Our 2025 Canapé Glossary
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Our 2025 Canapé Glossary

Our 2025 Canapé Glossary

Our 2025 Canapé Glossary

Our 2025 Canapé Glossary

1 April 2025
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Canapés

Finger Food

Allergens & Dietaries

Seasonal Menus

Our kitchen team loves to flex their creative muscles to create a canapé menu that not only tastes amazing, but also isn’t like anything you’ve have had before. We make a point to use locally sourced, seasonal ingredients that won’t be found on your average supermarket shelf.

Our kitchen team loves to flex their creative muscles to create a canapé menu that not only tastes amazing, but also isn’t like anything you’ve have had before. We make a point to use locally sourced, seasonal ingredients that won’t be found on your average supermarket shelf.

When you get to work with these amazing ingredients & canapés on a daily basis, it can be easy to take for granted that our clients will also immediately recognise everything that’s included in our menu.

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Here's our glossary of our 2025 Canapé menu:

Here's our glossary of our 2025 Canapé menu:

Native Prawn Curry, fragrant rice & beach succulent
Native Prawn Curry, fragrant rice & beach succulent

Beach Succulent

A local Australian plant grown on our beach shores are plump, juicy with a slight salty flavour – Used as a garnish

USED IN: Native Prawn Curry


Berbere Ketchup

A traditional Ethiopian spice blend with a hint of heat

USED IN: Harissa Lamb Sausage Roll


Black Lava Salt

Flaky sea salt blended with charcoal

USED IN: WD 'Fish & Chip'


Bonito

A tuna-like fish species found locally in Australian waters.

USED IN: Hiramasa Kingfish


Cashew Sour Cream

A vegan substitute to standard sour cream, made using blended cashews

USED IN: Sweetcorn Tempura


Celeriac Remoulade

Shredded Celeriac (a root vegetable, closely related to celery, pasley & parsnips) mixed with remoulade (A tart, lemony traditional french sauce made up of ingredients such as capers, fresh herbs, pickles & sometimes anchovies or horseradish).

USED IN: Moreton Bay Bug Roll

Crudo

The Italian word meaning ‘raw’, refers to dishes featuring fresh, uncooked ingredients – typically meat or seafood

USED IN: Beef Crudo Tart


Harissa

A spiced chilli paste, often used with slow-roasted lamb & vegetables

USED IN: Harissa Lamb Sausage Roll


Kombu Dust

First-grade, dried kelp (seaweed)

USED IN: Smoked Chicken Waffle Cone


Miso Apple

Miso (salty, tangy, umami flavour) mixed with sweet apple

USED IN: Yuzu Lemon Tart


Mojo Pork

Smoked pork marinated in a flavourful, citrus-garlic-herb marinade

USED IN: Cuban Sandwich


Monterey Jack

A semi-hard cheese originating from the Monterey area of California. Known for its milk, buttery flavour & excellent melting qualities

USED IN: Beef Cheek & Brisket Pie

Smoked Chicken Waffle Cone, crisky skin & kombu dust
Smoked Chicken Waffle Cone, crisky skin & kombu dust
Braised Chicken, smoky paprika, spatzle & sour cream
Braised Chicken, smoky paprika, spatzle & sour cream

Northern Lamb

Answer

USED IN: Cumin Spiced Northern Lamb


‘NY Style’ Brisket

Answer

USED IN: 'NY Style' Brisket Pastrami


Saltbush

An Australian native shrub that can be used as a salt-substitute / type of seasoning

USED IN: Native Cured Kangaroo


Secret Smoky Sauce

It is actually a secret (Sorry!)

USED IN: Signature Cheeseburger


Spätzle

A Central European egg pasta

USED IN: Braised Chicken


Tapioca Crisp

Tapioca pearls, a starch made from cassava root, cooked & then dried to form a crispy chip

USED IN: Hiramasa Kingfish

Tarragon Emulsion

A sauce that combines tarragon with oil & other, usually opposing ingredients such as egg yolks

USED IN: Beef Crudo Tart


Tataki

A Japanese cooking technique where meat or fish is briefly seared on the outside, leaving the inside raw or rare

USED IN: Tuna Tataki


Umami Mayo

A rich, creamy mayonnaise with a deep, savoury flavour

USED IN: Chicken Karaage


Veracruz Sauce

A tomato-based Mexican sauce originating from the city of Veracruz, using ingredients like olives, capers, garlic & chillis

USED IN: Black Angus Beef Skewer


White Soy

A lighter, sweeter sauce compared to traditional dark soy sauce

USED IN: Drunken Chicken


Yuzu Aioli

An Asian sour citrus fruit, similar to grapefruit

USED IN: Prawn Toast

Black Angus Beef Skewer, Veracruz sauce & coriander salsa
Black Angus Beef Skewer, Veracruz sauce & coriander salsa

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