A festive feast is not only the joy of meeting with dear people and a sense of celebration, but also stress, since you will have to cook a large amount of food in a short time. In this case, an appetizer on skewers can help - a light and quick dish, which in most cases does not require heat treatment, but looks very elegant. From a small set of products you can create many options for snacks, while the combination of tastes will not be boring or monotonous.

Below are the simplest and most delicious options for cold appetizers and canapes, which are easy to prepare from a small selection of products.

Skewers appetizer with cheese and ham

For the preparation of snacks you will need ham, cheese of hard varieties, for decoration you can use slices of fresh cucumber or medium-sized olives without pits.

Cut the cheese and ham into the same squares, if desired, you can make the ingredients of a round or polygonal shape. First, a decoration is strung on a skewer - a small piece of fresh cucumber or seedless olive. After that, ham is pounded, and then cheese. The resulting snacks are carefully laid out on a serving platter. If desired, they can be decorated with greens. Serve chilled.

With salami sausage on the festive table

 

This appetizer has an exquisite taste and will have, by the way, at the festive buffet reception, at home or at work.For its preparation you will need high-quality salami sausage, white bread, lettuce, fresh or pickled cucumber for decoration.

The sausage is cut diagonally into thin slices, they should be in the form of an elongated oval. The bread is cut in small elongated slices, the salad is torn apart by hand with small pieces. Cucumber is cut into large cubes.

Products on a skewer are strung as follows: the basis of the snack is bread, a leaf of lettuce is placed on it, after which it is the turn of salami, which is either rolled into a roll or bent in half. Decorates the resulting appetizer with a small cube of cucumber.

The treat is served chilled. The plate can be decorated with fresh herbs and lettuce.

Smoked Chicken Canapes

Not only delicious, but also a hearty snack. For its preparation you will need white or gray bread, lettuce, smoked chicken, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes.

The assembly of skewers begins from the bottom up, the ingredients are arranged as follows: the basis of the snack is a small piece of bread, on which a small piece of salad leaf and a little dill are placed. After this comes the turn of smoked chicken, previously sliced ​​into medium-sized slices. Then comes half a cherry tomato, and a small piece of sweet pepper will become the decoration of the design.

To decorate the dish, you can use lettuce leaves, as well as fantastically chopped tomatoes and cucumbers.

Skewers appetizer Mushroom glade

A delicious and interesting buffet snack, for the preparation of which the hostess should stock up on the following ingredients:

  • crab sticks;
  • 1 egg
  • processed cheese;
  • mayonnaise;
  • fresh cucumber;
  • pickled champignons.

The quantity depends not only on the number of guests, but on the taste preferences of the inviting party.

Boil the required number of eggs, grate. Grind crab sticks, mix with eggs, add a little cream cheese and mayonnaise. A plastic mass should be obtained from which the balls will be molded. It should not be too wet (balls float) and too dry (will crumble).

When the balls are ready, the time comes for the cucumber, it must be cut into circles of the same thickness.

After that, the snack is collected as follows: a cucumber is placed at the very bottom, a small ball of the resulting mass is placed on it, after which the design is decorated with a medium-sized pickled champignon.

Cooking with Red Fish and Olives

Easy to prepare but delicious dish. For its preparation, you will need white bread, sliced ​​red fish, olives and parsley for decoration.

Cut bread and fish into small pieces, parsley separate the greens from the branches. The basis of the canapes is bread, it can be lightly anointed with a small amount of butter. After this, the fish is laid, it is bent or rolled into a roll. An olive is placed on top, and the whole composition is decorated with a parsley leaf.

Serve chilled.

With cucumber and shrimp

 

An interesting version of the appetizer on skewers, which is prepared easily, and eaten quickly. For this dish you will need canned peeled shrimps, large fresh cucumbers, cut into thin oval slices, a little fresh low-fat cottage cheese and white bread, sliced ​​in medium-sized squares.

The assembly is as follows: a piece of bread is smeared with a small amount of cottage cheese, a cucumber twisted in a roll is placed on it, and then the shrimp is carefully placed, and the appetizer is decorated with a sprig of dill or parsley.

Canapes with brown bread and herring

Despite the fact that simple products are used for cooking, it always turns out to be tasty.

To prepare it you will need:

  • brown bread sliced ​​in small squares;
  • herring preserves (pieces should be small);
  • a little onion, sliced ​​in rings;
  • pickle.

A ring of onion is placed on the bread, a herring with a slice of pickled cucumber is placed on top.Additionally, you can garnish with a mixture of dill and parsley leaves.

Bacon recipe

 

A simple and tasty dish, for the preparation of which you will need 3 ingredients: thinly sliced ​​bacon, green pitted olives and some salad leaves.

First you should prepare a serving dish, covering it with salad. After that, each olive is wrapped with a piece of bacon and pricked on a skewer. The resulting appetizer is laid out on a dish and served at the table.

With pickled cucumbers

This ingredient is found in many canapé snacks, and this recipe is no exception.

To make it, you will need dark bread, cut into small pieces, gherkins, cut in half, raw smoked hot sausages, olives and greens for decoration.

Bread acts as the basis of the snack, a large piece of gherkin is placed on it. Then carefully placed a small piece of hot sausage, which is decorated with black olives with a leaf of greenery. This appetizer should be strung from the bottom up, so that it turns out symmetrical.

Skewers appetizer with mozzarella cheese

 

It will be a great addition to an Italian-style party. To make it, you will need mozzarella cheese in the form of small balls in brine, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves and balsamic sauce.

The assembly is as follows: mozzarella, basil leaf, cherry tomato. Sprinkle the finished appetizer with basil sauce and serve immediately. A long stay in the refrigerator will degrade the taste of the food.

With quail eggs for a buffet

Quail eggs themselves are a delicacy. They are perfect for use as one of the constituent snacks for the buffet. With their help, you can cook an original and tasty dish "Stuffed eggs with red fish."

He will need quail eggs, cream cheese, some red fish, dill, pepper and salt, as well as large raw carrots.

Boil eggs, cut into halves, separate the proteins from the yolks, chop the last. Pass the fish through a meat grinder or punch in a blender. Mix cheese, fish, eggs, finely chopped dill, and stuff the halves of the eggs with this mixture. Peel and cut the carrots into circles. On a skewer, chop one half of the egg, then carrots, the second half of the egg.

Decorate the serving dish with lettuce leaves, lay eggs on skewers on them and serve chilled to the table.

Berry canapes on the festive table

A rich field for experimentation opens here. You can use any fresh berries, alternate them on skewers in any order, dip in sugar and pour over melted chocolate.

 

Gooseberries, raspberries and mulberries are taken. Gooseberries are cut in half, berries are chopped into a skewer in the following sequence: half gooseberries, raspberries, mulberries, raspberries, half gooseberries. The resulting appetizer is sprinkled with powdered sugar and immediately served on the table. You can also use strawberries in combination with grapes and black currants.

Ladybugs with salmon

This dish will decorate the holiday table and will appeal not only to adults, but also to children thanks to the original serving.

For its preparation you will need bread, butter, cherry, slightly salted sliced ​​salmon, pitted olives, greens.

Cut the tomatoes in half, cut the resulting halves again, simulating the back of a ladybug. Spread the bread with butter, put a little salmon and greens on it. Put the cut half of the cherry on top. Cut the olive in half, use one part as the head of a ladybug, chop the other and use it to simulate black spots on the back of the insect.

Serve on a large dish decorated with lettuce and herbs.

From pineapples and crab sticks

This appetizer looks unusual, and the combination of tastes will not leave guests indifferent. The unfamiliarity lies in the fact that bread is not used for it, canned pineapple plays its role.

 

For cooking you will need: canned pineapple rings, crab sticks, cheese, mayonnaise, eggs, salad. Put pineapples on a dish, garnish with lettuce on top. Finely chopped boiled eggs, crab sticks and cheese, mix with mayonnaise. Put the resulting salad on pineapples with salad leaves and serve.

Walnuts Dried Prunes

The combination of ingredients has an interesting taste. For cooking, you will need large pitted prunes, walnuts, a little fresh garlic, mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste.

Grind nuts and garlic, season with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. If desired, you can add a little dill. Soak prunes briefly in water until soft, dry on a napkin, and then cut in half. After that, start the dried fruit with the mixture obtained, connecting the halves. Put on a dish and put in the refrigerator for an hour. After that, decorate with herbs and serve.

Sweet snack on skewers for children

 

If the party will be attended by children, then you can cook a tasty and healthy treat that will be bright and memorable thanks to the combination of berries and fruits. To do this, you need dark grapes, black currants, halves of strawberries, slices of canned pineapple in syrup and diced apple and kiwi.

First, grapes are strung on skewers, then currants, kiwi, pineapple, apple, and the top is decorated with a half of strawberries. Serve on a platter, previously spread out with a fan.

Thanks to the ease of preparation and the elegant look, skewer snacks have won the love of many people around the world. The main thing is to correctly combine the ingredients and decorate the dish before serving, and then success among the guests will not be long in coming.

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