Appetizer Recipes

Boiled lobster medallions and claw meat served in a rich curry sauce made from the lobster cooking liquid, Calvados, white wine, and curry powder, finished with a butter-flour thickener.

These delicious meatballs can be used as a simple appetizer or can accompany pasta to complete a main dish.

Apple and brie together create these yummy mini quiches. They are easy to pick up, perfect food for pot-luck or party.

Assorted mushrooms, fresh vegetables and flavorful Asian sauce make these scrumptious spring rolls, dipped in Chinese style mustard sauce, simply delicious!

Try these savory turnovers, they are too delicious to stop eating. Sauteed mushrooms gives the meaty texture and delicious flavor, the pepper Jack cheese adds extra cheesy bite, and the thyme adds the fresh taste. These tasty and delicate turnovers are perfect appetizer, or can be a delicious vegetarian main course.

Nero Wolfe's bread triangles spread with anchovy paste and pan-fried in butter until golden and crispy. A salty, savory literary appetizer inspired by Rex Stout's famous fictional detective.

This elegant first course looks very attractive served in clear glass bowls or clear stemmed dessert dishes.

Crispy baked chicken livers dipped in butter and bread crumbs, served with a tangy ketchup-mustard dipping sauce. A retro party appetizer ready in 25 minutes.

Pate Diana, a silky French-style chicken liver pate with sauteed apples, shallots, and apple wine or brandy, sealed in clarified butter. Elegant make-ahead appetizer that keeps a week chilled.

Make your own Pizza Rolls! A favorite for kids and adults!

This tantalizing pesto sauce full of flavor is perfect for soups or with pasta to make a main dish.

This tasty treats made with smoked meat are especially good served with a dipping sauce of your choice.

This dish was pretty easy to prepare and turned out beautifully. The potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, and olives created a wonderful medley of flavors.

A pureed onion soup with deeply caramelized onions, beef stock, fresh nutmeg, and a beer-and-aged-cheddar finish stirred in for tang and richness. A rustic French-Canadian twist on the classic.

Roasted red pepper spread made with just peppers, garlic, olive oil, whole wheat bread, and salt. Smooth, smoky, and perfect on crackers or toasted bread as an appetizer.

Samoosa pastry is the homemade South African version of samosa wrappers, made by stacking oiled and floured dough rounds, par-baking, then peeling into thin sheets. Crisp, flaky pockets ready for any savory filling.