Festive Bites

Festive Bites

A vegetarian option, a fish option and a meat option. Enough to please all your guests this year!

Ingredients

dates with goat's cheese
  • Approx. 80g fresh goat's cheese
  • 15-20 pitted dates
  • 6-7 slices prosciutto or Parma ham
  • 2 turns of pepper mill
  • 1 sprig thyme

 

endives with beetroot hummus
  • 15-20 medium-sized endive leaves (5- 6 medium endives)
  • 100 g feta cheese
  • 1 small mango
  • 3 cooked beetroot
  • A few sprigs of dill
  • 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
  • 125 ml (1/2 cup) chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. cider vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 tsp curry

 

blinis with salmon and cucumber cream
  • 16-20 small market-fresh blinis
  • 100g fresh salmon
  • ½ cucumber, very finely chopped
  • Approx. 30g fresh goat's cheese or ricotta
  • 1 small pot crème fraîche
  • ½ cup yoghurt
  • A few sprigs of chives, very finely chopped
  • 4-5 fresh figs
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

dates with goat's cheese
  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and cut a slit in the dates.
  2. Place some fresh goat's cheese inside the dates.
  3. Cut the prosciutto slices into 4 rectangles.
  4. Close the dates and surround each one with a rectangle of prosciutto.
  5. Season with pepper and sprinkle a few sprigs of thyme over the dates.
  6. Place in the oven until the prosciutto has browned.

 

endives with beetroot hummus
  1. Wash the endives, remove the leaves and place in a dish.
  2. In a blender, combine the chickpeas, olive oil, two beetroot, lemon juice, vinegar, paprika, curry powder, salt and pepper. Chill for 1 hour.
  3. Peel the mango and cut into strips, then dice. Cut the feta and remaining beetroot in the same way.
  4. Spoon the hummus onto the endive leaf, then add the diced feta, mango and beetroot and a few sprigs of dill.

 

Salmon blinis and cucumber cream
  1. In a bowl, mix the crème fraîche, yoghurt and cucumber and season to taste.
  2. Cut the salmon slices into small horizontal and vertical strips.
  3. Wash the figs and cut into six pieces.
  4. Place the cucumber cream on the blini, followed by the salmon.
  5. Sprinkle with a few snipped pieces of chives and add the finishing touch with a piece of fig.
Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
45 minutes
Servings
15 to 20 portions per bite
Category
Appetizers
Vegetarian
Recipe by
Montreal's Public Markets