Great Starts: Appetizers, Canapes, Dips and Hors dOeuvres

Whether you're planning a cocktail party a la Don and Betty Draper, or just want to serve some dip and nachos for the Big Game, this cookbook is chock-a-block.
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Cheesy Sausage Roll-Ups

Transfer to a bowl and top with olive oil, red pepper flakes and toasted pepitas hulled green pumpkin seeds. Serve with sweet potato chips. Broiled Brie with Cranberry Chutney: Slice the rind off the top of a small wheel of brie. Serve with baguette slices. Biscuits with Cheese and Preserves: Spread digestive biscuits with triple-cream cheese such as Saint Andre or brie.

Top each with apricot or cranberry preserves and a dill sprig. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Add whole baby bell peppers and cook, turning occasionally, until charred and tender. Sprinkle with lemon juice and salt. Drain and rinse 1 can chickpeas; pat dry. Deep-fry in batches in degrees F vegetable oil until crisp and golden, about 4 minutes. Ham and Endive Spears: Spoon onto endive spears. Top with sliced scallions. Spread on cocktail bread and top with thinly sliced prosciutto. Make the pumpkin-sage butter from Pumpkin-Prosciutto Canapes No.

Add 12 small scallops and sear, turning once, until just cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes.


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Stir in 2 tablespoons of the pumpkin-sage butter and a squeeze of lemon juice. Serve with chilled cooked shrimp. Shrimp with Sauce Verte: Simmer 4 garlic cloves and 2 scallion whites in salted water until soft, 6 minutes. Add the scallion greens and 1 cup each torn basil and parsley leaves; cook until wilted, 10 seconds.

Drain and rinse under cold water. Shuck 12 oysters and leave on the half shell; pat dry. Spread with the mayonnaise mixture and broil until browned in spots, 2 minutes. Top with chopped chives. Shuck 12 clams and leave on the half shell; pat dry. Top with the garlic breadcrumbs and broil until crisp and browned, 1 to 2 minutes. Spread mayonnaise on mini potato buns. Blanch snow peas in boiling salted water, 30 seconds; rinse under cold water and pat dry. Trim along the curved side to split open.

Pipe prepared taramasalata Greek caviar spread or soft herbed cheese into each one and drizzle with lemon juice.

Easy Tuna Mousse Dip + Appetizers

Remove the stems from small cremini or white mushrooms. Sprinkle the caps with salt and pepper and fill each with 1 teaspoon cream cheese. Broil until the cheese is melted and browned in spots, about 8 minutes. Cut 8 ounces halloumi cheese into bite-size pieces and fry in a skillet with 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil, turning, until golden.

Add 1 cup grape tomatoes, the juice of 1 lemon and a pinch of dried mint. Cook, stirring, 2 more minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro and the zest and juice of 1 lime. Stir in 2 cups salted dry-roasted peanuts. Pour onto a lightly oiled pan and let cool. Blanch asparagus in boiling salted water until crisp-tender.

Drain, then cool in ice water. Drain and pat dry. Wrap each spear with a thin slice of smoked salmon.

List of hors d'oeuvre

Make the sour cream—dill mixture from Salmon-Wrapped Asparagus No. Spread on pumpernickel cocktail bread and top each with sliced smoked salmon and a few capers. Gorgonzola and Pear Polenta Rounds: Brush with melted butter and broil, turning, until golden. Top with sliced pear and gorgonzola; season with pepper. Bake at degrees F until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped candied pecans and chopped chives.

Drain 2 cups marinated artichoke hearts; pat dry and cut into bite-size pieces.

Add the artichoke hearts and fry, turning once, until crisp and golden brown, about 6 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. Goat Cheese with Tomato Chutney: Boil until thickened, about 5 minutes. Top-rated recipes and cooking tips to inspire you year-round. Baked Ham and Cheese Party Sandwiches. Sweet, Salty, Spicy Party Nuts. How to Make Coquilles Saint-Jacques.

All-American Appetizers

Recipe of the Day Bacon Cheese Puffs. A family favorite, especially on New Year's Eve, this pumpernickel party appetizer with bacon and cheese topping is perfect for holiday parties, ball games or a quick snack. New Year's Eve Chicken Wings. Patting chicken wing pieces very dry and frying them twice is the secret to the perfect texture of these popular appetizers.

Shrimp Scampi Cheesecake Appetizer.

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Puff pastry shells are filled with a sophisticated blend of cream cheese, Gouda cheese and shrimp sauteed with onion and garlic. Baked and garnished with whole shrimp and chopped chives, these are appetizers worthy of your most elegant gatherings. Cape Cod Cocktail Meatballs. Sweet and tangy cocktail meatballs are baked in a fruity and colorful cranberry sauce glaze in this recipe that originated on Cape Cod.

By Robin Myshrall Ulery. Best Spinach Dip Ever. Caramelized shallots and pears top Brie nestled within a loaf of sourdough bread for this elegant, rich baked Brie. Slices of sourdough baguette are spread with cream cheese then layered with fresh basil leaves and thin slices of capicola for a simple but elegant canape. This exciting Italian dipping sauce is meant to be served warm with bread, lettuce, cabbage, or whatever inspires you. The creamy blend of garlic and anchovies will become a favorite! Wild Mushroom Puff Pastry. His deviled eggs get their terrific flavor from goat cheese, Dijon mustard and cornichons, plus a topping of country ham.

This fun, high-brow take on pigs in a blanket swaps spicy andouille sausage for the hot dogs, with sweet mustard chutney as a condiment. Grace Parisi transforms a classic Caesar into a clever finger food. She tosses chopped endives with a lemony dressing, then spoons the mixture inside elegant endive spears, topping it with cheese and crunchy mini croutons.

Most of us think of Buffalo wings as bar food, but with their accompaniment of celery sticks and creamy blue-cheese dressing, they make a fine casual meal. These wings are hot, but if you like them incendiary, pass extra Tabasco sauce at the table.

Stuffed Endive with Herbed Goat Cheese

Ken Oringer often serves dip at winter tailgates because it travels well and is simple to eat no plates or forks necessary. He coats his extra-crisp version in panko Japanese bread crumbs and fries them in schmaltz, or chicken fat, though vegetable oil works well, too.


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