Homemade No-Bake 5-Ways Canapés Appetizers

Finger foods are a must at any dinner party or gathering! If you are looking for some new savory snacks to include at your next get-together, consider trying these homemade appetizers, which all use bread as a base. Each one of these appetizer recipes involves assembling bread with various fillings to create small canapés that are easy to pick up and eat with your hands. Involving a mixture of sweet, savory, and crunchy ingredients such as strawberry jam, ham, cheese, and nuts, there will be something for everyone!

What are Homemade Appetizers?

These homemade appetizers are five different canapé recipes involving bread and different fillings. Each one results in finger foods that guests can pick up and eat easily, while including the robust flavors of meat, cheese, olives, salmon, and more. Served with glasses of wine, these bite-sized appetizers will be sure to please!

Pro Tips

• Make sure that the bread you use is very fresh before making the canapés. Since it forms the base for these recipes, it is very important that it is high quality.
• Since these homemade appetizers require quite a bit of assembly, prepare and chop all of the ingredients for each one before you start assembling them.
• Don’t assemble the appetizers too far in advance or else the bread may become too soft or dry out. It is best to make them only a few hours before you plan to serve them.
• Serve all of the appetizers on a beautiful platter for the most attractive appearance.
• Feel free to swap out ingredients if there is something you like better. For example, rather than using strawberry jam, you could use apricot jam or fig jam.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Canapés?

Canapés are a type of small appetizer or hors d’oeuvre that are easy to pick up and eat with your hands, and include some kind of bread. The term “canapé” is French for “couch,” in reference to the pillowy texture of the bread.

What Type of Bread Should Be Used For Canapés?

While you could use any type of bread you enjoy for canapés, it is best to use fluffy sandwich bread, such as white bread or whole wheat bread, for these homemade appetizers.

Can I Make Canapés Gluten-Free?

Yes, you definitely could! Simply replace the white bread with your favorite gluten-free bread.

How to Store Homemade Appetizers

These homemade appetizers should be served the day they are made for optimal freshness. Simply cover the platter with plastic wrap and store it in the fridge until you are ready to serve it.

How to Make Homemade Canapés Appetizers

For the sobrasada canapés, spread a slice of bread with some of the sobrasada and top it with a slice of cheese. Spread another piece of bread with some of the cheese spread.

Place it on top of the other slice of bread with the cheese side facing down. Spread another layer of sobrasada on top and top it with another slice of cheese.

Spread another slice of bread with cheese spread and place it on top of the bread stack with the cheese spread facing down. Repeat the layers one more time.

Cut the sandwich into squares. Spread the tops with more cheese spread and garnish them with serrano ham.

For the canapés with goat cheese and nuts, spread a slice of bread with the pork pate. Place another slice of bread on top, spread it with pork pate, and place another slice of bread on top.

Cut them into squares. Top them with slices of goat cheese along with a walnut and some strawberry jam.

For the canapés with tomato and ham, season the tomato slices with salt. Use a rolling pin to flatten a slice of bread and spread it with some cheese spread.

Top the bread with slices of tomato and ham, and spread some cheese spread on top. Top it with another piece of bread, cheese spread, tomato, and ham. Spread it with more cheese spread and add another slice of bread on top.

Cut the sandwich into squares and garnish them with more ham.

For the ham and cheese rolls, arrange four slices of bread on a clean surface so that their edges are touching. Use a rolling pin to flatten them into one layer. Arrange 6 of the ham slices on a sheet of plastic wrap in an even layer.

Place the bread on top. Sprinkle the bread with the olives.

Top it with the remaining 4 slices of ham. Trim the edges before rolling it up into a tight roll. Cut it into slices.

For the salmon and cheese rolls, stir the onions with the pickles and mayonnaise until combined. Arrange the smoked salmon in a flat layer on top of a sheet of plastic wrap.

Top it with the bread.Spread the bread with the mayonnaise mixture.

Roll it up in a tight roll and cut it into slices.

Serve all of the appetizers on a platter.