Appetizing bright fruit canapes are an excellent snack option for a festive table. Children are especially fond of such a treat. But if you add fruits, for example, cheese, bacon, ham or olives, then the dish can be served already at the adult table with alcoholic drinks.

Fruit canapes on skewers as a table decoration

To turn fruit canapes on skewers into a real decoration for a rich holiday table, you first need to choose the right basis for them. Skewers can be used not only the simplest wooden, but also plastic interesting unusual shapes. For example, on sale there are colorful bright options with miniature hearts, bows at the ends. And men are more attracted to products made in the form of a long sword or screwdriver.

Other secrets of preparing canapes for decorating a festive table:

  1. Very long skewers are more suitable for serving snacks with meat ingredients. If you plan to use only fruits for cooking, it is better to choose short options for the basics.
  2. You should always make sure that at least a couple of bright accents are present on the skewer. For example, an appetizer of banana, light grape and apple slices should be supplemented with a circle of strawberries, large raspberries, peaches or mangoes. Otherwise, guests may simply not turn their attention to the treats and leave it untouched.
  3. Serving canapes is also worth an unusual bright way.A great option is to stick them in a large fruit, for example, a melon or just make one side of the snack stable (a cube of cheese, pineapple) and place all the blanks on it. In the second version, ready-made canapes are conveniently placed on a large bright plate around the bowl with a sauce suitable for the dish.

Canapes on long skewers can be served on the principle of barbecue on a rectangular or round dish. In this case, it is worth laying them on mint leaves, a scattering of fresh berries or thin circles of citrus. Some housewives prefer to set skewers with canapes in tall, stable glasses. This table setting allows guests to take them conveniently.

An appetizer with an original design in the form of funny animals should be served at the children's table. For example, cut a hedgehog from a pear (nose and eyes made from dark grapes). The thorns of the animal should be replaced with short miniature canapes with fruits and berries. Stick the skewers into the pear.

How beautifully chopped fruit for an original snack

When slicing fruit for the discussed appetizer, the main rule is not to grind. Otherwise, the fruits will lose a lot of juice and eating them will be very uncomfortable.

  • Berries are best left whole or just chopped in half (e.g. large strawberries).
  • Citruses for canapes are usually cut into thin circles, after which they are folded "sail".
  • Bananas are chopped in thick circles.
  • Grapes are left whole berries.

The most effective are snacks, the fruits for which are cut into pieces that are identical in shape and size. For example, canapes made from even neat cubes of cheese, pineapple, kiwi and banana, and other similar options look very advantageous.

Step by step recipes for fruit canapes for adults

At the festive table, at which adult guests with a good appetite will gather, it is worth serving canapes, consisting not only of fruits, but also of more satisfying foods. Cheese of different varieties, ham or meat in other forms is best suited for this.

For fruit canapes for adults, it is important to additionally serve unsweetened sauces. For example, spicy garlic or honey mustard. They will make the taste of the snack even brighter and more interesting.

With grapes and cheese

Ingredients:

  • high-quality cheese (hard / semi-hard) - 80 - 100 g;
  • light and dark grapes - 80 - 100 g;
  • whole walnut kernels - by the number of skewers;
  • fresh tarragon - a small bunch.

Cooking:

  1. For such a recipe you need to take not too salty cheese. It will need to be cut into neat cubes of equal size.
  2. Wash, dry and leave the grapes whole. The first to string them on skewers closer to the "handle".
  3. Next, arrange a nut and a small amount of greens.
  4. The cheese string is strung last.
  5. Place the skewers not on a large flat plate with the stable part down. Decorate to your liking.

Tarragon is an optional snack ingredient. But he gives the gourmets an amazing piquant aftertaste. Ready-made canapes go well with dry white wine, any vermouth and some more strong alcoholic drinks.

With melon and Parma ham

In the preparation of such snacks, special attention should be paid to cutting the ingredients. Slices must be very thin and neat, otherwise the appearance of the treat will be unworthy of the festive table.

Ingredients:

  • small melon (very sweet) - 1 pc.;
  • Parma ham - 120 - 140 g.

Cooking:

  1. Peel a very sweet, but not overripe melon (so that the pieces are strong and do not fall apart), peel and pit, chop with medium cubes.
  2. Cut the ham with the thinnest, translucent strips across the width of the melon slice. If there is no good sharp knife at home, it is better to immediately buy the meat already in the plates or ask them to cut it in the store with a special device.
  3. On the edge of each strip of ham, put a cube of melon and wrap it in ico roll.
  4. Fasten the resulting structures with small skewers or toothpicks.

Put the finished appetizer on a rectangular dish.Serve with hot sauce, which includes a large amount of pepper and / or garlic.

Lemon with marmalade and cheese

At first glance, such a combination of products may seem strange. But in the end, the skewer will have a real bright rainbow of tastes that will conquer any gourmet.

Ingredients:

  • cheese - 80 - 100 g;
  • marmalade with lemon flavor - 80 - 100 g;
  • olives - 80 - 100 g;
  • lemon - 1 pc.

Cooking:

  1. Olives for such a treat immediately need to choose seedless and without filling. Put them in a colander and let the excess liquid drain out of the can.
  2. Cheese cut into large cubes. Paste it on the skewers first.
  3. On top of the cheese, place on a miniature slice of lemon, after selecting the seeds from them.
  4. Next, you need to place a small piece of lemon marmalade. Great if it will be cooked at home. But shopping sweetness is also suitable.
  5. The finishing touch is the olive on the tip of the skewer.

It is necessary to try all components at once, but not separately. Only together they allow you to experience the unusual taste of the treat.

Fruit snack on the festive table for children

If you are preparing a festive table for children, then canapes are better to make completely sweet. Fruits in this case can be supplemented with slices of your favorite desserts. For example, marshmallows, chocolate, caramel.

Sweet sauces are suitable for serving food - regular condensed milk (liquid / boiled), sour cream, whipped with sugar and mashed banana, melted chocolate.

Chocolate Bananas, Strawberries and Marshmallows

You can take any marshmallows for refreshments, either home-made, shop, fruit or berry. It is best to use chocolate covered desserts.

Ingredients:

  • strawberries - 80 - 100 g;
  • banana - 1 pc.;
  • marshmallows - 4 - 5 pcs.;
  • any chocolate sauce to taste.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse and dry the strawberries thoroughly. Each berry is cut into two equal parts. Halves will need to be placed on skewers in two places - at the very beginning and at the end.
  2. In the middle, place the filling - circles of banana and pieces of marshmallow in chocolate. They should not be too large. It is important to take ripe soft fruits, but not green or blackened.
  3. You can alternate the ingredients in any order. Some housewives increase the amount of strawberries on one skewer immediately to 2 to 3 berries.
  4. Ready-made canapes pour on top with any liquid chocolate sauce. Suitable for this purpose and glaze, prepared independently from sour cream, sugar, cocoa and butter.

Serve the appetizer on a large bright plate. Garnish with contrasting leaves of fresh mint if desired.

Unusual Recipe - Jelly on Skewers

Ingredients:

  • jelly “kiwi” and “strawberry” - 1 package;
  • condensed milk (uncooked) - 1/2 cans;
  • gelatin - 4 - 5 tbsp. l

Cooking:

  1. Mix gelatin with half a glass of hot water. When the dry ingredient has dissolved, add condensed milk and the same amount of liquid.
  2. According to the instructions, prepare green and red jelly.
  3. Pour the mixture into the form in layers: green - white - red. Allow to freeze.
  4. Flip the shape and cut its contents into triangles resembling watermelon slices.
  5. Insert a skewer into each.

Serve the finished jelly as a dessert at a children's party.

Fruit platter for children's party

Ingredients:

  • any whole berries - 2 tbsp .;
  • assorted fruits - about 1.5 - 2 kg.

Cooking:

  1. For children's snacks in the form of canapes, you need to take long thin skewers. Whole berries or pieces of various fruits will be planted on them alternately.
  2. Rinse all prepared fruits thoroughly. Put the berries aside, peel the fruit if necessary, cut into large or medium cubes.
  3. Put the resulting pieces on skewers. It is advisable to alternate bright and bright fruits. For example, apple cubes and strawberry slices, light grapes and bright mango pulp, melon and watermelon washers.

Fruits and berries for such a treat any suitable. In addition to the above, you can also use peaches, pears, dark grapes, cherries and seedless cherries, raspberries, kiwi, pineapple, blueberries.

Fruit canapes on skewers should not be prepared in advance. It is better to make them immediately before the holiday. You need to store a snack even for a couple of hours under a dense cling film.

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