The organization of a buffet table for a birthday is the best choice of celebration if you need to provide informal communication between all participants of the celebration. During the buffet, each of the invited guests will be able to find a company and an interlocutor of interest, and the role of the host and hostess is reduced to a relaxed walk among the guests and directing conversations in the right direction.

Arrangement of tables at the reception on the occasion of the birthday.

Arrangement of tables at the receptions produced in 2 ways:

1. Along the walls - long and narrow tables are well suited for this.

2. In the middle of the hall. This method is only suitable for large rooms. Tables in this case can be installed in the form of letters "P" or "W"



The main criterion for arranging tables is for guests to freely mix around the room, choose any treat, without interfering with each other.

The organization of the buffet on the birthday.

In the buffet menu, as a rule, it is customary to include snacks (cold and cracked), main dishes, and desserts. Snacks and main dishes are served in small portions "under the fork" - so that guests do without knives. Salads are served in small portions in tartlets or on toasts.

Tables are covered with tablecloths, decorated with low bouquets of flowers, tufts of greenery. In addition to the buffet tables, special tables are usually provided for ashtrays, napkins, used dishes.

When setting on the tables, groups put wine glasses, glasses, stacks of plates, next to they put appliances - snack bars and dessert forks, snack bars and fruit knives. At equal intervals, place the vases with fruit and jars with juices, bottles of mineral and fruit water.



An hour before the arrival of the guests, cold snacks are served, and bread is sliced. Garnish for dishes and snacks are served in a separate dish. Sauces are served on a stand-up table in sauceboats on snack plates, they are placed next to the snacks or dishes for which they are intended. Next to each snack, dish or side dish must be put devices for their unfolding. Already after the start of the buffet, hot snacks and second hot dishes are put on the table, and as necessary, they fill up stacks of plates and appliances.

After hot dishes are served dessert. Ice cream, fruit, sweet canapes, confectionery are suitable for dessert. Tea or coffee is served along with the dessert.

Alcoholic beverages can be put on the common table labels to guests, placing them next to the corresponding glasses and glasses. You can also arrange an improvised bar counter on a separate table. Selection of alcoholic beverages depends mainly on what dishes are on the menu.

Alcoholic drinks for the buffet table.

You can serve spirits cooled to 10 ° C with strong alcoholic drinks — vodka and bitter liqueurs; to non-acute dishes - strong wines cooled to 12-14 ° C, such as port wine, Madeira, or sherry.

For seafood snacks, connoisseurs recommend serving white table wines with temperatures around 14 ° C. Meat gastronomic products (ham, sausages), cold roast beef perfectly combine red table wines of room temperature, with hot snacks - strong wines.

Chilled white dry and semi-dry wines with a temperature of 14 degrees are served to the second fish dishes as well as hot poultry dishes.

Champagne (dry and semi-dry) is offered to game dishes, and red dry wines heated to 20 degrees for hot meat and game dishes.

For vegetable and mushroom snacks, you can offer guests chilled white, semi-sweet dining, and for sweet dishes - dessert wines.

For dessert, they offer champagne chilled to 5-8 ° C, cognac for coffee, and sweet liquor for tea.

Recipes for the buffet on the birthday.

As mentioned above, on the buffet table is best served dishes that can be eaten without the help of a knife. Such dishes include, for example, sandwiches, canapes, salads and juliens in tartlets.

We offer you several recipes. Which can be served on the festive buffet table.



Ingredients for 24 pieces:

  • baton 6 slices
  • peeled boiled shrimps 200 gr
  • melted soft cheese 3 tbsp. spoons
  • chili sauce 1 tbsp. spoon
  • horseradish sauce with vinegar 1 tbsp. spoon
  • pitted black olives 6 pcs.
  • ground red pepper
  • parsley

Cooking canapés:

  1. Leave 24 shrimps and decorating, chop the rest.
  2. Mix the shredded shrimps with cheese, chili sauce, horseradish, season with pepper.
  3. Cut olives into rings.
  4. From slices of a loaf cut off the crusts, grease the slices with the prepared mixture and cut each into four triangles.
  5. Ready canapes decorate with shrimps, olives and greens.

Tartlets from pepper.



Ingredients for 16 servings:

  • sweet pepper of different colors 3 pcs.
  •   4 things.
  • garlic 4 cloves
  • soft cream cheese 200 gr.
  • mayonnaise 8 tbsp. spoons
  • green dill chopped 4 tbsp. spoons
  • canned sea kale 220 grams
  • greenery

How to make tartlets:

  1. Peppers, rinse and, removing the rods with seeds, cut lengthwise into four pieces.
  2. Chop the eggs, garlic and sea kale without pouring, add the cheese, mayonnaise and dill, mix well.
  3. Spread the “rafts” of pepper on a dish, place on each cooked mass with sea kale, decorate with small pieces of pepper and greens.

More recipes for salads and julienne tartlets.

Buffet table  - This is a relaxed atmosphere and light snack menu. In the buffet menu - mini-dishes (appetizers, hot, desserts) and drinks. It is better to give preference to portioned snacks, which can be easily picked up with a fork or taken with a hand. Cooking should not take you much time, and dishes should not lose their taste, even if they cool down. And remember: what you eat should be combined with what you drink.

Snacks on skewers  very comfortable to eat. On skewers you can put ready-made seafood (shrimps, mussels, squid pieces), meat (ready-made chicken, bacon, ham, sausages), vegetables (onions, potatoes, olives).

Meat, seafood, vegetables can be fried breaded. The easiest way to cook batter is to mix flour, egg yolk and water. On 1 yolk need 200 ml of water and 8 tbsp. flour. Half the flour can be replaced by starch - the batter will turn out to be more airy.

Snack balls (snacks) makefrom mashed potatoes or grated products - cheese or potatoes. If you roll the balls in different spices, they will differ from each other not only in taste, but also in appearance: they will turn yellow from curry, red from paprika, black from black pepper. You can put inside the balls stuffing - nuts, raisins, finely chopped greens.

Shrimp  You can bake on the grill, fry or boil. To give them a spicy taste, add spices (garlic, pepper, ginger) in the cooking process, make a sauce or use ready-made, for example, soy. A good addition to shrimp - lettuce, tomatoes, olives. Finished shrimp can be strung on skewers, alternating with other products - chicken, bacon, vegetables.

Crunchy chicken wings  - fried or barbecue - a great snack. If you have time, it is advisable to pre-marinate them. Mix the spices (garlic, paprika, rosemary, thyme, curry), add a little lemon juice, white wine or soy sauce. Rub the wings with this mixture and leave in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. If honey is added to the marinade, the wings will acquire a beautiful golden hue and an original sweetish taste.

Chips You can also make yourself - from vegetables (potatoes, zucchini, zucchini, eggplants) and fruits (bananas, apples). Cut them into thin plates and deep-fry.

The word " buffet table "Originates from the French fourchettewhat vila means.

The buffet table is a type of event and the organization of a table with small snacks, when each guest freely chooses dishes and drinks.

At such events, forks are used primarily as cutlery, hence its name.

Another major distinguishing feature of the buffet is the lack of chairs and tables with painted seats.

The tradition of standing standing originated in France in the 19th century. Politicians sitting in Parliament took the habit of having a snack at 5 pm, standing near the table with a fork.

The Russian Empire adopted many traditions from France, including the tradition of the buffet. The tradition has taken root, but transformed.

So we had a buffet table - cold snacks and drinks for a small amount of time.

All over the world, the buffet table is called the buffet.

There are two very similar traditions in the world - the smorgasbord buffet and the buffet.

Both options suggest the presence of snacks. At the same time, on a buffet - these are cold dishes, the so-called “finger snacks”, which can be taken with hands or a skewer, and on the buffet - hot and cold dishes.

Buffet offers a small amount of time. The buffet is a more serious meal.

Anyway, both of them are a convenient format for organizing meetings, events, when a large number of guests and a small amount of time and space are planned.



As a rule, buffets have earned love and popularity in corporate culture. This is a convenient way to spend time with colleagues for socializing, snacks and drinks.

Buffet table can be organized at home. This is a beautiful and elegant version of the holiday, when the main purpose of the event - communication, and not a hearty meal.

Will the buffet table suit you?

- yes, if you have many guests planned and space is limited;

- yes, if you are limited in time;

- yes, if the main purpose of communication or thematic event and entertainment.

Currently, there are catering companies that hold turnkey organization of receptions. But, it is possible to organize a banquet on your own, having thought it through beforehand, making a menu and a shopping list.

What you need to organize a buffet table?

- tablecloth on the table, preferably a long ("on the floor") or "skirt";

- plates for snacks - grouped in stacks of 6-10 pieces;

- glasses and glasses - use various methods of grouping and placement - in rows, in groups, "snake", "herringbone".

- forks - there is no role from which side of the plates or in which part of the table they will be located, the main thing is that it is convenient for guests to use them.

- paper napkins;

- skewers - they will need to serve snacks;

- A la carte cups if you plan to serve snacks in them;

- serving dishes, trays, boards, stacked supports;

- paddles, cooking tongs and other devices for layouts;

- beautifully in the center of the table will look flower arrangement.

The basic rule of the restaurant is that all the necessary appliances, napkins, dishes and drinks should stand in a convenient manner so that the guest does not have difficulty to get them!

Low objects should be placed near the edge of the table (for example, glasses), high objects closer to the center (for example, glasses on a high leg), the same rule applies to snacks.

Arrangement buffet table.

- Drinks in bottles put to the edge of the table, the label "out".

- Compotes, juices, fruit drinks - in jugs on plates.

- Snacks on serving plates are placed on the space free from the devices.

Oval and square dishes set at a 45 degree angle.

First of all, those appetizers that do not lose their qualities and appearance from the effects of temperature are put on the table.

The last place put jellied, mayonnaise, butter and caviar.



Buffet table menu suggests 10-15 cold appetizers, 1-3 hot drinks.

Calculate the time for preparing snacks - evaluate it objectively and take it with a reserve! Despite the small size of snacks, they require hard work.

Options for buffet snacks - the sea! You can connect your imagination and come up with incredibly tasty and original ideas, or you can use the classic options for the buffet table. Due to the variety of products used and methods of serving snacks, the buffet table can look rich, tasty and beautiful!

Examples of buffet snacks.

The most common version of buffet cold snacks - canape  - mini sandwiches. As a rule, they are served with a skewer.

Now there are special forms of cutting for cutting bread and other ingredients for canapés. But you can do with a regular knife or curly cuts. The main thing - to show imagination and accuracy in the performance!

Variants of canapés can be thought out in advance, and you can act intuitively, collecting various ingredients on a skewer:

- white / black bread / crackers;

- sausage / ham / baked ham / hunting sausages;

- cheeses / mini mozzarella;

- fish of weak salt / herring / shrimp;

- cherry tomatoes / cucumber / radish / avocado / lettuce / greens;

- gherkins / pickled beets / mushrooms / mini onions / mini corncobs, canned, etc.

Do not limit your imagination, you can serve snacks not only on bread, use crackers, chips, cucumber slices!



  Avocado Snack served on crackers

Support canapes on the buffet table can and their big "brothers" - and brusquets.

These traditional Italian appetizers on a slice of toasted bread are easy to prepare, and their variety is great.



  Crostini with grapes

Brusqueta  It is a small toast of grilled bread with various spreads and powders. The simplest version of brusquets is toasted bread, smeared with olive oil and grated with a clove of garlic.

For a change, you can put the fillings on a bread slice - tomatoes, onions, basil, cheese (parmesan, mozzarella, feta), shrimps, ham or sausage.

For example, you can file brusche with Parma ham and figs.

Or cook a vegetarian option - bruschetu with tomatoes and eggplants.

Another version of the buffet snack - .



  Stuffed eggs

Here are examples of proven delicious combinations:

1. Cheese, yolk, garlic, mayonnaise

2. Caviar (without yolk)

3. Cheese, walnuts, garlic, mayonnaise

4. Cod liver, yolk

5. Pate with yolk

6. Avocado, crab meat, mayonnaise

7. Green peas, yolk, mayonnaise



  Stuffed Cherie Tomatoes

Hot snack  must meet the same basic requirements of the buffet table - convenience for guests when choosing them.

If you are planning, let it be in small portioned cocoon.

If, let each be equipped with a skewer or think in advance the presence of a spatula or forceps, with which the guest will be comfortable serving himself.



You can prepare, open or other products from which the guest can take hands.

Serving buffet table, try to alternate snacks from meat, fish, vegetables. For example, do not put next to two meat snacks.

Bottles of mineral water and juice are opened 5-10 minutes before inviting guests to the table, and only some of the bottles are uncorked, and the rest are already opened in the process.

Bottles of liquor uncorked in the kitchen, with the exception of champagne.

A bottle of champagne can be placed in a bucket with ice and put on the edge of the table. Start with it, as an aperitif, and raising glasses to start your event!



For dessert, you can serve portioned ice-cream bowls with desserts, mini-cakes, sweet canapes, fruits on skewers, and drinks, coffee, brandy and liqueurs.

Merry and delicious holidays to you!

Christina Belco

Hello! My name is Kristina. When I was a little girl, I loved to look at my mother's cookbooks and make clay dishes for my dolls. Now I am the mother of two kids and I love to pamper them with different goodies. The search for interesting recipes and the exchange of culinary wisdom became a fascinating hobby for me. Inspiration scoops in his family, books and walks through the beautiful city of St. Petersburg. For my family I choose tasty and healthy food. When cooking using simple and affordable ingredients, I often resort to using steamers. I love Russian cuisine, I think this is part of our history and culture. Also, in our menu often appear dishes of national cuisines that have proven themselves throughout the world. The recipes that I offer you are loved by my family and friends. I hope that they will also appeal to you and to the table! We are happy to answer your questions, accept comments and suggestions! Leave your comments on the site or email me [email protected]  and @kristinabelko's Instagram.

What is the buffet table? This is a relaxed atmosphere of communication under a light snack menu. Usually at such events, desserts, a la carte snacks and drinks are served at the table.
If in a nutshell, the buffet is when they eat standing up, guests choose their own food, most often they also serve themselves. But the main purpose of the buffet is not the food itself, but communication. Do not be afraid to organize a buffet at home - for the success of its hostess only need a couple of fresh ideas. They are in our arsenal as much as thirty - we will be glad to share with you! Classic Canapes
Canapes and buffets - like twin brothers. With the help of ordinary toothpicks and simple products you can stir up a very tasty snack in a matter of minutes. The easiest option: cheese, ham (sausage) and olives, or several types of cheese and olives. Sausage cubes can be alternated with bread cubes, grapes and cucumber.

Canapes on rolls skewers
In this case, take the ham grilled slices. Pate is wrapped in it and all this needs to be “nailed” to a small piece of bun. Alternatively, instead of ham and pate, fried bacon slices with prunes are taken. And you can make a knight's move and wrap a thin piece of ham around the cheese, chop it onto a skew and decorate with parsley.

Shrimp Canape
This type of canape is considered special. Shrimps themselves are a delicacy and there are not many of them. A slice of salami is stabbed with shrimp and rolled in grated cheese and lemon zest. For brightness and variety, instead of salami, you can take mango and marinate shrimp in olive oil with sweet bell pepper.

Sweet canapes
An interesting combination of flavors - cherry, cheese and kiwi or kiwi, banana and grapes. Just do not forget that some fruits quickly darken and lose their beneficial properties. An interesting option would also be a biscuit souffle. Baked sponge cake dipped in white and chocolate icing and served on a skewer.

Buffet Sandwiches
And here the flow of ideas is truly limitless. We take black bread, cut it in triangles or in small squares, spread with butter and spread. The more options, the more varied buffet. You can put dill, ham, chopped smoked meat, red fish slices, mushroom caviar, avocado slices, and grated cheese on the butter.

Sandwiches "under the vodka"
The peculiarity of these sandwiches is that they include almost everything that usually bites 40-degree drink. And on the buffet tables, as you know, you cannot go far without a good snack. Black bread is greased with butter and with the help of skewers it fixes a piece of boiled egg, carrot, herring, pickled cucumber, olive oil and parsley.

Original sandwiches "Ladybug"
Preparing is simple, looks natural! Take bread, grease it with any butter or pasta, put half a cherry tomato. From the olives make the "head" and the points for the eyes, you can take the usual oil.

Stuffed Eggs and Tomatoes
Another classic dish of any buffet is a favorite and always eaten cleaned. Stuffing made of rice, caviar, dill, carrots, vegetables. In short, a versatile and always new dish!

Snack Snacks
Snacks in the form of balls are positively perceived at buffets. And they look delicious and taste good! Make snacks from regular mashed potatoes or finely grated foods. Balls roll in various spices: from curry they will be yellow, from paprika red, and from black pepper - respectively, black. Finely chopped herbs, raisins or nuts are usually put inside the snacks.

Snacks in batter
Any meat pieces, vegetables and seafood can be fried in batter. It is prepared very simply - 8 tbsp. Flour mix with one yolk and 200 ml. water. To get the batter turned out to be airy, you can add a little starch. Serve on a beautiful, large dish, decorate with parsley.

Chicken wings
Another great snack for a buffet table. Ideally, the wings are marinated in white wine or soy sauce with garlic, thyme, rosemary and curry before roasting. To give the dish a golden hue, add some honey to the marinade.

Proftitroli
Profiteroles are such small burgers. Made from choux pastry. Actually, the filling can be both sweet (as a dessert) and savory. For the test, take 250 ml of water, 100 grams of fatty butter (preferably 82%), a pinch of salt and sugar, a glass of flour with a slide and 6 yolks. Mix salt, sugar and water in a skillet, add butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly with a spatula. As soon as you boil, add flour and stir. Add one yolk, stir for a couple of minutes, then repeat the same with the other yolks. Form circles with a diameter of 2.5 - 3 cm and put in a preheated oven on a baking sheet for 20 minutes. Any filling you cook will go bang.

Mexican Corn Muffins
Cut 1 sweet and 1 hot pepper in half, remove the core, cut into small cubes. Sift in a dish of 0, 75 cups of flour and mix it with 120 g. Starch, 2 tsp. baking powder, salt, diced pepper, 100 g of grated emmental cheese, 40 g. Grated parmesan, 1 tsp. Paprika, 285 g. Canned corn. Separately, beat 125 ml of corn oil, 375 g of natural yogurt and pour all this into the dough. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Great if you have ready-made silicone molds for mini tartlets. Before serving, cupcakes can also be decorated with finely chopped sweet peppers.

Shrimp Chips
You need high-quality, large chips. On them the filling is laid out, which is prepared as follows. Boiled shrimps, pitted black olives, garlic, pickled gherkins and a little brine from them, mayonnaise and melted cheese are ground in a blender until smooth. We advise you to fill the chips just before serving, otherwise they will be soaked.

Mini pizza
You will not need any experiments with dough here. Carefully cut round bottoms from plain toast bread. Then put on them the pizza toppings (of your choice) and bake in the oven for several minutes.

Making snacks "Mermaid"
The main thing in any buffet is an opportunity to dream. The photo shows how to create a large, beautiful and very appetizing dish using the available products. Naturally, the components of the body parts of the "Mermaids" may differ - you decide whether the tail will be sausage and the body will be vegetable. In general, the order here is this: for the hair of "Mermaids" green onions, sea kale or, in extreme cases, Korean carrot, chest and head are plates with any salads, everything that has a round cut is taken for the body and the tail (tomatoes, sausage, lemons, oranges), the tail is made from sprats, and the contour is laid out with olives.

Chicken and cheese champignons
Separate the heads of the mushrooms from the legs, put in them a piece of cheese, some spices, finely chopped boiled chicken meat and send them in the microwave for literally 2-3 minutes.

Georgian pkhali
The main component is red beet. It is boiled, pounded, added garlic, salt and pepper to taste, as well as slightly roasted and also pounded walnuts. They form this mass of balls or cakes and serve guests to sample.

Cranberry Sauce for Snacks
Sweet and sour cranberry sauce goes well with meats and seafood. 1 cup of sugar, dissolve in a glass of orange juice, heating them over medium heat. Add orange zest and 500 grams of cranberries (preferably fresh). Boil for 8-10 minutes until the cranberries burst. The sauce will be thin, but when you remove it from the heat and cool it, it thickens.

Ham Balls
Balls, by the way, can be prepared not only from beet or mashed potatoes. Take 400 grams of ham, 5 boiled eggs and one large onion. All this cut into small cubes and add mayonnaise. It will take a bit - only for a bundle of products so that you can make balls slightly smaller than a peach. Roll them in chopped walnuts, put on a dish and sprinkle with parsley.

Prunes in bacon
Large prunes are needed - the larger the better. It is filled with walnuts pounded with garlic and herbs, wrapped in a strip of bacon and baked in the oven. Bacon should be well browned.

Stuffed Crab Sticks
If you take a good look, the crab stick is a thinly rolled layer of what we call crab meat (in fact, surimi fillet of sea fish). Crab sticks gently unfold put on a layer of stuffing in the form of grated cheese, sliced ​​cucumbers, garlic, mayonnaise, greens. Wrap back and put on the table to the rest of the buffet.

Garlic toasts
Prepare the toast stuffing. Chop 2 boiled eggs, mix with 1 pickled cucumber, herbs, green onions, mashed cod liver (150 grams will be enough). Fry toasts in vegetable oil with garlic, put the stuffing on top, decorate with fresh greens.

Great Eggplant Appetizer
To prepare this dish, peel the eggplants, cut them into rings and fry them in a pan with 2 sides. Brush the garlic mayonnaise sauce and place on the platter. Then everything depends on your imagination and desire. You can put eggplants together in two cups, or you can put half of small cherry tomatoes on each one and with the help of olives, ketchup and sauce make “spiders” or “ladybirds”.

Crab sticks raffaello
This simple dish can decorate the table not only on a weekday, but also on a holiday. A minimum of troubles - and here on the buffet table there is already a plate with Raffaello cheese and crab balls. Crush 1 boiled egg, 2 cloves of garlic and 200 grams of cheese using a blender into small crumb. Stir and add as much mayonnaise so that the mass of cheese, garlic and eggs becomes viscous. Form balls, in each of them put on the olive. Dip the finely chopped crab sticks in a separate bowl and refrigerate.

Rice muffins with corn and cheese
Rice and cheese are mixed in a 1: 4 ratio, frozen green peas and corn are added. Send in the microwave until the cheese is completely melted. Then fill the forms for cupcakes - better with smooth walls. Allow to cool, carefully remove and cover meat or any other dish with these “turrets”.

Mozzarella with ham
Take mozzarella cheese, wrap it in ham and tie with green onions. If there is no mozzarella on hand, you can take any other cheese. The main thing that he was firm.

Lavash roll
Needless to say, pita bread is a real magic wand for any hostess. A thin layer of pita is smeared with mayonnaise. Korean carrot and string cheese are laid on one edge of the future roll. Then the roll is wrapped very tightly and cut into rolls of the desired size. Naturally, the filling for pita can be very diverse. No less tasty rolls with smoked fish, ham, mushrooms, fresh cucumbers.

Mojito for a buffet table
Surely, you have already decided what kind of drinks will be served during the buffet. Nevertheless, such a drink as a mojito will never be superfluous on any table. For one serving, you will need 40 ml of light rum, 30 ml of lime juice, 1/3 of a mint bunch, 2 tsp. sugar, soda In a tall glass you need to put mint and knead it well with a pestle. Add lime juice, sugar and completely fill the glass with crushed ice. Also add rum, and top soda. Stir gently. Decorate with a bunch of mint and a piece of lime.

Buffet Smoothie
Usually, some kind of fruit (banana, strawberry, peach), honey or sugar, milk or orange juice is taken to make a smoothie. Everything is whipped until smooth in a blender and served in tall glasses. Optionally, you can add ice and some alcohol.

Use for the buffet any of the recipes - the guests will be delighted! It will be a great day. !

Do you want to organize a buffet table at work? This method of reception is very convenient, because in this case you will not have to solve many organizational issues. At the reception, guests do not sit at the tables, but move freely around the room with small plates in their hands, which does not prevent them from feeling comfortable and communicating with each other.

Recipes for buffet at work can be very different. Usually it serves salads, snacks and desserts. And soups and main hot dishes in traditional serving are not offered at such receptions.

How to lay a buffet in the office?

We'll tell you more about what is best prepared for a buffet at work. You can offer guests a cold snack: sandwiches, sandwiches, canapes, stuffed vegetables, tartlets, rolls and mini-rolls with various fillings, etc., and at the end serve fruits and desserts.

All dishes should be portioned, so that guests do not have to cut or share meals, trying to take a piece. It should be convenient for guests to put dishes on the plate for a buffet in the office and eat them with just one fork (after all, the la fourchette in French is “fork”), knives are not served at this table.

The buffet table, which is served at work, is not complete without meat and sausage cuts, cheese plates, and fruit platter. The cheese plateau looks very impressive: for this, several types of cheese are cut in different ways: hard cheese is cut into plates or triangles, and soft cheeses into cubes. The ingredients are beautifully laid out on a plate and decorated with nuts and grapes.

Snacks can also be stapled to better keep their shape. Meat cubes, slices of ham and cheese, mini marinated mushrooms and gherkins, cheese with grapes, various mussels seafood, shrimps and so on are strung on skewers. You can submit separate ingredients for the preparation of canapés and in addition to them skewers.

We offer a simple recipe for a buffet at work - canape with salmon.

For 12 servings you will need:

  • bread 6 slices,
  • smoked salmon, sliced, 360 g,
  • butter 6 teaspoons
  • green onion 6 feathers
  • lemon 2 pcs.,
  • dill greens.

How to cook this dish:

  1. Cut slices of 5 mm thick from slices of loaf and brush them with butter.
  2. Scallions should be scalded, cut into strips and laid on the surface of the circles.
  3. Slices of salmon should be cut into strips, put in the center of the circles in the form of a flower.
  4. Decorate the canape with lemon slices and dill sprigs.

Recipes for the buffet at work

What can be prepared for an office buffet? We offer the recipe of another original and tasty dish for the buffet in the office - canape with mushrooms and cheese.

To prepare 8 servings:

  • 1 piece loaf,
  • fresh or frozen mushrooms 90 g,
  • butter 85 g,
  • onions 1 large head,
  • spicy cheese chips 200 g,
  • cheese 50 g,
  • sweet peppers of different colors
  • olives of different colors without stones,
  • ground pepper,
  • salt.

Cooking method:

  1. From a long loaf cut the crusts, cut it along with wide slices 5 mm thick, cut the circles with a notch for cookies. Fry the circles on
      oil until crispy.
  2. Mushrooms and onions finely chopped. Fry the onions in the butter, add the mushrooms and fry all together for 15-20 minutes (the mass should be juicy). Salt, pepper and add the crumbled chips.
  3. Smear the bread circles with the mushroom mass, decorate the olives cut into small pieces, pieces of pepper and sprinkle with grated cheese.

As already mentioned, stuffed dishes are often served at such receptions. For the buffet table at work you can cook eggs stuffed with mushrooms.

For 6 servings you will need:

  • boiled eggs 12 pcs.,
  • marinated mushrooms 200 g,
  • mayonnaise 150g
  • green parsley chopped 4 tbsp. spoons
  • sugar 1 tsp,
  • salt.

How to make this stand-up meal:

  1. Cut the eggs in half and remove the yolk.
  2. Mix mayonnaise with sugar and salt. Finely chop the mushrooms, mix with mayonnaise and mashed yolks, setting aside two yolks for decoration.
  3. Before serving, sprinkle with chopped greens, put the stuffed eggs on it. Pour with mayonnaise and sprinkle with grated yolks.

Another recipe that can be used for a buffet at work - cheese balls.

You will need:

  • cheese 200 g,
  • eggs 3 pcs.,
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • wheat flour 1-2 tbsp. spoons
  • cooking oil for frying,
  • salt.

Preparing a dish for this buffet recipe is easy:

  1. Grate cheese, salt and pepper to taste, mix with eggs, crushed garlic and flour. You should have a rather steep dough, if necessary add flour to it.
  2. From dough we roll the balls and roll them in flour or in breadcrumbs.
  3. Fry the balls until golden brown in a pan with lots of butter.
  4. We put the balls in a colander or on a paper towel to stack excess fat, and then lay out on a dish and make out.

Another idea for the buffet table in the office is serving tartlets. These small baskets of sweet, unleavened, puff pastry or shortbread dough can be prepared by yourself, or you can buy it in stores. Unsweetened salads and pates, berry jam, custard, and fresh fruit are suitable for the filling.

It is quite simple to make a filling for tartlets of cottage cheese with greens.

Per 100 g of cottage cheese (feta, Almette), take 1 clove of crushed garlic, 1/2 cup of chopped dill. Mix ingredients to a uniform consistency, put in tartlets, garnish with pieces of sweet pepper (preferably in different colors).

And in conclusion we offer you, perhaps, the most popular recipe that is used for a buffet table at work - salmon tartlets.

You will need:

  • slicing salmon
  • butter,
  • cream cheese (with greens),
  • sour cream.

This stand-up meal is prepared as follows:

  1. At the bottom of the tartlet put a thin piece of butter, then lay the fish.
  2. Cream cheese mixed with a small amount of sour cream to the consistency of thick mayonnaise.
  3. Using a confectionery syringe, decorate the middle of the tartlets with a creamy mass.

What else is usually prepared for the buffet in the office? You can offer guests small cakes of puff or yeast dough with a variety of fillings, various fruits and portioned desserts. As you can see, there are a lot of food options for a buffet table at work, and you can organize such a reception without any problems.