Stock up on finger food to get your Christmas party started – plus Mrs Crunch’s recipes for homemade nibbles

HERE is your invitation to stock up on stunning party food.

Whether you are feeding just the family or have a crowd coming round, you will be ready to celebrate with this fantastic finger food.

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Plus, you can impress your guests with home-made nibbles, thanks to some simple but tasty recipes from .

No-cook nibbles

PERFECT for an impromptu get-together.

These no-cook nibbles mean you can just crank up the music and you’ve got a ready-made party.

Tesco Finest Sashimi Style Sliced Smoked Salmon, 130g, £4.50.

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Raise your glass to Tesco Finest 8 Mini Crayfish Cocktails, £5.

Meat and greet with Co-op’s Christmas Sharing Antipasti Platter, 261g, £4.

Pick up a pancake with Aldi’s Specially Selected Scottish Salmon Blinis, £2.99, 120g topped with cream cheese and smoked salmon.

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Bowl guests over with Lidl’s Deluxe Winter Vegetable Crisps with Blue Stilton and Rosemary, 100g, £1.29.

They’ll go nuts for Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Roasted Cashews with Himalayan Pink Salt, 230g, £5.50.

Olé! Deluxe Jamon Serrano Reserva Ham Leg, 6.5-7.5kg, £29.99, from Lidl.

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Showstoppers

DAZZLE your guests with these eye-catching eats, all bringing something very different to the party.

Dip into Tesco Finest Truffle Brie, £2.50.

Box clever with Morrisons The Best Prawn Thai Curry & Rice Coconut Leaf Boxes, £3.50.

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Back to basics with Morrisons The Best Beer & Burger Kit, £6.

Pie-lovers rejoice with Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Beef, Port & Stilton Mini Pies, 360g, £4.50.

Get 24 Traiteur de Paris frozen Petits Fours, for half price, now £9.99 at .

Co-op’s Irresistible Gold Sparkle Profiteroles are £7 for 30 and will soon get polished off.

Find a friend and share Asda’s foot-long Giant Éclair, which is finished with gold glitter, £5.

Slice and share Aldi’s Specially Selected Festive Tiffin, 600g, £9.99, finished with gold lustre.

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Have a ball with Tesco Finest 4 Belgian White Chocolate, Heritage Raspberry & Prosecco Baubles, £10.

Tear and share Morrisons The Best Camembert Sharing Bread, £5.

Feed a crowd

BE the host with the most – and these deals will ensure there’s plenty to go around.

Get three for the price of two on selected Tesco Finest party food including Ten Tempura King Prawns, £4, and 12 West Country Vintage Cheddar & Onion Mini Pies, £5.

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For a big knees-up, stock up with Asda’s 50 mini sausage rolls, £1, and 50-piece Dessert Platter, £4.

The party won’t suck with Morrisons The Best 12 Tempura Prawn Lollipops, £3 or buy two for £5.

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Or try Morrisons The Best 12 Chorizo Pigs In Blankets, £3 or two for £5.

Waitrose has half-price party food for one day only tomorrow including 12 beef Yorkshire puddings.

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No need to flap about the food when you’ve got Lidl’s Party Time 60 Piece Chicken Breast Platter, £4.99, or Party Time 24 Mac and Cheese Party Bites, 432g, £1.99.

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Cheesy bacon-wrapped puff pastry twists with cranberry filling

(Makes 30)

YOU NEED:

• 600g puff pastry
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper,
• Optional; 125g cheese, grated;
• 18 rashers bacon, half smoked and half unsmoked
• 110g brown sugar
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 200g cranberry sauce

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METHOD:

• Preheat oven to 190C / 170C fan / Gas 5.
• Lay foil on two baking trays and place wire racks on top, covering tops of racks with a non-stick spray.
• Roll out pastry and brush egg evenly over them.
• Sprinkle with cayenne pepper and spread on the cranberry sauce.
• Evenly cover the pastry with cheese and use a rolling pin to lightly press it in.
• Slice pastry into strips (about ½ inch thick) and fold each strip in half.
• Pinch ends together and twist repeatedly.
• Cut a bacon rasher in half to create long strips and wrap one unsmoked strip and one of smoked bacon around each twist.
• Place twists on to the wire rack.
• Mix rosemary, salt, pepper and sugar in a bowl, cover each twist in the mix and bake for 30 to 50 minutes until the bacon is cooked.

Chorizo bites with spicy dipping sauce

(Makes 20)

YOU NEED:

• 500g chorizo cooking sausages
• 50g fresh breadcrumbs
• ½ tsp fennel seeds
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 300g puff pastry; 1 egg
• poppy seeds

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For sauce:

• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 400ml ­passata
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground paprika
• 1 tsp crushed red chillies
• 1 tsp red wine vinegar;
• 1 pinch sugar

METHOD:

• Heat oven to 220C / 200C fan/ Gas 7.
• Remove casings from chorizo and mix the meat with the breadcrumbs, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and some black pepper.
• Roll pastry into a 30cm square and cut in half. Divide sausage mix in two, roll to the length of the pastry and place one on each piece.
• Brush pastry edge with egg, roll up then place seam side down on a tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Cut sausage rolls into 3cm pieces and place on lined baking tray.
• Brush with egg and sprinkle with poppy seeds.
• Bake for 25mins until golden.
• For the sauce, saute the garlic in the oil, add remaining ingredients, season and cook for ten minutes to thicken.

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