Radish Canapes Leeds Recipe Epicuriouscom Food

PICKLED HERRING CANAPES

Steps:

• Spread the bread with the butter, cut into twelve 2-inch squares, and press the buttered side of the bread gently into the parsley to coat it. In a small bowl combine well the radish and the onion and divide the mixture among the bread squares. Roll up each herring strip into a coil and arrange the herring and the capers decoratively on the bread.
• The canapés may be made 30 minutes in advance and kept covered and chilled. Arrange the canapés on a platter.

BLUE CHEESE MOUSSE CANAPES WITH RADISH

Steps:

• In a food processor, puree the blue and cream cheeses until very smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Fold the whipped cream into the mousse until well blended. There should be no lumps. Transfer the mousse to a pastry bag fitted with a round tip. Pipe the mousse onto the white bread rounds and top each with a radish slice. Serve.

RADISH CANAPES LEEDS

Steps:

• Into a bowl finely shred 8 radishes and squeeze out excess liquid. In another bowl stir together cream cheese, herbs, and lemon juice. Stir in grated radishes and salt and pepper to taste. Radish mixture may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Just before serving, spread radish mixture on toasts. Thinly slice remaining radishes and arrange a few slices decoratively on each canapé. Sprinkle canapés with salt to taste.

SNAP BEAN AND RADISH CRUDITES WITH CAESAR MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Make Caesar mayonnaise:
• Chop parsley and mash garlic to a paste with salt. In a bowl stir together parsley, garlic paste, and remaining mayonnaise ingredients and season with salt if necessary. Mayonnaise may be made 1 week ahead and chilled, covered.
• Trim beans and have ready a large bowl of ice and cold water. In a large kettle of boiling salted water blanch green beans and wax beans separately 2 minutes, or until colors brighten but beans are still crisp, transferring to ice water to stop cooking. (Do not blanch purple beans or they will lose their color.) Drain beans and pat dry. Beans may be blanched 1 day ahead and chilled in sealable plastic bags.
• Trim radishes, leaving some small green leaves attached.
• Serve crudités with mayonnaise.

MINTED RADISH TEA SANDWICHES WITH LEMON MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• In a small bowl stir together mayonnaisse, sour cream, zest, mustard, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Spread bread generously with lemon mayonnaise. Top half of slices with a layer of mint and top mint with overlapping rows of radish. Top radish with remaining bread and press together gently. Trim crusts and cut sandwiches in half diagonally. Sandwiches may be made 2 hours ahead, wrapped in plastic wrap, and chilled.

SALMON CANAPéS

Steps:

• Combine cheese, juice and Sriracha in a bowl. Spread a layer of cheese mixture on each daikon slice; top with salmon and garnish with chives.

RADISH CANAPES WITH BLACK-OLIVE BUTTER

Steps:

• Mix olives, scallions, mint, and butter in a bowl. Season with pepper. Spread olive butter onto each baguette slice. Thinly slice radishes. Layer 2 or 3 slices on top of each canape.

HERBED CREAM CHEESE CUCUMBER ROUNDS

Steps:

• Stir together cream cheese, herbs, zest, lemon juice, table salt, and cayenne.
• Slice 32 (1/8-inch-thick) rounds from cucumber with slicer. Trim bottoms from radishes, then slice into 32 (1/16-inch-thick) rounds with slicer. Top each cucumber slice with a radish slice and 1/2 teaspoon herbed cream cheese. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and serve immediately.
• *Available at Asian markets and cookware shops.