Sweet and savory canapes are often seen at festive feasts, especially at events that are held in the form of a buffet table. In this article, we will show you how to properly prepare a herring canapé.
Recipe content:
- About canapes
- Tips for making canapes
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
About canapes
Mini-sandwiches canapes were invented in Italy at the end of the 19th century especially for official receptions. These small snack sandwiches are most often strung on colorful, beautiful skewers, for which it is convenient to take and eat them whole at a time. Such a snack can often be found today at various holidays, incl. and at home celebrations.
Small canapes usually make no more than 50-80 g in weight, they are made up of fresh or fried pieces of bread or all kinds of thinly sliced foods. Anything can be a filling: meat, fish, cheeses, any canned food, vegetables, herbs, etc. Canapes are fastened with thin forks or serving bright skewers, the originality and variety of which is amazing.
Making canapes is a creative process that takes time and is close to art. There are a lot of options for their preparation, but today I will talk about a simple and interesting version of canapes with herring. Such canapes are perfect as an appetizer for strong alcoholic drinks, especially men will be happy with it.
Tips for making canapes
- To fasten the canapes, you can use not only special plastic skewers, but also skewers for barbecue, or wooden toothpicks.
- So that the products do not spoil their appearance, it is better to cut and prick them on skewers before serving.
- You need to cut the products into not very large pieces, so that it is convenient to eat canapes.
- To prevent the filling from falling apart, you can grease its layers with butter or vegetable oil.
- In order for the canapes to look beautiful on the table, you can decorate the dish with it with sprigs of herbs.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 87 kcal.
- Servings - 20
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Lightly salted herring - 1 pc.
- Pickled cucumbers - 3 pcs.
- Potatoes - 2 pcs.
- Salt to taste for boiling potatoes
Cooking herring canapes
1. Wash the potatoes, put them in a pot of water, add salt and boil until tender. The cooking time for potatoes may vary depending on the variety. The main thing in this process is not to boil the potatoes, otherwise it will fall apart and the canapes will not work. Therefore, keep an eye on the cooking process. I also advise you to choose medium-sized tubers for the canapes so that the canapes are not too large.
2. Peel the boiled potatoes and cut into round slices about 8 mm thick.
3. While the potatoes are cooking, peel the herring. To do this, carefully remove the film from it, cut off the head, remove the insides and divide the fish into fillets, from which remove the black film from the inside and wash under running water.
4. Cut the fillet into slices 1, 5 cm thick.
5. Cut the pickled cucumbers obliquely into slices of about 5 mm.
6. Now collect the canapes. Put potato slices on a dish, on which put cucumber slices on top. Place herring slices on top of the cucumbers. Secure the canapes with skewers and serve. If you will not be serving the appetizer right away, I advise you to wrap it in a plastic bag (T-shirt) to preserve the freshness and appearance of the dish.
See also the video recipe on how to cook the "Korabliki" herring appetizer.
