Fruit on skewers on pineapple. Fruit canapes

07.04.2019 Desserts and cakes

Appetizing bright fruit canapes - great option snacks for the festive table. Children especially love such a treat. But if you add fruits, for example, cheese, bacon, ham or olives, then the dish can already be served to an adult table with alcoholic beverages.

Fruit canapes on skewers as table decoration

To turn fruit canapes on skewers into a real decoration for a rich festive table, first of all, you need to choose the right bases for them. Skewers can be used not only the simplest wooden, but also plastic of interesting unusual shapes. For example, there are colored bright options with miniature hearts, bows at the ends. And men will be more attracted by products made in the form of a long sword or screwdriver.

Other secrets of making canapes to decorate the festive table:

  1. Extra long skewers are more suitable for serving meaty appetizers. If you plan to use only fruits for cooking, it is better to choose short versions of the basics.
  2. You should always make sure that there are at least a couple of bright accents on the skewer. For example, a snack made from slices of banana, light grapes and an apple should be supplemented with a circle of strawberries, large raspberries, peaches or mangoes. Otherwise, guests may simply not turn their attention to the treat and leave it untouched.
  3. Serving canapes is also worth an unusual bright way. Great option - stick them in big fruitfor example, melon, or just make one side of the snack firm (a cube of cheese, pineapple) and place all the pieces on it. In the second version, it is convenient to place ready-made canapes on a large bright plate around a bowl with a sauce suitable for the dish.

Canapes on long skewers can be served like a shish kebab on a rectangular or round dish. In this case, it is worth laying them on mint leaves, a scatter fresh berries or thin circles of citrus. Some housewives prefer to place canapé skewers in tall, stable glasses. Such serving allows guests to take them conveniently.

It is worth serving a snack on the children's table with original design in the form of funny animals. For example, cut a hedgehog out of a pear (make the nose and eyes from dark grapes). Replace the thorns of the animal with short miniature canapes with fruits and berries. Stick the skewers into the pear.

How beautifully cut fruit for an original snack

When slicing fruit for the snack in question, the main rule is not to grind. Otherwise, the fruits will lose a lot of juice and it will be very inconvenient to eat them.

  • The berries are best left intact or simply chopped in half (like large strawberries).
  • Citruses for canapes are usually cut into thin slices and then rolled up in a "sail".
  • Chop the bananas into thick slices.
  • The grapes are left with whole berries.

Appetizers look most effective, for which fruits are cut into pieces of the same shape and size. For example, canapes made of even neat cubes of cheese, pineapple, kiwi and banana, as well as other similar options, look very advantageous.

Step-by-step fruit canapé recipes for adults

At the festive table, at which adult guests will gather with a good appetite, it is worth serving canapes, consisting not only of fruits, but also of more hearty foods... Cheese is best for this. different varieties, ham or other types of meat.

For fruit canapes for adults, it is important to additionally serve unsweetened sauces. For example, hot garlic or honey mustard. They will make the taste of the snack even brighter and more interesting.

With grapes and cheese

Ingredients:

  • high-quality cheese (hard / semi-hard) - 80 - 100 g;
  • light and dark grapes - 80 - 100 g;
  • whole walnut cores - by the number of skewers;
  • fresh tarragon - a small bunch.

Preparation:

  1. For such a recipe, you need to take not too salty cheese. It will need to be cut into neat cubes of the same size.
  2. Wash the grapes, dry them and leave the berries intact. Be the first to string them on skewers closer to the "handle".
  3. Next, place the nut and a small amount of greenery.
  4. The cheese cube is strung last.
  5. Place the skewers on a large flat plate with the stable part down. Decorate to your liking.

Tarragon is an optional snack ingredient. But it gives gourmets an amazing piquant aftertaste. Ready-made canapes go well with dry white wine, any vermouth, and some stronger alcoholic drinks.

With melon and Parma ham

When preparing such a snack, special attention should be paid to cutting the ingredients. The slices must be very thin and neat, otherwise the appearance of the treat will be unworthy of the festive table.

Ingredients:

  • small melon (very sweet) - 1 pc .;
  • Parma ham - 120 - 140 g.

Preparation:

  1. Very sweet, but not overripe melon (so that the pieces are strong and do not fall apart), peel and pitted, chop into medium cubes.
  2. Cut the ham into thin, translucent strips the width of the melon slice. If there is no good sharp knife at home, it is better to immediately buy meat already in plates or ask to cut it in a store with a special device.
  3. Place a cube of melon on the edge of each strip of ham and wrap it with a roll.
  4. Fasten the resulting structures with small skewers or toothpicks.

Lay out ready-made snack on a rectangular dish. Submit with hot sauce, which contains a large amount of pepper and / or garlic.

Lemon with marmalade and cheese

At first glance, this combination of products may seem strange. But in the end, the real one will be on the skewer bright rainbow flavors that will conquer any gourmet.

Ingredients:

  • cheese - 80 - 100 g;
  • marmalade with lemon flavor - 80 - 100 g;
  • olives - 80 - 100 g;
  • lemon - 1 pc.

Preparation:

  1. Olives for such a treat should be immediately selected without pits and without filling. Put them in a colander and drain the excess liquid from the jar.
  2. Cut the cheese into large cubes. Stick it on the skewers first.
  3. Place a miniature lemon wedge on top of the cheese, after selecting seeds from them.
  4. Next, place a small piece of lemon marmalade. It is great if it is made at home. But shop candy is also fine.
  5. The finishing touch is the olive on the tip of the skewer.

It is necessary to try all the components at once, and not separately. Only together they allow you to feel unusual taste treats.

Fruit snack on the festive table for children

If a festive table is being prepared for children, then it is better to make the canapes completely sweet. In this case, fruits can be supplemented with slices of your favorite desserts. For example, marshmallows, chocolate, caramel.

For serving treats, sweet sauces are suitable - ordinary condensed milk (liquid / boiled), sour cream whipped with sugar and mashed banana, melted chocolate.

Bananas, strawberries and marshmallows in chocolate

You can take any marshmallow for a treat - both homemade, and store, and fruit, and berry. It is best to use a chocolate covered dessert.

Ingredients:

  • strawberries - 80 - 100 g;
  • banana - 1 pc.;
  • marshmallow - 4 - 5 pcs.;
  • any chocolate sauce to taste.

Preparation:

  1. Rinse and dry the strawberries thoroughly. Cut each berry into two equal parts. The halves will need to be placed on skewers in two places - at the very beginning and at the end.
  2. Place the filling in the middle - banana circles and chocolate-covered marshmallow pieces. They shouldn't be too large. It is important to take ripe soft fruits, but not green or blackened ones.
  3. You can alternate ingredients in any order. Some housewives increase the amount of strawberries on one skewer at once up to 2 - 3 berries.
  4. Pour ready-made canapes on top with any liquid chocolate sauce... Suitable for this purpose and glaze prepared independently from sour cream, sugar, cocoa and butter.

Serve the appetizer on a large, colorful plate. Decorate with contrasting fresh mint leaves if desired.

Unusual recipe - Jelly on skewers

Ingredients:

  • jelly "kiwi" and "strawberry" - 1 package;
  • condensed milk (uncooked) - 1/2 can;
  • gelatin - 4 - 5 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

  1. Mix the gelatin with half a glass hot water... When the dry ingredient has dissolved, add condensed milk and the same amount of liquid.
  2. Prepare green and red jelly according to the instructions.
  3. Pour the mixture into the mold in layers: green - white - red. Let it freeze.
  4. Turn the mold over and cut its contents into triangles that resemble watermelon wedges.
  5. Insert a skewer into each.

Serve ready-made jelly as a dessert at a children's party.

Fruit platter for a children's party

Ingredients:

  • any whole berries - 2 tbsp.;
  • assorted fruits - about 1.5 - 2 kg.

Preparation:

  1. For canapé snacks for children, you need to take long, thin skewers. They will alternately be planted with whole berries, then pieces of various fruits.
  2. Rinse all prepared fruits thoroughly. Set aside the berries, peel the fruit, if necessary, cut into large or medium cubes.
  3. Place the resulting pieces on skewers. It is advisable to alternate between bright and light fruits. For example, apple cubes and strawberry slices, light grapes and bright mango pulp, melon and watermelon washers.

Any fruit and berries are suitable for such a treat. In addition to those noted above, you can also use peaches, pears, dark grapes, cherries and pitted cherries, raspberries, kiwi, pineapple, blueberries.

Fruit canapes on skewers should not be prepared in advance. Better to do them just before the holiday. You need to store the snack even for a couple of hours under a dense cling film.

Ingredients: bread, olives, sausage, cheese, meat, fish, fruits

The French invented the tiny sandwich and called it "canapé", which means tiny in French. This sandwich is really small, it usually consists of small piece bread or crackers, and put some tasty content on top.

Another meaning of the word canapé is "small sofa", which also corresponds to the appearance of the sandwich. A piece of bread may well pass for the sofa on which one sits delicious fillingconsisting of several ingredients.

There are many variations various fillingsthat you can cook. Each chef brings something of his own into the recipes for such snacks. And anyone who prepares canapes can quite show their imagination and come up with their own variation.

Appearing for the first time at buffets and corporate parties as an overseas guest, canapes quickly migrated to home festive tables. Today, many make canapes at home to decorate the holidays, be it New Years, Anniversary, March 8th. It's not only great snack, but also wonderful decoration table.

It is not at all difficult to prepare such an appetizer as canapes on skewers, but interesting recipes can be found everywhere. Having considered some recipes from the photo, you can cook exactly the same snacks or slightly change them to suit your taste. The best thing about them is that you can take any food that is in our refrigerators.


Herring canapes - simple and tasty

We all know that potatoes, bread, herring, eggs are a great combination that many people love. If all this is seasoned with mayonnaise, grain mustard olive oil the height of perfection will turn out.

Therefore, you can safely use them for this snack. And up small sandwich you can put a sprig of parsley. It will look beautiful and begs for itself in the mouth. We present you the most common recipe for herring canapes.


Cook everything necessary ingredients, namely:

  • herring fillet - 1 pc.,
  • potato tubers - 2 pcs.,
  • egg - 1-2 pcs.,
  • chopped pieces borodino bread,
  • salt,
  • sprigs of parsley
  • mayonnaise - 50 grams,
  • olive oil - 1 tablespoon,
  • mustard - 1 tablespoon.


How to cook:

  1. You need to boil potatoes and eggs and wait until they cool completely. Only after that it will be possible to work with them, just cut into circles. Then put these circles on the canapes.
  2. You will need to prepare a base for your filling. To do this, you need to cut Borodino bread into small pieces in size with halves of potatoes and eggs. To make the sandwiches melt in your mouth, it is better to cut the crusts from the bread. Then the bread must be dried in the oven or fried on a large number oil (you can olive, you can butter).
  3. Now you can start butchering the herring. If bones are present in the fillet, they will need to be removed. Cut the herring into small pieces so you can lay them nicely on the bread.
  4. It's time to prepare the sauce that will give the canapes the most best taste... Take mayonnaise, olive oil, mustard and mix well.
  5. After all this, you just have to put together the whole sandwich. We put the filling in next order: potatoes, eggs, herring. The first and second layers can be additionally salted and spread with dressing. Put the dressing sauce on the very top. Well, like the cherry on the cake, in our case there will be a sprig of parsley that will decorate this delicacy.
  6. Put all the sandwiches on a nice plate, decorate with herbs, pierce with skewers and serve, guests will appreciate such a snack!

Canapes with salmon look great

It is difficult to imagine a festive table without salmon, so try to make canapes on skewers for the festive table with this delicious fish... Salmon will go well with curd cheese and cucumbers. The base, as always, is a tiny piece of bread. The result is a delicious snack.

Consider full list ingredients:


And it will also take you a few minutes to make wonderful delicious canapes.

Preparation:

  • For such a canapé, it is better to take toast bread and cut several squares from it. If you want an unusual shape, make a round bread. You can press through this shape with a glass. And it's better to use cookie molds in general, then you will get the most original canapes, which will undoubtedly decorate the festive table.
  • The cucumbers will need to be cut across into not too thin slices. The slice should not be more than 0.7 cm thick. Place the cucumber on a slice of bread.
  • Then cut the red fish into thin but long strips and dab a small amount of curd cheese on them. Roll each piece into a roll and place it on top of your sandwich - it will look pretty original. The cheese will go down and give the structure stability. It will be difficult not to try such a snack. To make it convenient to take it, you need to put the hat on the tray.


Canapes with shrimps

Seafood can be great ingredient for this kind of snack. Of all the variety of seafood, shrimp is perhaps the most common, everyone loves them for sure.

Take 10 shrimps, 4-5 small tomatoes and bread. The larger the shrimp, the tastier the canapes will be. They will need to be boiled in salted water. After cooking, you need to peel the shrimp from all excess and wait until they cool down. Then cut the tomatoes into several slices.

The bread needs to be dried, it will taste better. But drying the bread is not necessary, you can use fresh. Place the tomato slices on top of the bread and place the shrimp on top. If you are afraid that guests will quickly grab such delicious canapes, then try to cook a large amount.


Canapes with sausages

Of course, our festive tables are hard to imagine without a variety of sausage cuts, such as boiled pork, salami, balyk and many others. With the same success it is mossy to form various meat canapes from them. They will serve as a delightful snack that will satisfy guests.

You can put salami on a slice soft cheese and a slice of pickled cucumber and roll it into a roll. Stick a skewer at the top for comfortable eating. It is not necessary to put such an appetizer on bread, since it is satisfying in itself.

More exquisite option - pepperoni, cream cheese and olives, gourmets will surely appreciate it. Use together with sausages olives, which will give the appetizer a specific and non-standard taste.

Fruit and cheese canapes - an interesting combination

These canapes on skewers look festive and nourish the body. The variety of cheese can be anything. Take whatever you like - feta cheese, suluguni or simple russian cheese... Only if you take processed cheese, then give preference to the good, expensive varieties... Real gourmets can use noble varieties such as Camembert, Dor Blue and others.

You can also take any fruit. It goes well with grapes cheese. But before you use it, cut each grape in half to remove the seed. If you don't, you risk ruining your snack.

For exotic canapes, go for Dor Blue cheese and mango pieces. There are many ideas for forming canapes with cheese and fruits, everyone can come up with something of their own.


Fruit canapé options

Fruits look beautiful, refresh and nourish us. Such an appetizer for the festive table will surely appeal to children, because they love sweets so much!

Making fruit canapes is as easy as shelling pears and takes a minimum of time. It is quite possible to form beautiful appetizer from several types of fruits, which are held together with a skewer. If taken fresh fruits, it is better to sprinkle them with lemon juice so that they do not darken and spoil the appearance.

IN winter time of the year it will be possible to make canapes from canned fruits. But here it is better to put the fruit on the "sofa", as they are softer than fresh. A cracker can serve as a so-called "sofa".

There are many options for fruit canapes. Everyone can think of their own recipe using the most different ingredients for canapes.


One option is to combine mango, pineapple, bananas and grapes. Then it will turn out great snack for a festive table. To make it look attractive, it is best to cut the large fruits into small pieces and leave the small fruits as they are.

For pouring fruit canapes, you can use icing sugar, chocolate icing, honey, which will improve the taste and create a more attractive appearance. Fruit always makes a bright and tasty snack.


Vegetable option

Diversify meat dishes will help simple canapesconsisting of only one vegetable. They can also be served with fish. Outwardly attractive options can be formed from vegetables that will decorate the festive table, add variety to it.

Vegetables are the most the best option for those on a diet. Therefore, you should definitely add to the festive table vegetable canapes.

Vegetables can also be combined with cheese. As one of best lungs options are canapes with cherry tomatoes and mozzarella. To do this, you need to string a mozzarella ball, one cherry tomato and an attractive, low-calorie canapé on a skewer!


Cucumber can be paired with curd cheese, which can be seasoned with chopped garlic and olive oil. Such a filling is laid out on a bread, all this, of course, is pierced with a skewer.

FROM various variations canapes any buffet or festive event will be unforgettable. it perfect snack for any festive events... The main thing is to show your imagination and you can make the most real delicious masterpiecesthat will not leave guests indifferent!



Delicious treats are almost the most important part of the children's holiday. And to make the holiday a success, magic French sandwiches - canapes - will help in this. These "funny sweets" can not only feed and cheer up little guests, but also decorate the festive table with all the colors of the rainbow.

Once upon a time, tiny canapé sandwiches weighing no more than 80 grams were invented by talented french chefs... And since then, canapes, thanks to their simplicity, sophistication and originality, have gained popularity all over the world. Now, on every festive table, you can find canapes with and without skewers, which in skillful hands sometimes turn into magnificent works of culinary art.

For a fun children's party, canapes on skewers are a real find. Firstly, it is tasty, healthy and beautiful. Secondly, the children will not get their hands dirty when they feast on sandwiches on skewers. Thirdly, in such a beautiful "package" children will be happy to eat a not very favorite, but undoubtedly useful product.

French sandwiches can be prepared for any children's holiday... It can be a birthday, a children's party, or a New Year's carnival.

Council. The ingredients for the canapes should be neutral and non-allergenic.

Preparing canapes

To prepare canapes, you need very little: skewers for barbecue or toothpicks, a set of products and your boundless imagination. And if your children also join the process, then as a result of joyful joint creativity, simply unique culinary masterpieces will appear on the festive table.

There are some simple tips for making beautiful, tasty and healthy canapes:


Do not forget to prepare for the children's holiday.

Making canapes

It is very important not only to prepare canapes, but also to decorate them beautifully. Unusually decorated sandwiches will add elegance and solemnity to the festive table. Here are some tips for decorating your canapes:

  • Products cut in the form of figures: stars, circles, rhombuses, flowers and hearts will look very beautiful. This can be done with vegetable cutters or special knives.
  • It will be very beautiful if you string ingredients of different colors on skewers so that the canapes look bright and fun.
  • If there are many different canapes prepared, you can arrange them on large platter or a tray in rows: for one dish - meat sandwiches, on the second - fruit sandwiches, on the third - sweet desserts.
  • Can be used as a dish for fruit or vegetable canapes. For example, stick sandwiches on skewers into a zucchini. You will get a large hedgehog with canapé needles.
  • Sprigs of greenery or flowers will perfectly decorate trays with canapes.
  • Canapes can be a decoration for a dish.
  • Canapes look beautiful in glasses or bowls.

Children's canapes on skewers: recipes

There are a great variety of canapé recipes. We want to offer you a selection of the most simple and interesting ideas making small sandwiches. So, we arm ourselves with skewers and products, we take unlimited imagination as our assistants and start creating.

Canapes from meat and fish products

Canapes with meat and fish ingredients must be on children's table... They are nutritious and will become good complement to the first and second courses. For such sandwiches, ham, beef, turkey fillet are suitable, chicken breast, fish cuts, vegetables, lettuce, cheese, herbs.

Ingredients: boiled pork or boiled meat, white bread, butter, green salad leaf, fresh cucumber, olives and dill.

Put boiled pork on white bread cut into a triangle and spread with butter. Then put on top green salad, rolled longitudinal thin slice of cucumber and olive. String all this on a skewer. An olive tree should crown the pyramid. Hungry after fun games kids will eat such yummy in one minute.

Canape "Ship"

Ingredients: ham or salmon, toasted bread, butter, cheese.

Cut all products except cheese in the shape of a boat. Put ham or salmon on oiled bread. You string a piece of cheese with a skewer in two places in the shape of a sail and stick it into the prepared sandwich. Edible boats are very unusual and delicious!

Ingredients: toasted bread, red bell pepper, pickle, cheese, herbs.

Cut all products into cubes and string on skewers in any order. You will get very simple, bright and healthy sandwiches.

Ingredients: baked poultry, persimmon, prunes.

Slices of baked turkey or other poultry meat, persimmon slices and prunes strung on a skewer. Juicy oriental food will become an exotic novelty for children, and they will appreciate it.

Council. Products on skewers should be combined with each other.

Vegetable canapes

Vegetable canapes should be in every children's menu... Healthy Vegetable Canapes offer an endless variety of vegetable combinations. With the help of tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots, you can come up with interesting fantasy compositions.

Ingredients: Cherry tomatoes, quail eggs, sour cream, herbs.

String one on a skewer quail egg and half a cherry (fly agaric leg and cap). Apply small dots of sour cream on the hat with a wooden toothpick. You will get little fly agarics that will cheer up the kids.

Ingredients: cherry tomatoes, feta cheese or processed cheese, basil leaves.

String on skewers alternately half a cherry, a slice of cheese, half a cherry and a leaf of basil. Very appetizing!

Fruit and berry canapes

All children love fruits and berries. The multi-colored canapes of strawberries, grapes, cherries and pieces of all kinds of fruits will surely please the little guests.

Ingredients: banana, nectarine and canned pineapple.

On the “deck” of nectarine and banana rings, string a skewer with a half-ring of canned pineapple in the shape of a sail, impaled on it.

Such yellow boats will be another godsend for the festive table.

Ingredients: any berries and fruits of all colors of the rainbow.

Pieces of fruit or whole berries are strung on skewers, arranging them according to the colors of the rainbow. Delicious and appetizing delicacy!

Ingredients: chocolate and any fruit.

Dip pieces of fruit in melted chocolate, give chocolate glaze freeze, and string the chocolate-covered fruit on a skewer. These canapes will satisfy even the most discerning little gourmet.

Canapes for sweet tooth

Not a single children's holiday is complete without a sweet dessert. Any sweets will go in canapes for a sweet tooth: marmalade, cookies, chocolate, marshmallows, marzipans, candied fruits, nuts and much more.

Ingredients: marmalade, small round cookies, chocolate and any fruit.

Place small pieces of all the ingredients on skewers one by one. Little gourmets will undoubtedly like these "canapes".

Ingredients: chocolate covered marshmallows and prunes.

On the skewers, string alternately marshmallows, prunes in chocolate and marshmallows again. Extraordinarily simple and extraordinarily tasty!

Ingredients: marmalade and unsalted cheese

They will please any hostess and will delight guests with an appetizing view and a unique combination of flavors. These colorful desserts will be appropriate for family celebrations, weddings, anniversaries, and corporate events buffets.

  1. Fruit should be thoroughly washed under running water and carefully dried paper towels... Remove tough peel, pits and large seeds before cooking.
  2. Berries and fruits are delicate and perishable. Therefore, they should be processed and cut shortly before serving. Otherwise, they will become weathered, drained and darkened.
  3. Lemon juice is the first helper for keeping freshness fruit desserts... Sprinkle on canapes periodically.
  4. Don't be afraid to fantasize with fruit slices. They can be cut not only in the form of circles and cubes, but also interesting figures can be cut with the help of special culinary molds. This makes the dessert even more appetizing.


Dessert canapes decoration

For fruit canapes, use multi-colored plastic skewers or wooden skewers for small skewers. You will need toothpicks to pick up the tiny berry canapes.

Choose the length and type of skewers in proportion to the pieces of fruit and the number of guests. For big company kebab sticks are suitable, and for a sweet table for kids, use plastic ones with curly tips. The kids love bright desserts.

The format of skewers is not the only one, often fruit canapes are made in the form of miniature cakes in a basket, cakes made of cream with fruits, muffins, rolls, fruits are placed in miniature vases, and so on.

To decorate canapes, they also use various cutting of fruits: circles, squares, triangles, curly cutting, for example, in the form of leaves, cutting into thin slices, and so on. For curly cutting, use special devices... If you want to visually find out how fruit canapes are made, we suggest looking at our recipes with photos.


Dessert canapes "Summer"

To make a dessert, use:

  • strawberries;
  • kiwi;
  • a pineapple;
  • apples;
  • bananas;
  • wooden skewers.

Preparation

  1. Wash and pat dry the strawberries. Cut into 4 pieces.
  2. Peel the fruit and cut into arbitrary pieces.
  3. String the pieces in the following order: wedge of melon, pineapple, melon, kiwi, strawberry.


Fruit BBQ

Such a creative serving of dessert will impress the most sophisticated guests.

Ingredients:

  • one large watermelon;
  • three stalks of celery;
  • assorted berries and fruits.


Preparation

  1. Wash the watermelon thoroughly with soap, dry with a towel and cut into two halves. Of watermelon pulp cut out the balls with a mini ice cream dispenser. You can substitute it with a teaspoon, or cut the pulp into small cubes or triangles. Peel the remaining pulp with a knife and eat together with the household.
  2. Cut three round holes along the diameter of the celery stalks on the “cap” of one of the halves of the watermelon. Insert and trim the stems to form a stable tripod bowl.
  3. Under the cut of an impromptu barbecue, thread wooden skewers parallel to each other. They will serve as a grate.
  4. Make canapes from a random selection of fruits, including watermelon slices. The main thing is that all canapes should look the same.
  5. Arrange the sweet skewers on the wire rack.

For added realism, attach a handle to the celery scraps BBQ lid. It's not difficult ?! All you need for sweet canapes on skewers is fruit and a good recipe with a photo.


Sweet canapes "Watermelon and Mango"

You will need:

  • the pulp of half a watermelon;
  • mango;
  • for decoration, you can use borago flowers (cucumber grass);
  • toothpicks.


Preparation

  1. Remove the seeds from the watermelon, peel the mango and remove the pit. Cut everything into pieces of the same size.
  2. Gather the canapes with a toothpick, decorate the top with borago flower. Dessert is ready.


Canape "Rainbow"

Ingredients:

  • strawberries (10-15 pcs.);
  • kiwi (2 pcs.);
  • melon "Ethiopka" with orange pulp (200 gr.);
  • blueberries (10-15 pcs.);
  • pitted red grapes (10-15 pcs.);
  • wooden sticks for barbecue (10-15 pcs.).


Preparation

  1. Peel and dice melon, pineapple and kiwi.
  2. Cut off the top of the strawberries.
  3. Collect canapes in this order: grapes, blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, melon and strawberries.


Canape "Hawaiian boat"

It is not difficult to find fruits on canapes, in addition, they go to any festive table, regardless of whether adults or children are visiting.

Ingredients:


Preparation

  1. Divide the pineapple into 4 pieces, remove the hard core. Use a sharp knife to cut the flesh from the rind. Cut the pulp into triangles, these will be "skirts". And the peel of the pineapple will serve as "boats".
  2. Collect the "girls": black grapes, white grapes, pineapple slice.
  3. With the sharp end of the skewers, fix several "ladies" on the boat in a checkerboard pattern.
  4. Decorate the boat dish with kiwi slices.
  5. Garnish with kiwi halves of dark grapes. The Hawaiian boat is ready.

So simple method many more interesting stories can be created. Imagine!


Canape "Jubilee"

Ingredients:

  • peach (3 pcs.);
  • green apple (2 pcs.);
  • fresh or canned pineapple (200 gr.);
  • orange (2 pcs.);
  • sticks for barbecue (10 pcs.);
  • spoon dispenser for ice cream.


Preparation

  1. Divide the peeled orange into wedges. Remove the film from each slice.
  2. Cut the peach into balls using a dosing spoon, and cut out small cubes from the apple.
  3. Cut thin squares from kiwi and triangles from pineapple.
  4. We string fruit.

Fruit canapes on skewers are so simple that you will quickly learn how to create your own recipes


Canape with melon and lime

You will need:

  • melon pulp, cubes 2-3 centimeters;
  • lime (2 pcs.);
  • bacardiBlack rum (100 gr.);
  • sugar (1/2 cup);
  • mint leaves (3 tbsp. l.);
  • kebab skewers (10-12 pcs.).


Preparation

  1. Without removing the zest from the lime, grate it on a grater (finest).
  2. Squeeze the juice over a small container to make 6 tablespoons.
  3. Pour the melon cubes with the resulting lime juice and sprinkle with the zest.
  4. Then sprinkle the melon liberally with dark rum, coat the slices in sugar and chopped mint.
  5. Then carefully fold the cubes into enameled dishes, cover or pack with cling film. Place the melon in the refrigerator and let it marinate for about 1 to 2 hours.
  6. Before serving, string the slices on a skewer and let stand for a few minutes to drain the marinade.


Canape "Rocket"

You will need:

  • children's marshmallows marshmallows (15-20 pcs.);
  • melon with orange pulp (Ethiopian);
  • strawberries (varieties with large berries, 10 pieces.);
  • wooden skewers (long cut in half, 10 pcs.).


Preparation

  1. Divide each strawberry into three parts, cut horizontally.
  2. Prepare the melon by cutting it into several 2x7cm pieces.
  3. Cut out pieces that look like rocket tails from melon blanks.
  4. Collect the "rocket". First a melon tail, then a piece of strawberry, candy, strawberry, candy, strawberry. The rocket is ready for launch.


Canape "Assorted fruit"

You will need:

  • a large number of different berries and fruits, including pineapple, grapes of two varieties, blueberries, melons, strawberries or small strawberries, watermelon;
  • wooden sticks;
  • uncooled creamy soft cheese (200 gr.);
  • natural honey (1 tbsp. spoon);
  • marshmallow marshmallow cream (1 glass).


Preparation

  1. Cut the fruit in random order. Preferably using a variety of cooking tins.
  2. Collect colorful canapes and place them on a platter.
  3. IN separate dishes toss the cheese with honey and candy cream and serve with the dessert.


Canape "Strawberry in chocolate"

You will need:

  • strawberries or medium-sized strawberries (20 pcs.);
  • culinary cream 30% fat (50-7 g.);
  • dark chocolate (1 bar);
  • skewers (or short kebabs, or plastic).


Preparation

  1. Heat the cream over low heat. Without boiling, remove from heat.
  2. Add chopped chocolate bar to hot cream. Stir well.
  3. Send the resulting chocolate-cream mixture to steam bathso that it does not freeze.
  4. Cool the strawberries and put them on the skewers one at a time. Then carefully dip each berry in chocolate and send to the refrigerator. When the frosting has hardened, you can serve it to the table.


Canape "Santa Claus"

Ingredients (for 15 servings):

  • dark chocolate;
  • lemon peel;
  • lemon juice (1 tablespoon);
  • strawberries or large strawberries (15 pcs.);
  • philadelphia cheese (100 gr.);
  • icing sugar (50 gr.);
  • mascarpone cheese.

Fruit is a decoration of almost every festive table. However, simply putting the delicious fruits in a vase or on a dish is not fun! Therefore, today we invite you to get acquainted with several options for how to make beautiful and original canapes on skewers! These simple recipes are sure to please both adults and kids!

Fruit is a decoration of almost every festive table.

The popularity of fruit canapes

For centuries, a variety of ripe, juicy, fragrant fruits have been an adornment festive tables... Of course, most of us eat fruit on a daily basis. However, if in everyday life, in principle, there is no need to serve fruit in any special way, then this is simply necessary to do this at a solemn feast.

Bright and tasty canapes will wonderfully decorate the table, cheer you up, delight your eyes and taste. Weddings, birthdays, buffets and corporate parties, children's parties - fruit canapes on skewers will always come in handy.

Bright fruit canapes on skewers are a great decoration for any table!

Fruits, marshmallows, cheese and other ingredients

It is clear that for the preparation of these canapes on skewers, the main ingredient is fruit. It is great that you can use absolutely any fruit (as well as berries) to your taste: apples, peaches and pears, melons and watermelons, bananas, oranges, tangerines and lemons, grapefruits, kiwi and pineapples, grapes and strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, cherries, gooseberries, mango and papaya. This list can be supplemented with any fruits to your taste!

For creating delicious decoration tables are suitable both fresh and canned fruits and berries.

In addition to fruits, the following products are often used to make festive fruit canapes on skewers:

Do not be lazy to create a page in your culinary notebook for successful combinations that you and your guests like.

Table: examples of successful combinations for canapes with apple

How beautiful to cut fruit for canapes

First of all, it should be said that fruit for snacks should be cut shortly before serving. This will save the snack from losing juice, which adversely affects both the taste and appearance treats. In addition, those fruits, the pulp of which tends to oxidize and acquire a completely unappetizing dark color (for example, apples, bananas), must be sprinkled immediately after cutting. lemon juice.

The main tools for making fruit canapes are a sharp knife, clean and dry cutting board, wooden or plastic skewers.

Appetizers look much more original, the ingredients of which are cut in an unusual way... So, you can use special knives for curly cutting of fruits and vegetables. For example, using a noisette spoon, you can cut balls and hemispheres from fruit.

Using a noisette spoon, you can cut balls and hemispheres from fruit

And also a great help in business can be metal cookie cutters.

Metal cookie cutters will help you cut fruit beautifully and unusual

Step-by-step recipes for canapes on skewers with a photo

Exotic "kebabs" with peaches or nectarines, bananas, kiwi and coconut flakes

A great option for a family holiday or romantic dinnerwhich does not require absolutely any cooking skills. A simple recipe that everyone loves.

  • 1 nectarine or peach;
  • 1 banana;
  • 1 kiwi;
  • liquid honey - to taste;
  • coconut flakes to taste;
  • some lemon juice.
  1. Rinse nectarine under running water, dry kitchen towel, remove the bone. Cut the fruit into medium-sized cubes. If desired, this fruit can be replaced with a peach.

Cut nectarine or peach into neat cubes

  • Peel a ripe but not overripe banana and cut into thick slices. To avoid browning, sprinkle with a little lemon juice.

    Pour the sliced \u200b\u200bbanana with lemon juice

  • Use a peeler or sharp knife to slice the skin off the kiwi. Cut the fruit into cubes the same size as the nectarine before.

    Dice the peeled kiwi

  • Alternating between fruits, string them onto long wooden barbecue sticks.

    String fruit pieces onto wooden skewers one at a time

  • Transfer the skewers to a platter or large plate, sprinkle with coconut flakes and serve. To brighten up the snack, you can use multi-colored coconut flakes.

    With grapes, cheese and tarragon

    Alluring berries go well with cheese. You can experiment and fantasize by combining grapes of different colors with various types favorite fermented milk product. In addition, these canapes can be supplemented with walnuts or aromatic herbs.

    • 80-100 g of semi-hard cheese;
    • 150-200 berries white grapes seedless;
    • 15 leaves of fresh tarragon.
    1. Cut cheese like Gouda or Cheddar into cubes with a side of 1.5 cm.Try to do this as carefully as possible, since the smooth edges of the pieces are the key to the stability of your canapes on the plates.

    Cut the cheese into neat cubes

  • Rinse the grapes, dry thoroughly. Do the same with fresh tarragon.

    Rinse a small bunch of grapes, separate the berries from the branches, dry

  • Form a canapé by stringing the ingredients onto small wooden or plastic skewers in the following sequence: grapes, tarragon leaves, cheese cube. Make sure that the skewer does not pierce the cheese to the full height of the cube, otherwise the canapes will not be able to stand firmly on the plate.

    String grapes, tarragon and cheese on small skewers

  • Chill the appetizer for 15 minutes at 15 degrees before serving.

    Help yourself to your health!

    An appetizer made of grapes and blue cheese, such as Roquefort, will turn out to be original and tasty. And to slay the guests with your culinary skills on the spot, you can add this unusual combination fresh or canned mangoes.

    A combination of juicy grapes, exotic mango and blue cheese will amaze the most sophisticated gourmets on your holiday!

    BBQ canapes made from watermelon, pineapple, strawberries and other fruits and berries

    Such unusual design fruit snacks will come in handy for a birthday, a children's party, and a wedding. It takes a little work, but the result is worth it!

    • 1 large watermelon;
    • several stalks of celery;
    • long wooden barbecue skewers;
    • assorted fruit and berries to taste. In this case, we used an assortment of:
      • kiwi,
      • strawberries,
      • pineapple,
      • blueberries,
      • grapes,
      • watermelon pulp,
      • mango.
    1. Wash, dry and cut the watermelon in half with smooth edges. Remove the pulp of the watermelon and transfer to a bowl, a little later it will be possible to cut out figures for "barbecue" from it.
    2. Punch three holes in the bottom of the watermelon. Set the barbecue upright using sturdy celery stalks of equal length.
    3. Put dark berries (blackberries, black grapes) inside the watermelon - they will imitate coals.
    4. Make a barbecue grate by piercing half of the watermelon with long wooden skewers.

    Use half a watermelon and wooden skewers to make a base for a fruit barbecue

  • On the rest of the skewers, string pieces of fruit and berries.
  • Place the skewers on a wire rack, chill the appetizer slightly and serve immediately.

    Fruit BBQ is a great decoration for any table!

    Recipe for kids - rainbow with fresh and canned fruits

    As with the previous recipe, we can say that this type of snack is suitable for any holiday. Fruit canapes "Rainbow" are especially popular among children.

    Rainbow canapes for a wonderful mood!

    • strawberry;
    • tangerines;
    • canned pineapple;
    • white and black grapes.
    1. Prepare everything you need. Canned pineapple discard in a colander or sieve, leave to drain the syrup. Divide the peeled tangerines into slices. Rinse strawberries and grapes, remove the stalks, dry well.
    2. String the prepared ingredients on skewers, using the well-known rhyme - "Every hunter wants to know where the pheasant is sitting!" The first letter of each word in this phrase, which is familiar even to little ones, will tell you in what order to place an appetizing assortment on skewers.
    3. Serve ready-made canapes immediately after cooking.

    Serve a wonderful treat for kids and parents in the shape of a rainbow

    Savory option with caramelized pear and raw gorgonzola

    This recipe is perfect for a romantic candlelit dinner. When paired with a glass of sparkling champagne, pear and gorgonzola canapes are amazing!

    Delightful taste for true connoisseurs of beauty!

    • 2 pears;
    • 50 g of gorgonzola cheese;
    • 1 tablespoon of liquid honey;
    • butter;
    • freshly ground black pepper - to taste;
    • lemon and fresh mint for garnish.
    1. Wash the pears, peel, stalks and seed pods, cut into cubes.
    2. Melt a piece of butter in a skillet or saucepan.

    Melt a piece of butter in a skillet or saucepan

  • Place pieces of previously prepared fruit in a skillet with butter. Fry the pears for a few minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spatula.

    Saute the pear pieces for a few minutes

  • Add a spoon to the pan natural honey, sprinkle the fruit with a pinch of freshly ground black pepper, stir and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

    Pour honey to pears and add black pepper

  • Transfer the finished fruit to a plate lined with a piece parchment paper, leave to cool completely.

    Transfer the honeyed fruit wedges to a plate lined with baking paper

  • Cut the gorgonzola into cubes the same size as the pear.
  • Pour the cooled pieces of fruit and cheese on wooden skewers, transfer to a plate. Garnish with lemon wedges and fresh mint leaves.

    An amazing appetizer for a glass of cold champagne is ready!

    With lemon, marmalade and hard cheese

    Such delicacies can be offered to both adults and children. Per a few minutes you can decorate the table with a delicious, bright and memorable treat!

    1. Cut hard cheese and colorful marmalade into cubes of the same size.
    2. Wash the lemon, dry it, cut into pieces (quarters of circles).
    3. Form a canapé by stringing all prepared ingredients onto small wooden or plastic skewers.

    Easy to prepare but incredible delicious treat for a sweet tooth of any age!

    With melon and ham or ham

    Not quite ordinary, but a wonderful combination of ripe melon pulp with a delicate jerky - it's worth a try! Complement this splendor with a glass of sparkling or dry white wine, you can feel a piece of the charm of the famous Spanish cuisine.

    • a quarter of a small ripe melon;
    • a few slices of jamon;
    • biscuits and straws - for decoration.
    1. Cut a slice of melon peeled from the skin into thin slices. Through metal mold, cut out the blanks in the form of flowers from the pulp. In the center of each flower, make a through hole for the "core".

    Cut out "flowers" blanks from the melon pulp

  • Divide the jamon into long strips of medium length, twist into mini-rolls and insert into the holes of the melon blanks.
  • Stick the flowers onto the stem skewers.

    Insert slices of jamon into the middle of the blanks

  • Pour the crumbled cookies and straws into low glass glasses. Dip the stems of the flowers into the cookie-simulated “ground” so that the snack is firmly positioned and does not tilt to the sides.

    Place some of the flowers in glasses with cookie crumbs

  • Transfer the remaining canapes to a large flat plate or large, pretty platter.

    Place the appetizer on a platter and serve.

    Fruit Santa Claus with marshmallows

    Such an appetizer will give guests a great charge of positive and fun at the New Year's or Christmas table. Mini figurines of a magical winter character will enchant adults and kids alike.

    • bananas;
    • seedless white grapes;
    • strawberry;
    • white marshmallows;
    • lemon juice.
    1. Prepare all the ingredients. Cut the peeled bananas into slices of equal thickness, sprinkle a little with lemon juice. Rinse and dry white grapes (preferably seedless). Rinse the strawberries lightly, putting them in a sieve, leave for a while to drain the water, then peel them off.
    2. Form Santa Claus figures by stringing the ingredients on toothpicks or small snack skewers in the following order: grape berry, banana circle, strawberry, small piece of airy marshmallow.

    String fruits and marshmallows onto small skewers

  • Ready-made canapes can be served as an independent snack or used to decorate desserts, pastries, cakes.

    Use fruit canapes as a garnish or simply serve on a large platter

    Making canapes with chocolate

    This wonderful product is also a frequent companion of fruits and berries. If you also like to eat chocolate, you can safely pour melted chocolate on absolutely any fruit canapes on skewers.

    Simply pour melted chocolate over the fruit canapes on skewers and enjoy!

    For canapes, you can use black, white or milk chocolate... In addition, while the melted mass has not yet frozen, you can sprinkle the treat:

    • coconut flakes
    • chopped nuts
    • chocolate chips (of a different color),
    • confectionery sprinkles
    • almond flakes
    • refined sunflower kernels,
    • sesame seeds,
    • poppy seeds.

    Brighter look and rich taste canapes on skewers in chocolate can be added using various topping

    Video: spectacular canapes on skewers from the chef