CANAPES
CANAPES
Canapes are savories, or appetizers, usually served before the first course at dinners, luncheons, or chafing dish suppers. One slice only is used for each canape. They may be dipped in melted butter, toasted or fried and cut into fancy shapes. The mixture is spread on top, the top is garnished.
CAVIARE CANAPES
Season the caviare with a dash of lemon juice and a very little onion juice. Spread mixture on toasted rounds of white bread and sprinkle top with finely chopped hard-boiled egg. Garnish with cress.
HERRING CANAPES
Toast slices of white bread, remove the crusts and cut oblong. Spread them with butter mixed with a very little French mustard, cover with finely minced sour pickle; place upon each two boneless herrings. Sprinkle finely chopped hard-cooked egg yolk over top.
ANCHOVY CANAPES
Toast rounds of white bread to a nice even brown; place two boneless anchovies on a round of toast, and sprinkle over same the yolks of hard-boiled eggs; dust with white pepper and garnish with a slice of lemon.
LOBSTER CANAPES
Chop the meat of a boiled lobster fine, season with pepper and salt, a dash of lemon juice, and a little mayonnaise dressing and spread on rounds of toasted bread. Garnish with a sprig of parsley.
CRAB CANAPES
Put the contents of a can of crab meat into a saucepan, add one tablespoonful of sherry and let simmer until the liquid disappears. Fry one small finely minced onion in a tablespoonful of butter until brown, add a cupful of milk that has blended with a tablespoonful of flour, let it come to a boil, then add the crab meat and let simmer for ten minutes; remove from the fire and when cool spread on rounds of toast and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese; place in a hot oven until a golden brown. Serve hot.
SARDINE CANAPES
Pound boneless and skinless sardines to a paste; moisten with a little olive oil, and a dash of lemon juice; spread mixture on thin rounds of toasted bread. Arrange leaves of watercress around the edge and put finely chopped hard-boiled egg in the centre.
SARDINE CANAPES NO. 2
Take a box of sardines, remove bone and skin, rub to a paste with three ounces of fresh butter, and gradually add four tablespoonfuls of thick cream, until a paste is formed. Spread the paste over toasted rounds of white bread; sprinkle chopped olives over the whole.
SARDELLEN CANAPES
Toast a thin biscuit cracker and lightly butter. Put a slice of hard-boiled egg in the centre and coil one well cleaned sardellen around the egg. Garnish with a slice of lemon.
SALMON CANAPES
Toast rounds of white bread and spread with melted butter; next with finely flaked salmon, to which add a dash of Worcestershire sauce, and a drop of olive oil; sprinkle finely chopped hard-boiled egg over top. Garnish with a small sprig of parsley.
FISH CANAPES
Rub a quarter of a pound of any kind of cooked fish to a paste; season with pepper and salt, and a few drops of onion juice. Moisten with one tablespoonful of sauce tartare. Spread the above mixture on rounds of buttered brown bread, sprinkle over top finely chopped dill pickles.
HAM CANAPES
Mince and mash to a smooth paste half a pound of cold boiled ham, add two tablespoonfuls of currant jelly, one tablespoon of soft butter, and a half a teaspoon of curry powder or half this amount of paprika if the latter be preferred. Spread this paste on round pieces of toast and garnish with chopped, cooked eggs, whites and yolks separate, minced pickles, green peppers, and olives.
HAM CANAPES NO. 2
Cut bread in rounds one-fourth inch thick. Saute in butter; spread with finely chopped ham mixed to a paste with a little melted butter and seasoned. Sprinkle top with finely chopped hard-boiled eggs.
BACON CANAPES
Cut bread in squares one-fourth inch thick, saute the bacon fat. Spread with a little French mustard, cover with fried bacon finely chopped, and sprinkle with finely chopped pimolas.
TONGUE CANAPES
Toast one-fourth inch slices of graham bread, cut in rounds and fried in butter; mix cooked tongue that has been chopped fine with creamed butter till it is a paste, and add one tablespoonful of capers to a cupful of tongue. Spread on bread, add a dash of salt and cayenne, and sprinkle with a little finely chopped watercress.
CHICKEN CANAPES
Chop fine the white meat of a chicken and two stalks of celery. Season with salt, pepper, and vinegar. Let stand a few minutes, then drain dry; add a little mayonnaise dressing and mix well. Serve on rounds of toast that have been spread lightly with melted butter. Sprinkle chopped chives over the whole.
NUT AND OLIVE CANAPES
Fry rounds of white bread in butter; mix equal quantities of chopped English walnuts and olives with enough mayonnaise dressing to moisten. Spread on bread and garnish with chopped pimentos.
TOMATO AND CUCUMBER CANAPES
Saute rounds of white bread in butter. Fry slices of tomato in deep fat; place one slice of tomato on each round of bread. Dust with salt and pepper, and lightly spread with mayonnaise dressing followed by a thin slice of cucumber. Sprinkle top with finely chopped hard-boiled egg.