Appetizer Recipes

This is a perfect appetizer for holiday entertaining. It's delicious, easy and your guests will just love it!

Warm and juicy mushroom filling spiked with goat cheese inside buttery flaky puff pastry.

Try this tasty and simple snack made of cheddar cheese and monterey jack cheese.

Warm, gooey and delicious. Flaky croissants stuffed with ham, swiss cheese and creamy mushroom sauce.

Crab phyllo triangles: shatteringly crisp pastry packets stuffed with creamy garlic crab and fresh chives. The cocktail-party appetizer that disappears off the tray first.

Filipino beef and bean sprouts lumpia: crisp golden spring rolls packed with ground beef, crunchy water chestnuts, and fresh mung bean sprouts seasoned with patis. Sealed with a quick flour paste and fried until shatteringly crisp.

Crispy golden vegetable samosas stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes, peas, and garam masala. Homemade pastry fried until shattering-crisp, served with mango chutney.

This is an easy and quick recipe for making homemade spring roll wrappers. Try my recipe for spring roles – it’s in my Recipeland recipe box. Homemade is always better.

Herb-marinated snails dipped in a light egg-white batter and fried golden. A crispy French appetizer with tarragon, chervil, chives, and parsley.

This savory tart is a delicious way to cook with your leafy-greens, such as kale, Swiss chard, collards and sweet potato or squash. The balsamic vinegar is used on both cooking greens and caramelizing the onions, which really adds a delicious hint, the feta cheese adds the nice cheesiness and well-balanced saltiness. It can be served as a main dish or a side dish!

Try this new variation of dumplings made with ground beef, spinach and water chestnuts.

Fresh corn blinis topped with smoked salmon and chive cream. Fluffy cornmeal pancakes flecked with fresh corn kernels, crowned with silky cold-smoked salmon and a dollop of tangy cream. Elegant bite-sized appetizer.

Too many zucchinis? Try this galette that's made with ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan cheese and zucchini; cheesy and tasty filling is held by a flaky and tasty crust.

Kazakh gutap: deep-fried herb fritters with a thin laminated dough wrapped around dill, parsley, garlic, scallions, and butter. Served with a tangy sour cream sauce.

Homemade Tibetan momo wrappers from scratch with just flour, water, salt, and a pinch of baking powder. Roll thin, pleat, and steam for authentic momos with a tender, slightly chewy bite.

Golden half-moon pastries stuffed with garlicky leeks and a hint of chili, crimped into little crescents and fried until they shatter. Afghan street food that's vegetarian, crunchy, and completely addictive.