Venetian Canapes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut circles out of bread slices w/2inch round cutter.
• Melt 3 tbsp butter in small saucepan.
• Brush both sides of bread circles lightly w/butter.
• Bake bread circles on ungreased baking sheet 5 to 6 minutes per side until golden.
• Remove to wire rack.
• Cool completely.
• Increase oven temp to 425°F.
• Melt remaining 2 tbsp butter in small saucepan.
• Stir in flour; cook and stir over medium heat until bubbly.
• Whisk in milk; cook and stir 1 minute or until sauce thickens and bubbles (sauce will be very thick). Take off heat, and add mushrooms to sauce, 3 tbsp cheese, salt and black pepper, and stir until well blended.
• Spread heaping tbs mushrooms mixture on top of each toast round; place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Sprinkle remaining 3 tbsp cheese over canapes, dividing evenly.
• Garnish w/black and green olive slices, and bell peppers.
• Bake 5-7 minutes until tops are light brown.
• Serve warm.

Steps:

• HAM CANAPÉS (kanapki z szynka).
• Thinly spread bread with butter (plain or flavored with mustard or horseradish or with any of the various butter recipes in this section), top with a thin slice of ham the size of the bread and cover with a small slice of tomato, cucumber or radish.
• ROAST MEAT CANAPÉS (kanapki z pieczystym).
• Thinly spread bread with plain, mustard or horseradish flavored butter. Top with a thin slice of cold roast beef, roast pork, roast turkey or chicken. Garnish with a small tomato wedge and strip of green pepper plus a dollop of mayonnaise, or with a dab of whole-style cranberry sauce and a sprig of parsley.
• SMOKED SALMON CANAPÉS (kanapki z lososiem).
• Thinly spread bread with dill butter, top with a piece of lettuce, a slice of smoked salmon (lox), a small wedge of peeled lemon and a radish slice.
• EGG CANAPÉS (kanapki z jajkiem).
• Thinly butter bread with plain, dill or garden-green butter, top with a hard boiled egg slice, decorate with a splotch of mayonnaise (or a blend of mayonnaise and brown mustard) and a small thin radish slice stuck in the mayonnaise. Sprinkle with chopped chives and dust with paprika.
• YELLOW CHEESE CANAPÉS (kanapki z zoltym serem).
• Cover bread thinly with plain or mustard flavored butter, a slice of yellow cheese, garnish with a strip of green pepper and/or radish and dust with paprika.