Rose Beef Bites with Horseradish Cream

Elegant appetizer bites featuring delicately rolled rare roast beef atop toasted baguette rounds, crowned with a zesty horseradish cream and fresh watercress leaves. Perfect for entertaining.

6 servings
25 min

Ingredients

  • 1 small small baguette
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 9 slices thin slices of rare roast beef
  • 18 leaves watercress leaves
  • ½ cup crème fraîhe or sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon grated horseradish
  • 1 to taste salt and black pepper

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. Slice the baguette into 18 thin circles. Brush both sides of each slice with melted butter. Place the baguette circles on a baking sheet and toast them in the oven for about 7-10 minutes, turning halfway through, until brown, then let cool.

    10 min

  2. 2.

    2 To make the horseradish cream, combine the crème fraîche or sour cream with the horseradish and season to taste. When the baguette circles have cooled, place a spoonful of horseradish cream on top of each one.

    5 min

  3. 3.

    3 Cut each slice of beef in half lengthwise, then roll it up to form a pretty rose spiral. Place a roll of beef on top of each baguette circle, then garnish with watercress leaves.

    10 min