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Christmas canape recipes
Our Christmas canapé recipes are perfect for drinks parties or a pre-dinner nibble. Short on time? Try our delicious range of prepared Christmas party food or use our canapé builder to create the ultimate buffet.
Party pieces
Prepare to impress your guests this season with our demo and recipes from the Waitrose Winter Food & Drink Festival.
Get party-ready with Waitrose Cookery School chefs Alex Szrok and Charmaine Katz as they rustle up delicious hassle-free canapés at the Waitrose Winter Food & Drink Festival.
Perfect for the Christmas buffet, these festive canapés take minutes to put together.
These twists on the classic gilda will add pizzazz to your party spread.
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Brussels skewers with peanut sauce
Parsnip & Gruyère scone wreath with honey butter
Griddled pineapple with chilli salt
Crab & avocado croustades
Date, orange & harissa dip
Spicy prawn & cucumber skewers
Mini jackets with gherkins & soured cream
Fig & Brie tarts
Keema lamb samosas with coriander chutney
Salmon and quail’s egg crackers
Lasagne fritti
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Chicken & brioche bites
Wagyu cheeseburger balls with dipping sauce
Mini crab & chive pikelets
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Gildas three ways
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The best macarons
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Mince pie Eton mess
Haddock Scotch quail eggs
Potato rostis, crème fraîche & dill
Roast beef, horseradish and Yorkshire skewers
The best fig chutney
Mulled cranberry & orange jellies
Hash browns with Welsh rarebit dip
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Spicy beef buns & garlic butter
Campfire sticky toffee pudding
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Pimento butternut squash tarts with feta & thyme
Aloo gobi cutlets
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Chestnuts in blankets with mustard
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Smoked salmon Ritz bites
The best sweet grazing board
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Oranges in caramel
Upside-down mincemeat & apple pudding
Hazelnut, coffee & chocolate meringue
Christmas cranberry sorbet
Raspberry & limoncello trifle
The best chocolate bark
Quick classic mince pies
Smoked salmon blinis
No pigs in blankets
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