Radish Canapes With Black Olive Butter Food

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.

RADISHES WITH CREAMY ANCHOVY BUTTER

Steps:

• Blend butter in a food processor with anchovy paste, garlic, and lemon juice until smooth. Season with salt. Serve as a dip for radishes.

BAGUETTE WITH OLIVE BUTTER AND RADISHES

Steps:

• Put the olives in a mini food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add the butter, thyme, anchovy paste and lemon zest and process until almost smooth, scraping down the sides as needed.
• Spread the olive butter on the baguette slices and top with the radishes. Sprinkle with the chopped thyme.

ASSORTED POLISH CANAPES

Steps:

• HAM CANAPÉS (kanapki z szynka).
• Thinly spread bread with butter (plain or flavored with mustard or horseradish or with any of the various butter recipes in this section), top with a thin slice of ham the size of the bread and cover with a small slice of tomato, cucumber or radish.
• ROAST MEAT CANAPÉS (kanapki z pieczystym).
• Thinly spread bread with plain, mustard or horseradish flavored butter. Top with a thin slice of cold roast beef, roast pork, roast turkey or chicken. Garnish with a small tomato wedge and strip of green pepper plus a dollop of mayonnaise, or with a dab of whole-style cranberry sauce and a sprig of parsley.
• SMOKED SALMON CANAPÉS (kanapki z lososiem).
• Thinly spread bread with dill butter, top with a piece of lettuce, a slice of smoked salmon (lox), a small wedge of peeled lemon and a radish slice.
• EGG CANAPÉS (kanapki z jajkiem).
• Thinly butter bread with plain, dill or garden-green butter, top with a hard boiled egg slice, decorate with a splotch of mayonnaise (or a blend of mayonnaise and brown mustard) and a small thin radish slice stuck in the mayonnaise. Sprinkle with chopped chives and dust with paprika.
• YELLOW CHEESE CANAPÉS (kanapki z zoltym serem).
• Cover bread thinly with plain or mustard flavored butter, a slice of yellow cheese, garnish with a strip of green pepper and/or radish and dust with paprika.

RADISH, GOAT CHEESE AND BLACK BREAD CANAPES

Steps:

• Spread six slices of bread with the cheese and six with the butter.
• Cover the cheese with a layer of overlapping radish slices. Cover with the buttered bread. Wrap each sandwich in plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• To serve, cut each sandwich in four and arrange the canapes on a platter. Decorate the platter with whole radishes.

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.