4 ideas de APERITIVOS para Navidad Fiestas y Reuniones

Hello welcome to "What's for Dinner Today " Today I'm bringing you 4 super easy appetizers or bite-sized snacks perfect for inspiration if you're planning your Christmas spread For the first one we'll need bread crab meat boiled eggs mayonnaise and a pinch of ground pepper The first thing we'll do is cut some slices from a baguette or loaf and toast them Once we've toasted them we'll make the filling We place the crab meat in a bowl you can find crab meat anywhere Supermarket canned and very easy to find A hard-boiled egg finely chopped one tablespoon of mayonnaise and we'll also add a pinch of ground pepper And we'd already have it ready—see how easy and quick that is We place it on the bread and sprinkle a little freshly chopped parsley on top We can prepare the filling in advance just toast the bread and serve it at the last minute Now for the second one equally easy We'll need slices of sandwich bread tomato jam and anchovies preferably from Santoña Better We cut the bread slices into strips just like sandwich bread and we'll do the same here We'll toast it for a few minutes either in the oven or the toaster And when we have our slices of toast we just need to spread the jam on them omato the one I'm using is tomato and basil jam You can also do it with red pepper jam which is equally delicious And we just place one anchovy on top of course if they're anchovies like the ones I have I'm using Santoña anchovies from the Cantabrian Sea which are spectacular and make a perfect bite For the third bite or appetizer we'll also need some slices of toasted bread Morcilla de Burgos caramelized onion and pine nuts I'm going to show you how to make caramelized onions—they're incredibly simple We'll slice the onion into julienne strips add a drizzle of oil to a skillet and proceed Add the onion and cook it over low heat Typically caramelizing onions takes over an hour but I'm going to show you a trick to do it in less than thirty minutes Add a pinch of salt and simmer everything over low heat And now to speed up the process we'll add half a teaspoon of baking soda We cover it and let it simmer on low heat for about 15 to 20 minutes Halfway through cooking we stir it and notice the onions are beginning to release their sugars and are now cooking evenly We can caramelize the onions even a day or two in advance as they keep well Keep it in the refrigerator transfer it to a container and store it for several days When it takes on that characteristic color of caramelized onion the golden-brown hue of caramel remove it from the heat We just need to grill the rice sausage slices for one minute per side and that's it And now we place it on the bread add the blood sausage and top it with a little We'll add the caramelized onions and finish it off with some pine nuts It's a simple easy bite that tastes absolutely delicious Now for our final appetizer we're going to make some ham chocolates We'll need Iberian serrano ham cream cheese and some pistachios The first thing we'll do is place a baking tray in the oven and bake some slices of ham until they become crispy And once we have it we'll chop it into tiny pieces and this ham will serve as the filling for our chocolates Now we're going to add a few spoonfuls of cream cheese like Philadelphia and stir it in The chopped ham the crispy ham and we're also going to add some shelled and chopped pistachios We mix everything well and now to shape the chocolates I'm going to use a typical silicone ice cube tray We place a slice into each hole of our ice cube tray even if it sticks out a bit because we'll close it up later We place a teaspoon of the filling we have—cream cheese ham and pistachios—into the wrapper and seal it If it doesn't fit quite right at the end we can shape it or trim a little bit once we remove it from the mold We'll do it this way with all the ones we're preparing and once we have it we'll cover it And we'll chill them in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes before serving Once those 30 minutes have passed we can easily unmold them And as I've mentioned if there's any part left below or anything like that it can be trimmed And there you have it—we’d already have 4 simple-to-make appetizers skewers or canapés that are also very delicious I hope you enjoyed these ideas and as always thank you for being here Keep watching our videos remember you can subscribe to our YouTube channel and you can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram See you in the next video Goodbye