5-ingredient Christmas tapas trees
Makes: about 14
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Stuart West
5-ingredient Christmas tapas trees
Kick off a gathering with these fun Spanish-inspired canapés - made using just five ingredients!
Makes: about 14
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Senior Food Producer. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Ingredients
- ½ of a 225g chorizo* ring
- ½ tablespoon of clear honey
- 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
- ½ of a cucumber
- a block of manchego
Step by step
- Slice ½ of a 225g chorizo* ring into 1cm-thick rounds. Heat 1 teaspoon of olive oil in a non-stick frying pan, then sauté the chorizo for about 2 minutes on each side or until becoming crisp and the fat has released. Drizzle in ½ tablespoon of clear honey and 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar. Cook gently, swirling the pan occasionally, until reduced to a syrupy glaze, about 5 minutes.
- Set aside on a kitchen paper-lined plate. Meanwhile, take ½ of a cucumber, then use a vegetable peeler to shave thin ribbons (discard the seedy core). Cut 2 slices (at least ½cm thick) from a block of manchego, then stamp out stars using a small star cutter (about 3cm diameter). Skewer the chorizo, cucumber ribbon ‘trees’ and cheese stars on cocktail sticks to serve. *Check your chorizo is gluten free.
