254 cheevre canapes Recipes

frozen baby peas (2 1/4 cups), water, chilled heavy cream, salt, black pepper, grated parmigiano-reggiano, baguette, very thinly sliced baked ham

firm white sandwich bread, unsalted butter, melted, parmigiano-reggiano, cream cheese, softened (3/4 cup), pimiento-stuffed green spanish olives (3 oz), rinsed, drained, and finely chopped, chopped scallion, chopped red bell pepper, sweet paprika, dry sherry

beet (6 oz), vegetable oil, caraway seeds, toasted and cooled, unsalted butter, softened, salt, sliced smoked salmon, finely chopped, chopped sweet onion such as vidalia, german-style rye bread or 6 to 8 rye crispbread crackers, chopped fresh chives (optional)

thick-cut skinless boneless salt cod, chopped onion, olive oil, garlic clove, heavy cream plus, if desired, 2 tbsp for thinning the brandade, fresh lemon juice , or to taste, russet (baking) potatoes (about 1 1/2 lb), olive oil, red bell pepper , roasted (procedure follows), or 1 drained bottled roasted red pepper, chopped fine and patted dry

rye bread, unsalted butter, softened, minced fresh parsley leaves, minced radish, minced onion, twelve 4-inch thin strips of bottled pickled herring fillet, patted dry, drained bottled capers

pumpernickel bread, unsalted butter, softened, grated carrot, fresh lemon juice, vegetable oil, smoked peppered mackerel fillet, diagonal slices of scallion green

pecan halves (1 oz), unsalted butter, salt, firm blue cheese, crumbled (3/4 cup), plain crackers such as melba toasts, fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, red seedless grapes , halved lengthwise

live lobster, thick seedless cucumbers (usually plastic-wrapped; at least 1 3/4 inches in diameter), cut into 36 (1/4-inch-thick) slices, mayonnaise, fresh lime juice, minced fresh jalapeno chile (including seeds), salt, diced peeled mango, chopped celery, chopped red onion, chopped fresh cilantro, garnish: thinly sliced fresh cilantro

garlic cloves, peeled, olive oil (preferably extra-virgin), dried crushed red pepper, thick baguette slices, broccoli florets plus 1/2 cup peeled thinly sliced stalks (from about 8 oz broccoli), canned cannellini (white kidney beans), rinsed, drained, fresh lemon juice

water, salt, instant polenta, shallots, garlic clove, arugula leaves, olive oil, freshly grated parmesan (about 1 1/2 oz)

asian pears (about 1 lb total ), pitted dates (preferably medjool), reduced-fat cream cheese such as neufchatel (about 3 1/2 oz), sliced prosciutto, fresh mint leaves

walnuts, olive oil, shelled fresh fava beans * or lima beans (about 3/4 lb in pods), purple potatoes * or small red potatoes (each about 2 inches in diameter; about 1 1/2 lb), gorgonzola cheese, softened, cream cheese (about 3/4 cup), softened

baguette (about 16 inches long and 1 , inches in diameter), extra-virgin olive oil, tomatoes (about 1 1/2 lb), kalamata or other brine-cured black olives, fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves, shallot, fresh lemon juice, extra-virgin olive oil, freshly ground black pepper to taste, garlic cloves, smoked bocconcini * or other mozzarella (see above note), garnish: about 60 small fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves

radishes (about 3/4 lb), an 8-oz package cream cheese, softened, chopped fresh parsley leaves, chopped fresh chives, fresh lemon juice, coarse salt to taste, pumpernickel or rye bread, crusts discarded, each slice cut into 4 triangles and toasted

russet (baking) potatoes (each about 10 oz), vegetable oil for deep-frying, sour cream, beluga or sevruga caviar, garnish: fresh chives, cut into 1/2-inch-long pieces

marinated herring, rinsed, drained, and cut into 16 pieces, red onion, sliced thin, fresh orange juice, unsalted butter, softened, sour cream, fresh lemon juice, minced fresh chives, rye bread, smoked salmon, chopped fine, chopped red onion, black caviar, fresh parsley leaves, crosswise slices of orange sections, fresh chives, fine julienne of orange zest

sixteen 1/4-inch-thick slices of seedless cucumber, tapenade , olivada, or other black olive paste (available at specialty foods shops and some supermarkets), julienne strips of drained bottled roasted red pepper , each about 1 inch long, flat-leafed parsley leaves