception of raspberries and strawberries.

We present options for dessert snacks on skewers with a photo:

1. For a children's party, canapes with a cake are suitable. The sponge cake should be cut into 3x3 cm pieces and garnished with berries or fruits on top.
2. Fruit and cheese snacks go well with a glass of wine.
3. Champagne is served with fruit canapes drizzled with chocolate.

If snacks are prepared in advance, then before the arrival of guests, they should be placed in the refrigerator, tightened with culinary film on top.

Useful tips for preparing skewered appetizers

1. To serve snacks on skewers on the festive table, you will need a large flat dish, decorated with salad leaves or arugula. It is recommended to place different canapes on it so that it is convenient for guests to make a choice.
2. When forming snacks, remember that products strung on one skewer should be in harmony with each other not only in taste, but also in color. Alternate green and red ingredients (lettuce with ham or tomato), pale and bright (sliced ​​cucumbers with smoked sausage), light and dark (cheese with black olives).
3. Leaves of mint, basil, parsley, lettuce (of course, if they are combined with other products) will help to make the appetizer even more elegant.
4. Some recipes for skewer appetizers include a bread base. There should be little of it, this is not a sandwich, bread in this case is not the main product, but an additional one. Cut the bread slices for canapes curly (square, rhombus, rectangle, circle, triangle).
5. The stores now have a huge selection of plastic skewers with curly tips. When buying them, consider the style of the event: with hearts they are suitable for a romantic date, with funny faces or umbrellas for children's matinees.
6. Don't overdo it when chopping food for your snack. Remember that it is prepared for one bite, so it should not exceed 4 cm in diameter, otherwise you can put guests in an awkward position.

The number of snacks on skewers for a festive feast is calculated depending on the number of invited guests. Each person must have at least 3 canapes of the same type.

Five types of canapes on skewers for the festive table - video