Are you hosting New Year's Eve this year? Make sure you've got some delicious dishes ready for when your guests arrive with our six recipes.
From mini burgers and pizzas to canapes and blinis, there are little nibbles that will suit all of your friends and family, and that includes the kids!
Tesco mini burgers (Serves 12)
Ingredients:
750g (1½lb) minced Aberdeen Angus beef
1 onion, finely chopped
2tsp Worcestershire sauce
1tbsp tomato ketchup
75g (3oz) fresh breadcrumbs
1½tsp salt
1tsp freshly ground black pepper
6 hot dog rolls or bridge rolls, plus toppings to serve
Method:
1. Mix the beef with the onion, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup and breadcrumbs. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Mix with your hands then shape into 12 mini burgers. Grill or fry for 3-4 minutes on each side until cooked through.
3. Meanwhile, cut the hot dog rolls or bridge rolls into thick round slices and toast under the grill.
4. Sandwich the burgers between the bread rounds with your toppings (onions, lettuce, tomatoes, gherkins, small squares of cheddar - whatever you fancy) and secure with co*cktail sticks.
Do you think these will look great on your party table? You can buy the ingredients to make them at realfood.tesco.com
Aldi mini crab cake canapes (Makes 12)
Ingredients:
1 Specially Selected whole cooked crab
400g potatoes
2 spring onions, sliced
150g white bread
1 lemon, zested
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp fresh chopped flat leaf parsley
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Method:
1. To begin peel and quarter the potatoes and bring to the boil, then simmer for 10-15 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
2. When the potatoes are cooked through, mash them and stir in the salt, pepper, lemon zest and parsley. Finally add the crab meat and combine, then form 12 equally sized crab cakes.
3. Use a food processor to blend the bread into breadcrumbs and place them on a plate.
3. To bread the crab cakes first dip them into the egg mixture and then into the breadcrumbs and pan fry them in a little oil for 3-4 minutes on each side until they are golden.
4. Serve the crab cakes as canapés with a lemon mayonnaise dip.
Asda venison polpette skewers (Serves 16)
Ingredients:
400g Extra Special venison burgers
1 ½ tbsp vodka
4 tsp Extra Special cranberry & port sauce
1 tbsp Chosen by you double cream
1 tbsp Extra Special rapeseed oil
16 skewers
Method:
1. Break up the burgers in a bowl. Divide the mixture into 16 and roll into meatballs with wet hands (no bigger than £2 coin).
2. Heat 1 tbsp oil over a medium heat. Add meatballs. Increase heat to high and turn regularly until meatballs are golden.
3. Add a splash of vodka and cook meatballs for a further 1 minute.
4. Add the cranberry sauce and cream to glaze. Check meatballs are cooked through. Thread 2-3 onto each skewer.
5. Serve with a dip of your choice.
If you want to make these delicious skewers, you can buy the ingredients at recipes.asda.com
Tesco mini salami pizzas (Serves 10)
Ingredients:
250g (8oz) strong white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
1tsp salt
½ x 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast
½tsp caster sugar
1tbsp extra virgin olive oil
150ml (¼pt) warm water
For the topping
2 x 400g (2 x 13oz) tins chopped tomatoes
5tbsp tomato purée
1tsp dried oregano
150-200g (5-7oz) mozzarella, grated or torn into small pieces
15-18 cherry tomatoes
10-12 slices of salami
Method:
1. Sieve the flour and salt into a large bowl and make a well in the middle. Mix the yeast, sugar and olive oil into the warm water and leave for about 5 minutes before pouring into the middle of the flour.
Using a fork, bring the flour in gradually from the sides and swirl into the liquid until the mixture comes together. Transfer to a floured surface and knead for about 5-10 minutes until you have a smooth, springy dough.
You can do this in an electric food mixer if you prefer. Put the ball of dough in a large, flour-dusted bowl and sprinkle the top with some more flour.
2. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and place in a warm place for about an hour and a half until the dough has doubled in size.
3. Once the dough has risen, knead again on a floured surface, knocking out the air. Divide into 6 pieces.
4. Roll one at a time on a floured surface to about 5mm thick, and sit on an oiled and flour-dusted baking sheet. You could form the dough into squares, triangles or rectangles if you fancy a change.
5. To make the sauce, place the tinned tomatoes, tomato purée and oregano in a saucepan over a low to medium heat and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 20 minutes until the tomatoes have reduced by about half into a really rich, thick sauce.
6. Heat the oven to gas 7, 220˚C, fan 200˚C. Spread some tomato sauce evenly over the pizza bases and then scatter with the mozzarella.
7. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and tear the salami into strips, then arrange them on the pizzas. Put in the oven to cook for about 10 minutes, until the edges are golden and crisp.
Think these mini pizzas will go down a treat? You can buy the ingredients at realfood.tesco.com
Aldi hot smoked salmon blinis and rocket (Serves 20)
Ingredients:
175g self-raising flour
2 pinches salt
Coarse ground black pepper
1 medium egg
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
200ml cold semi-skimmed milk
Vegetable oil
125g fillet Aldi hot smoked salmon
4-5 tbsp mayonnaise
4 tbsp roughly chopped rocket
10 cherry tomatoes cut into quarters
Method:
1. Put the flour, salt, pepper, into a bowl and mix well. Add the egg, mustard and about ¾ of the milk. Mix to a smooth batter, this should resemble a very thick cream consistency. Add a little more milk if the mixture is too thick.
2. Pre-heat a non-stick frying pan with a couple of teaspoons of oil.
3. Spoon in the mixture in teaspoon size amounts and cook for 1 minute. Cook until the top starts to bubble and is just set.
4. Flip over carefully and cook for a further 1 minute, then cool.
5. Break the salmon up in a small bowl. (Don’t make the pieces too small, though).
6. Add the mayonnaise, rocket and finally the tomatoes. Carefully fold together, so the tomatoes do not break up.
7. Pile the mixture onto the small blinis and serve.
Top Tips:
- The mixture can be made, cooked, then covered with cling film or a damp tea towel to keep it soft.
- Any smoked fish can be used.
- Natural yoghurt can be substituted for the mayonnaise.
Asda mini venison sausage rolls with cherry conserve (Serves 16)
Ingredients:
400g Ready rolled all-butter puff pastry
400g Extra Special venison burgers
30g Extra Special cherry conserve
Method:
1. Pre-heat oven to 220˚C/200˚C Fan/Gas 7.
2. Roll out the pastry to 3mm thick, slightly thinner than £1 coin. Cut into mini triangles (8cm x 10cm) and chill.
3. Divide burgers into quarters and roll into sausages with your hands.
4. Put a sausage on each pastry triangle. Roll to create a tiny croissant shape.
5. Place on a baking sheet, evenly spaced, and bake for 20 minutes.
6. Take out 5-7 minutes before the end and glaze with the cherry conserve. Put back in the oven for remaining time for a nice golden glaze.
If you’re a fan of sausage rolls, try this extra special take on the classics. You can buy the ingredients at recipes.asda.com