There are situations when you need to quickly prepare for the sudden arrival of guests. For example, friends reported that they would call on guests or the husband called from work and said that he would come home with his colleagues. And what do you do? Of course, you urgently need to submit something to the table. Do not worry, there's always something to be found in the fridge, from which you can make an excellent buffet. But warn the guests in advance that they should buy drinks themselves.
We offer you a few simple and quick snacks that every guest will like.
Canape
This snack first appeared in France. Canapes are small, 0.5 cm high, weighing 60-80 grams of scrapers, stuffed with different contents (cheese, meat, pate, vegetables, fish, poultry, etc.). Usually the contents of the canape are planted on the shpakkazlami. If there are no skewers, then take it with your hands. Canapes are designed for one bite, so they are served in large quantities and preferably with different fillings. We offer you a simple, but at the same time original and attractive recipes.
For four people you will need the following products: bread grinds with bran or gray bread - 300-400 grams, 5 eggs (pre-cooked), 300-400 grams of pate (meat, fish, poultry), garlic cloves, 30 ml of olive oil and a little parsley.
Bread must be cut into small squares (2x2 cm), this can be done with a special mold. Sliced bread fry on the masli appearance of crust and put on the dish for serving. Then loaf the bread for garlic with garlic. Eggs cut in half and lay on top of the bread. Nayaytsa it is necessary to put pate. If uvass has a corrugated knife, then use it and give the paste the desired shape. On top of each canapé, decorate with parsley. The canapes are ready.
Tartlets
The word tartletka from French is translated as a cake. This is a small basket of unleavened dough, up to 10 cm in diameter, in which there are various snacks: fish, pate, caviar, meat, salads, various cold snacks and so on. Tartlets can be served on a common plate, but each tartlet is lined with a sack, and the guest takes a snack along with it. Also tartlets can be put on separate plates for each guest. They can be bought at any store. Tartlets are very convenient and practical, because they can put everything: sweet, sharp, spicy, salty snacks. We will share with you a holiday and an easy recipe for tasty tartlets.
For four people you will need the following products: 20 ready tartlets, 250-300 grams of mashed potatoes, 150 grams of vegetable mix (green peas, carrots, onions, mushrooms, etc.), 50 grams of hard cheese, 150 grams of bacon and 30 młolovikovoi oils.
Fill each tartlet with half a mashed potatoes and place them on a dish. Grind carrots, mushrooms, bacon, onions, peas and other ingredients and lightly fry them in olive oil. The resulting mixture is mashed. Scrunch the cheese and sprinkle each tartlet. That's all, snack is ready.
Cheese plate
Cheese plate is considered a compositional dish, on which there are at least four types of cheese. As a rule, there are six main tastes that must necessarily be on a cheese plate: sharp, very spicy, pronounced, tender, neutral and fresh. For beauty, a plate is decorated with various fruits, nuts, greens or vegetables. Paste-like and smoothed out on this plate is not laid out. How to determine which cheeses correspond to the six tastes? Young cheeses of white color have a fresh taste, senpolen, tomm and relishon - neutral taste; delicate taste have fatty cheeses (goat and sheep); brie, columbia, camembert, shaurs will give a distinct taste, semisolid and hard varieties will be pleased with acuity, and a very sharp taste is characteristic for blue cheeses (livaro, kaklangar, epuas).
Cheeses must be cut in such a way that in each piece there is a core and a crust. The form for slicing can be different: cubes, pyramids, briquettes and so on. Russian classic slicer is suitable only for hard cheese varieties. Cheese on the plate should be laid out as a pointer in the following way: with neutral taste, the cheese should be at the level of 6, in the center - soft varieties, and at the edges are semisolid and solid. To a cheese plate had a pleasant aroma, it is necessary to put it on the table an hour before the meal. At room temperature, the aromas of cheese appear.
To a cheese plate in no event bread is served. It is believed that it interrupts the true taste of cheese. But the knife will come in handy. Videale for each type of cheese should be served a separate knife, so that the taste is immiscible. If there are no knives, then you can use skewers for canapés. Ksyram best served wine. The sharper the cheese, the sour should be wine.
For four people you will need the following products: 200 grams of each kind of syringe, 100 grammes (almonds, walnuts, forest), 200 grams of grapes or dates, 50 grams of olives, leaves of green salad (to decorate the plate).
Put a salad leaf on the plate. From the top, spread the cheese and decorate the plate with olives, fruits and nuts. Bon Appetit!
Vegetable mix
This snack option is one of the easiest. At the center of the dish is boiled potatoes and is surrounded by greenery and sliced vegetables.
For four people you will need the following products: 12 cups of potatoes (boiled), 200 grams of mushrooms (oily, champignons, canned), eggplant, 7 tomatoes, 1 onion, a pair of cloves of garlic, 30ml of oil, 80 grams of methane and a pair of feathers of green onions.
In salted water, boil the potatoes and lay them in the middle of a large dish. Decorate it finely chopped green onion with ismetana. Chop the eggplant, onions and garlic and fry everything in a pan. Then lay them around the potato. Put the mushrooms near the eggplant. Fresh tomatoes are cut into pieces and finish the composition. This dish should be served with bread.
Sausage mix
To prepare this snack, you will need a very small time. The dish is similar to a cheese plate, but instead of cheese guests are served a selection of assorted sausages. It is better to choose among smoked foods that have a good flavor. On one plate there can be up to eight types of sausage products.
For four people you will need the following products: 200 grams of different types of smoked sausage, 200 grams of pickled mushrooms, 3-4 tomatoes, 2-3 sweet pepper and sauce (can be replaced with ketchup).
Sausage cut and place on a plate in a circle. In the middle, put mushrooms, and sweet pepper, cut into strips. Tomatoes must be cut into rings and put between sausages. In a separate bowl, serve the oretchup sauce. Bon Appetit!
As you can see, it's very easy to prepare for a sudden arrival of guests. The main thing is to show a little imagination. As a snack, you can serve almost everything that is in the refrigerator. Just need to slightly color the products and put it right on the dish. We hope that you and your guests will enjoy our snack recipes.
Bon Appetit!