Canapés

                                       fantastic for cocktail parties
impress your friends or business customers
                   stunning, stylish food at surprisingly low prices

Canapes 8

Courgette Candles

Canapés are the perfect way to greet and impress friends, colleagues and customers, at any informal event, whether at your home or business premises. They are little bundles of flavour presented on serving platters, usually handed round to guests who take one and pop it straight in - maximum 2 bites is the rule. They are great ice-breakers too!

Canapés can be hot or cold, meat, fish or vegetarian, or based on a particular cuisine (Spanish, Indian...). Usually a balanced mixture of canapés will be put together to your requirements and budget.

Prices start from £4 per person, which would provide around 6 canapés each, suitable as light nibbles with drinks. If you are having an open evening and are not sure of the numbers attending, then you can simply order a set number of items, from around 60p per item. I will cater for much smaller parties than the big boys, who typically only cater for 50 people upwards.

For a full canape "buffet", requiring 12-14 items per person, the cost would be £8-£12 per head, depending on the dishes selected.

The canapés will be assembled and served at your home or office, with hot items cooked on the premises. Don't worry if you don't have cooking facilities, as long as you have an electric socket I can cope! I can also provide waiting at extra cost (£12.50 per hour). I am based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, and so am well placed also for Huntingdon, Peterborough, Cambridge and holiday cottage in Norfolk. See my prices page for more details.

Please note: although I now have limited weekend availability up until Christmas 2011, if I can't personally cook and serve at your event I am happy to prepare and deliver canapés for your function in advance. Please get in touch to discuss.

Choose from the range below, or let me know your own requirements:

Vegetarian

Courgette Candles
roasted artichoke and sun-dried tomato puree wrapped in
strips of courgette
Hot Cheese Puffs
crunchy, gooey bundles straight out of the pan
Black Olive Tapenade and Pickled Vegetable Crostini
Grilled Figs with Almonds and Cinnamon
Fresh Medjool Dates
with Cream Cheese, Orange Blossom Water, and Toasted Almonds
Roasted Pepper and Red Onion Marmalade Crostini
Quail Eggs with Dukkah Dip
hard-boiled eggs with olive oil and a spicy
nutty dip
Stuffed Pimientoes
with a choice of:
goats cheese and olive
cream cheese and garlic
tapenade and mozzarella
Galloping Horses
pineapple chunks topped with thai spices
Tomato, Basil and Goat's Cheese puff pastry squares

Fish

Smoked Salmon Blini
salmon, horseradish cream, quails egg on a mini
pancake
Smoked Salmon with Mango Salsa Crostini
Spiced Thai Fish Balls
Spiced Prawn Filo Wraps
tangy "Thai" style deep-fried bundles served with sweet
chilli dip
Prawn Pastries with Roasted Artichoke and Yellow Pepper Purée
Japanese Style Seared Tuna
rolled in sesame seeds, skewered with wasabi, pickled ginger, radish and cucumber
Tuna or Monkfish Skewers
marinated in rosemary and garlic, wrapped in prosciutto
(my signature dish!)
Cherry Tomatoes stuffed with Crab Mayo and Basil Leaf
Crabcakes with Lime and Chilli dip
Saffron Roulade with Caviar and Lemon Cream

Meat

Mango Salsa and Prosciutto Crostini
Pinchitos Morunos
marinated spiced pork skewers
Mini Lamb Kofta with Mint and Yoghurt dip
Venison, Roasted Pepper and Red Onion Marmalade Crostini
(or beef)
Prosciutto, Pear and Rocket Rolls
Terayaki Beef in Lettuce Cups
with cucumber, red onion, chilli and
coriander
Parma Ham wrapped Grissini with Pesto dip