Skewers are always wonderful for a buffet – whether sweet or savory or combined, such little bites are always very well received. They are quickly eaten, you often don’t even need plates or cutlery, and they taste really good. The great thing is that you can combine things so wonderfully here. Cheese with grapes, or sausage and cheese with cucumbers, or bread with vegetables, wraps with all kinds of fillings, or even small pancakes with fruit. You can really let your creativity run wild here. Yes, of course, it is a bit of fiddly work because you often have to cut or cut out a lot. But with a little planning, skewers can be prepared well in advance, and then you can enjoy the party to the fullest, since at the start of the party all you have to do is set out the platters. Many skewers can also simply be assembled with small ingredients, such as cocktail tomatoes with mini mozzarella balls, or grapes, blueberries, etc.
The skewers can be placed on a platter, stood in a wide glass, or stuck into a Party hedgehog stick. Skewers can also be arranged beautifully on other vegetables: on a cabbage head covered with aluminum foil or on cucumbers.
In this article, I have some very good recipes and ideas for skewers with fruit or vegetables:
Finger food – vegetable skewers
Recipe for skewers with Extrawurst, cheese and gherkins
Ingredients:
- Extrawurst, cut into small pieces
- Cheese to taste (Gouda, Emmental, Bergbaron, etc.), cut into small pieces
- Pickled gherkins, cut into small pieces
- Skewers
Instructions:
Cut the Extrawurst, cheese, and gherkins into pieces and thread them onto nice little skewers in the following order: first the sausage, then the cheese, and finally the gherkin. The skewers can be set up on a platter or arranged on a Party hedgehog distribute. Especially popular with children.
Recipe for tomato mozzarella skewers
Ingredients:
- Cocktail tomatoes
- Mini mozzarella balls
- Basil leaves
- Olive oil
- Balsamic vinegar
- Skewers
Instructions:
For the skewers, thread the cocktail tomatoes, mozzarella balls, and basil leaves alternately onto a skewer. Drizzle a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar over them and let them marinate briefly. Serve the skewers either on a platter or in a wide glass. These are nice Party hedgehog, which you can buy.
Recipe for skewers with cheese and grapes
Ingredients:
- Hard cheese as desired (Bergbaron, Gouda, Emmental, etc.)
- Grapes (green and/or red)
- Skewers
Instructions:
Alternate the cheese and grapes on the skewers. Place the finished skewers either on a platter or serve them in a wide glass. These look absolutely great Party hedgehog look.
Recipe for bread skewers
Ingredients:
- dark bread
- slices of toast
- Cucumber
- Peppers
- cocktail tomatoes
- Extrawurst
- Cheese (e.g. Gouda, Emmental, Bergbaron, etc.)
- 1 package cream cheese or butter
- long skewers
Instructions:
Cut or cut out small bite-sized squares from the bread (I would keep everything the same size, so if, for example, you cut the cucumber into slices, cut the bread into pieces of the same size). Spread the pieces with cream cheese or butter. Cut the vegetables into slices and pieces as well, so that everything is more or less uniform in size. Now fill the skewers with the ingredients as desired, always bread, ham, cheese, vegetables. Place the skewers on a platter.
Recipe for wrap skewers with tuna
Ingredients:
- can of tuna
- Lettuce of your choice (iceberg lettuce, arugula, lettuce, etc.), finely chopped
- Cucumber, finely chopped
- red bell pepper, cut into small pieces
- 1 package herb or plain cream cheese
- Tortillas
- Skewers
Instructions:
Spread the cream cheese on the wraps and top with the remaining ingredients, cut into small pieces. Then roll them up and cut into bite-sized pieces. Insert skewers and place on a platter.
Recipe for wrap skewers with ham and cheese
Ingredients:
- Ham slices
- Cheese slices
- 1 package cream cheese (plain or with herbs, etc.)
- Lettuce of your choice (iceberg lettuce, arugula, lettuce, etc.), finely chopped
- Cucumber, finely chopped
- Tortillas
- Skewers
Instructions:
Spread the cream cheese on the tortillas and top with the ham and cheese slices. Add the cucumber and lettuce and roll up into rolls. Cut the rolls into bite-sized pieces and put them on skewers.
Recipe for wrap skewers with salmon
Ingredients:
- smoked salmon in slices
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 package cream cheese (plain or with herbs, etc.)
- Lettuce of your choice (iceberg lettuce, arugula, lettuce, etc.), finely chopped
- Cucumber, finely chopped
- Dill
- Tortillas
- Skewers
Instructions:
First mix the sour cream with the cream cheese and spread it over the tortillas. Now top the wraps with the salmon. Distribute the lettuce, cucumber pieces, and dill on top. Roll up the wraps and cut into bite-sized pieces. Put them on skewers and place them on a nice platter.
Recipe for Greek-style wrap skewers with sheep’s cheese
Ingredients:
- sheep’s cheese, crumbled
- Cucumber, finely chopped
- tomatoes, cut into small pieces
- olives, pitted, cut into small pieces
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 garlic clove, pressed
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Oregano
- Tortillas
- Skewers
Instructions:
Crumble the feta and mix it with the yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, and garlic. Spread this mixture over the flatbread. Distribute the chopped vegetables and oregano on top. Roll up into rolls and cut into bite-sized pieces. Then simply put them on the skewers and place them on a platter.
Recipe for wrap skewers with spicy chili vegetables
Ingredients:
- yellow bell pepper, cut into small pieces
- Cucumber, finely chopped
- Lettuce of your choice (iceberg lettuce, arugula, lettuce, etc.), finely chopped
- tomatoes, cut into small pieces
- sweet chili sauce
- Tortillas
- Skewers
Instructions:
Top the wraps with the chopped vegetables and add a good splash of chili sauce. Roll up the tortillas and cut into bite-sized pieces. Put them on skewers and arrange nicely on a platter.
Finger food – fruit skewers
You can also conjure up beautiful and tasty skewers with fruit for a buffet or a fruit snack. Suitable fruits for skewers are pineapple, berries such as raspberries, blueberries, or strawberries, apple wedges, plums, pear halves, kiwi pieces, physalis, cherries, grapes, and mandarins.
Recipe for rainbow skewers with fruit
Ingredients:
- red grapes
- Blueberries
- green grapes
- pineapple pieces
- cantaloupe, in pieces
- Strawberries
- long skewers
Instructions:
For the rainbow skewers, thread the ingredients onto the skewers in the following order: first the strawberry, then the melons, the pineapple, green grapes, blueberries, and finally the red grapes.
Recipe for melon, kiwi, and blueberry skewers
These skewers look like magic wands and can be used wonderfully for Halloween or carnival.
Ingredients:
- red and green grapes
- Blueberries
- pineapple slices
- kiwi slices
- watermelon slices
- small star-shaped cutter
- long skewers
Instructions:
Use the cutter to cut out pretty stars from the kiwi, pineapple, and melons. The stars must always be at the very top of the skewers, so always start with a star and thread small pieces underneath: blueberries, pineapple pieces, melon pieces, grapes. Arrange the magic wands in a wide glass.
Mini pancake skewers
Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- neutral oil for frying
- nougat cream
- Strawberries
- Skewers
Instructions:
In a large bowl, beat the egg, then add the flour, sugar, milk, butter, cinnamon and vanilla and mix well. Heat the oil in a pan and add 1 tsp of batter for each mini pancake to the pan and fry until golden brown.
Extra tip: The pancakes will turn out nicer if you make them with a Piping bag or a batter dispenser . I have a small dosing bottle like that, and it worked very well for us.
Let the pancakes cool slightly.
In the meantime, cut the strawberries into thin slices and spread nougat cream on a few pancakes. Now always start with a strawberry, then skewer a pancake, a pancake spread with nougat, and another strawberry, and so on. Serve the skewers standing upright on a platter.
Vegan version: Recipe for vegan pancakes
Skewers are really great for preparing in advance and are suitable for any kind of party: whether carnival, Christmas, or Halloween, and of course also for birthdays, confirmations, or wedding anniversary celebrations. Finger food is always welcome; it is easy to eat and looks absolutely great. Admittedly, it is sometimes a little fiddly, but with a bit of good planning you can prepare it well.
The skewers can be prepared sweet or savory with many different ingredients. Depending on your taste, you can conjure up really great creations here; mine are only meant to serve as inspiration for what you can put on skewers. With that, I wish you every success!
Read also: Recipes for a finger food buffet
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