Christmas canapé recipes - four delicious ideas served up by The Field

Ingredients

• 6 slices white bread
• 50ml (2fl oz) olive oil
• 2 large red onions
• 100ml (4fl oz) madeira
• Salt and pepper
• 100g (31⁄2oz) black pudding
• 2 tsp breadcrumbs
• 4 pigeon breasts, skinless
• 125g (41⁄2oz) flour
• 1⁄4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 50g (2oz) parmesan, finely grated
• 125g (41⁄2oz) butter, softened
• 50g (2oz) stilton, grated
• 100g (31⁄2oz) walnuts, finely chopped
• 1 egg yolk
• 150g (5oz) stilton
• 2 tsp crème fraîche
• 1 tsp port (optional)
• Salt
• 50g (2oz) dried cranberries, extremely finely chopped