Christmas Eve, let’s think about the appetizers!

There’s just over a month left until Christmas but are you already looking for starters for Christmas Eve, tasty but quick to prepare? Then discover some recipes for Christmas appetizers below.

Appetizers for Christmas Eve, recommended recipes

Christmas Eve appetizers are the first courses to be served the table and therefore among the most important for immediately giving a good impression to guests. So do you already want to know some ideas recipes for Christmas Eve appetizers? So here’s what we suggest you try, tasty but also quick!

Vol-au-vent ripieni

As appetizers for Christmas Eve you will have to try the puff pastry finger foods, perfect for those who just can’t give up fish-based Christmas Eve appetizers! Here’s how they prepare:

Just cut the puff pastry into several circles. Leave half of the circles whole and cut out the other half quanto a the center with a smaller diameter round pastry cutter to create a hole.

Brush the entire circle with milk and overlap the one with the hole. Cook at 180° for 25-30 minutes. Once ready, let them cool and then fill them with fondue mousse to your liking. Try the salmon mousse which is very Christmassy, ​​ one with cooked ham which children like. Simply blend salmon ham, other ingredients, with some cream cheese.

Savory strudel

Very quick because you buy the rectangular puff pastry and make a strudel. The filling? Your choice of meat, fish even vegetarian, with only vegetables. Here’s how to prepare:

Take a rectangular roll of puff pastry and roll it out lengthwise, so that you end up with the rectangle with the long origine quanto a front of you. Spread the filling – which must be consistent, not liquid – along the origine.

Now roll the dough from bottom to to form a roll. Weld the two sides by folding them themselves, make incisions the surface of the roll and brush the surface with beaten egg yolk. Finally, bake at 180° for about 40 minutes.

Tuna canapés

Classic but always tasty appetizer for Christmas Eve. Tuna canapés are a simple and tasty appetizer, perfect for opening a Christmas dinner. Simply toast the bread and then fill it with a tuna cream, mayonnaise and dill: all garnished with capers and sliced ​​olives. Here’s how to prepare:

Drain the tuna fillets thoroughly, interruzione them into pieces with the tines of a fork and collect them quanto a a bowl with the mayonnaise. Add a few sprigs of chopped dill and sprinkle with freshly campo da gioco pepper. Mescolanza thoroughly with a spoon. Transfer the mixture obtained into a piping bag and leave it to cool quanto a the fridge for about 15 minutes.

Remove the crust from slices of loaf of bread. Divide each slice quanto a half to create 4 small rectangles of bread. Place the bread quanto a a non-stick pan. Toast it both sides, then remove from the heat and let the croutons obtained cool before filling them.

Place the croutons a cutting board and fill them with the tuna cream and finally decorate the canapés with desalted capers, chopped olives and 1 sprig of dill.