Sweet party bites

Sweet party bites

Add a bit of glamour to your Christmas party with these sweet yet sophisticated party bites

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Each recipe makes around 20 sweet canapés

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Method

  1. Cream tea bites Split 6 scones. Sandwich them together with a 227g tub of clotted cream and ½ a jar of strawberry jam. Cut into quarters and serve like triangular sandwiches, pointy-side up (makes 24).
  2. Mini choc ice balls Use a melon baller to scoop 25 small balls of vanilla ice cream from a 500g tub. Freeze on a tray for 1 hr until solid. Melt 200g dark chocolate and spread 100g finely chopped pistachios on a tray. Dip the balls in the chocolate using a cocktail stick, then roll in the nuts and freeze for 30 mins or until serving (makes 25).
  3. Cheat's lamingtons Buy 2 x 350g Madeira sponge cakes. Trim, then cut into 20 x 3cm cubes. Freeze until solid. Heat 200ml double cream, then remove from heat and stir in 200g chopped white chocolate until melted. Cool a little. Spread 2 cups of desiccated coconut on a tray. Dip each frozen cake completely into the chocolate, then roll in the coconut to coat all sides (it might help to hold each cake on a skewer). Firm up on baking parchment for at least 30 mins before serving (makes 20).
  4. Apple & marzipan tarts Thinly roll out a 375g pack puff pastry. Divide into squares (roughly 20 x 5cm), then prick each all over with a fork. Spread onto baking sheets. Peel, core and slice 2 Bramley apples into 2cm pieces. Place a small slice of marzipan on each square (you'll need about 200g), top with some apple and bake at 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 10 mins until crisp. Dust with icing sugar to serve (makes 20).
  5. Lemon fancies Use a 4cm pastry cutter to cut out 20 circles from bought lemon tarts (you'll need 2 large tarts). Top each with a raspberry and dust with icing sugar.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Each recipe makes around 20 sweet canapés

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 1 hr

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Ingredients

  • Cream tea bites
  • Mini choc ice balls
  • Cheat's lamingtons
  • Apple & marzipan tarts
  • Lemon fancies (all ingredients for recipes below)
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