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Tappenade is basically a black olive paste, easily found in the supermarkets.It is usually in a small jar, probably near the pesto, or you can make it yourself, (although I think you probably have enough to do cooking the rest). If you didn't want to get the tappenade you could just finely chop a few black olives and put a small piece in each hollowed out tomato. They are really pretty! Hoping you have a lovely time!

oh they sound amazing, all of them. the tomatoes sound great, what is tappenade?

Sounds lovely! I made some chesse gougeres as a little canape recently which went down really well. I made them in advance and popped them into the oven just when friends were arriving. If you want the recipe for that post back and I'll dig it out.

Another pretty stunning canape I've made recently, was hollowed out cherry tomatoes, into which you pop a tiny amount of tappenade and one of those mozarella balls (boccini), place on a wooden skewer and dip in pesto. I arranged them flower like is a glass vase. They look really impressive and can be done in the morning.

Shots glasses of a delicate soup or mini prawn cocktails with a coffee spoon? Or spread a wrap with cream cheese and onion marmalade and some rocket, roll up Swiss roll fashion, wrap in cling film to set for a while, them cut into slices,(3 cms) or even more interesting - one stright cut for the base to stand up, and at an angle for the top.

Let me know if any appeal or if you need anymore ideas.