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Cheese Canapes

This recipe was created to accompany other canapés: Shrimp Canapés, Pickled Herring Canapés and Smoked Mackerel Canapés.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 12 canapés

Ingredients

6 slices of rye bread
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
12 thin slices of salami, cut into twelve 2-inch scallop-edged rounds
1/4 pound Västerbotten cheese (available at Scandinavian markets and some specialty foods shops) or sharp Cheddar, sliced thin and cut into twelve 1 1/2-inch rounds
thirty-six 1 1/2-inch-long julienne strips of red bell pepper
about 2 tablespoons Swedish sweet mustard (available at Scandinavian markets and some specialty foods shops) or other sweet mustard
12 drained bottled cocktail onions

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Spread the bread with the butter and with a 2-inch scalloped cutter cut into 12 rounds. Arrange the salami, the cheese, and the bell pepper decoratively on the bread, spoon small dollops of the mustard onto the canapés, and press the onions into the mustard.

    Step 2

    The canapés may be made 30 minutes in advance and kept covered and chilled. Arrange the canapés on a platter.

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