Canapes and Crostini Archives - Page 2 of 5

If you’re going to serve your pate or rillettes with toasted bread and mustard anyway, why not save a step and just make mustard-flavored crostini? That’s the question I asked myself while making a potted duck spread, and this was the answer.

Grilled Squash with Piquant Sauce

This is a wonderful way to liven up those summer squashes. Slices are grilled with a seasoned bread crumb coating and then served with a dollop of sauce on each slice. An excellent side dish variety, especially for meals featuring grilled meat.

Potluck Bagels

Combine ham, cream of chicken soup, cheese, green onions and mayonnaise. Spread on mini-bagels and heat. Easy to prepare, always been a hit at potlucks. Can serve cold or make vegetarian by leaving out the ham and using a vegetarian cream soup.

Peach and Goat Cheese Tartine

For me, this is summer on a slice of bread. August is national goat cheese month (no, I don’t know who decides these things), and what better way to enjoy chevre than by topping it with sweet, ripe, impossibly juicy peach slices? Mix in a little thyme and black pepper to keep things interesting, and you’re looking at a very special treat.

Almond Cheddar Appetizers

Not sure where this originated from, but I always get plenty of compliments when I make this easy and delicious appetizer! These can be frozen after being baked.

Bri’s Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

Yummy meatball appetizers with a spicy ranch sauce.

Fig and Brie Crostini

Easy and impressive appetizer! Make the fig spread the night before to save yourself the prep time on the day of an event.

Fig-Proscuitto Crostini

Fig with prosciutto–a classic flavor pairing–with walnuts, shredded Cheddar cheese, and fresh rosemary make an easy yet elegant appetizer on baguette rounds.

Curried Cheese Bites

English muffins, cheese, olives and curry make this wonderfully satisfying appetizer. If you like, you may add some sliced almonds to the spread, or add crumbled crisp bacon.

Egg and Olive Crostini

Take those leftover hard boiled eggs and turn them into this tasty appetizer. The kids will really like these thick pieces of bread covered with a zesty egg and olive mixture.

Cuke Baguette

This is very easy! Cool cucumbers and a mild dip top fresh baguette slices. This was served at a party I attended and tasted very good.

Easy Cheesy Bites

This is a wonderful appetizer, popular and in demand at any type of party. You can substitute the cocktail rye bread for sliced baguettes. I can’t have a party without my guests expecting this recipe!

Hot Crab Rounds

Toasted crabmeat rounds with melted mozzarella will drive you into feeding frenzy!

Hot BLC’s

Hot and tasty bacon, tomato and cheese open-faced sandwiches. A family favorite. Use a long, thin loaf of sourdough and any cheese you have on hand. The only trick is cutting the ingredients to size for the bread.

Chocolate Sea Salt Crostini

For this to work as a savory bite, the chocolate must be very dark, bittersweet, and world-class. Look for names that are hard to pronounce. Labels with percentage symbols are always a good sign (the higher the percent, the better).

Avocado Toast

Low on ingredients? This is quick, easy, and surprisingly filling. This recipe capitalizes on the wonderful taste of avocado, so make sure yours is in season and ripe. The idea of this snack is that avocado will overwhelm the cheese, but the cheese will add an additional taste into the mix.