
Black Pudding Canapés I
Bored of the standard sausage rolls, vol-au-vents or cheese & pineapple on a stick as nibbles at a party. Spice your canapés up with these great ideas using black pudding.
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Bored of the standard sausage rolls, vol-au-vents or cheese & pineapple on a stick as nibbles at a party. Spice your canapés up with these great ideas using black pudding.
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Black Pudding Canapés I
Ingredients
Pear and Blue Cheese

- 1 Red Chicory, in ½cm slices
- ½ Red-skinned Pear, cored and diced
- 50g Cashel Blue, chilled
- 2 tbsp chopped Flatleaf Parsley
- 1 Tsp Olive Oil
- 300g Black Pudding, cut into 1½cm slices
'Nutella' on Toast by Heston Blumenthal

- 1 loaf Brioche*1
- 350g Whipping Cream
- 350g Black Pudding
- 3g Salt
- 40g Gastrique, made with;
- 200g Sherry Vinegar
- 30g Caster Sugar
- ½ Tsp Groundnut Oil
- Roasted Chopped Hazelnuts
Beetroot and Blue Cheese by Rachel Allen

- 4 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 200g Black Pudding, cut into 20 slices
- 1 small Baguette
- 100g cooked Baby Beetroot
- 60g Blue Cheese
- 10g Flatleaf Parsley
Method
Pear and Blue Cheese
- Put the chicory in a bowl with the pear and crumble in the cheese. Add the parsley and season with black pepper. Mix briefly.
- Warm the oil in a frying pan over high heat and fry the black pudding slices for 2-3 minutes on each side. Drain on kitchen paper. Spoon 1 tbsp salad on each. Season with pepper.
'Nutella' on Toast
- Using a pastry cutter, cut 20 8cm x 3cm rectangles from the Brioche (if not making your own)*1
- To make the gastrique, place the sherry vinegar and caster sugar in a pan over medium-high heat and cook until around a fifth, or only 40g of liquid, is remaining.
- Place the whipping cream in a pan over medium heat and allow it to come to a simmer. Add the black pudding and the salt. Bring back to a simmer.
- Place the contents in a blender and blitz until smooth. Pass through a fine sieve and add gastrique and oil, and reserve.
- To finish, toast the brioche lightly on both sides. Spread some of the black pudding ‘Nutella’ on top and sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts to serve.
Beetroot and Blue Cheese
- Preheat the grill. In a frying pan, heat 2 tbsp oil on medium heat. Add the black pudding slices; cook on both sides for 2 minutes. Drain on kitchen paper.
- Drizzle a little oil on each side of the bread; toast on both sides under the grill.
- On each toast, arrange first a piece of black pudding, then beetroot and finally a piece of cheese. Serve straight away with a sprig of parsley to garnish.
Recipe Notes
- Brioche
For simplicity, we've suggested you buy a ready-made Brioche loaf for this recipe. However, given this is a Heston Blumenthal recipe, you'd naturally expect him to make his own - find out how to make Heston's Brioche.
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