At Juani’s kitchen they don’t do things by halves when it comes to Christmas Appetizer, so while she’s at it, Juana has prepared a variety of delicious appetizers with the best of the sea. A delicious seafood quintet that will guarantee your success.
Ingredients:
- Canapé bread
- For the ventresca tuna canapés:
- Cream cheese
- Sardines
- Tomato
- Chives
- Assorted lettuce
- White Tuna ventresca fillets
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar of Modena
- For the marinated anchovy canapés
- Gherkins
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard
- Chives
- Lucerne sprouts
- Marinated anchovies
- For the anchovy canapés
- Guacamole
- Avocado
- Apple
- Orange
- Cantabrian Anchovy fillets
- Worcestershire sauce
- For the mussel canapés
- Onion
- Sugar
- Quail eggs
- Mussels in brine
- For the sardine canapés
- Cream cheese
- Mussels in brine
Quail eggs - Cucumber
- Pomegranate
- Preserved sardines
Preparation:
Ventresca canapés
- Make a paté in a bowl, thoroughly mixing the cream cheese with the crushed sardines. Set aside.
- In another bowl we grate the tomato and mix it with chopped chives and oil.
- Spread the paté on the slices of bread and on top of that a thin layer of the mixture from the second bowl.
- Add on some lettuce and some white tuna ventresca fillets.
- Finish off with a few drops of balsamic vinegar of Modena.
Marinated anchovy canapés
- Make a sauce in a bowl, mixing the mayonnaise, the mustard and the chives (the latter chopped finely).
- Spread the sauce on the slices of bread and on top add some lucerne sprouts.
- Top off each canapé with one or two marinated anchovies.
Cantabrian anchovy canapés
- In bowl prepare an apple mash with a bit of orange juice. Set aside.
- Spread the guacamole on the slices of bread.
- Cover with thin strips of avocado.
- Add some apple mash, a small section of orange and one or two anchovies depending on the size of the canapé.
- Finish off with a few drops of Worcestershire sauce.
Mussel canapés
- Peel the onions and fry them on low heat and in abundant oil with a pinch of sugar so it caramelises.
- When the onion is nice and sweet, place it in a sieve with absorbent paper to remove the excess oil.
- Separate the egg yolks and whites, set aside the yolks and fry the whites individually.
- Assemble the canapé with onion on top of the bread and the fried white over that. Crown with a mussel as if it were a yolk.
Sardine canapés
- Make a sauce in a bowl by mixing the cream cheese with the mussels in brine, finely chopped.
- Separate the whites from the yolks, fry the yolks individually (we can use the ones we set aside from the mussel canapés) and set aside the whites, ( we can use them for the mussel canapés).
- Spread the sauce on the slices of bread and on top place a slice of cucumber, an egg yolk, a sardine and some pomegranate grains.
Spectacular! Thanks, Juana!