This year, wow your Christmas guests with some of these delicious canapés from Hello Fresh…
Beetroot and Mushroom Blinis
- 150g pre-cooked beetroot
- 3tbsp creme fraiche
- 125g ricotta
- Small bunch dill, half roughly chopped
- 40g butter
- 250g button mushrooms, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 pack pre-cooked blinis
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- In a food processor, whizz beetroot, creme fraiche and ricotta until coarse. Season well, stir in the chopped dill and chill until required.
- Melt butter in a large frying pan, add mushrooms and garlic and fry until deep golden.
- To serve, put the blinis on a platter, spread with a teaspoonful of beetroot mix, add a few mushrooms and garnish with a small sprig of dill.
Halloumi Sesame Bites
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 90g sesame seeds
- 200g halloumi cheese, cut into small cubes
- 750ml vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp honey
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- Scoop flour onto a plate. Beat egg in a shallow bowl. Pour sesame seeds onto a second plate. Coat halloumi cubes in flour, shaking off excess. Dip in egg, then roll in sesame seeds to coat.
- Pour oil into a large pot until it reaches half an inch up the sides. Heat over medium. Add a third of the halloumi cubes to the hot oil. Do not crowd the pot.
- Cook, turning cubes often, until sesame seeds turn golden brown. Remove the cooked cheese to a paper towel-lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining cubes.
- Warm honey in microwave for 30 seconds. Drizzle halloumi cubes with warm honey just before serving.