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    Appetizer/Starter Recipes

    Appetizers, starters, hor d'oeuvres, small plates...so many names, styles and flavors! Maybe you're looking for a way to start a meal, such as soups like broccoli and stilton soup or German pancake soup (with pancakes in the soup!). Or in warmer weather, try salads like prosciutto salad with peach and mozzarella or asparagus salad with pancetta and pea shoots.

    Then sometimes, you just need to eat with your hands! Try easy bites like chorizo cheese twists, and cultural classics like blistered Padron peppers and cauliflower pakora. Why not try some pork and cabbage dumplings, sausage rolls, or prosciutto wrapped dates at your next party?

    Try many more ideas below!

    • plate of steak crostini, some with pate under steak and others with goat cheese under and tomato on top.
      Steak crostini (two ways!)
    • overhead view of plate of salmon crudo.
      Salmon crudo
    • close view of bowl of beet persimmon salad drizzled with goat cheese dressing from overhead.
      Beet persimmon salad with goat cheese dressing
    • slices of salmon gravlax on a plate.
      Salmon gravlax
    • pumpkin arancini with one bitten into to side
      Baked pumpkin arancini (risotto balls)
    • bowl of butternut squash apple soup from overhead.
      Butternut squash and apple soup
    • overhead view of a plate of roasted beet and butternut squash salad.
      Roasted beet and butternut squash salad
    • terracotta dish of Spanish garlic mushrooms, champiñones al ajillo.
      Spanish garlic mushrooms - champiñones al ajillo
    • overhead close view of bowl of cucumber avocado gazpacho (green gazpacho).
      Cucumber avocado gazpacho (green gazpacho)
    • close overhead view of plate of melon and prosciutto skewers.
      Melon and prosciutto skewers
    • plate of salmon tartare from side.
      Salmon tartare
    • close overhead view of smoked salmon pizza.
      Smoked salmon pizza
    • plate of salade lyonnaise, lyonnaise salad, with fork below plate.
      Lyonnaise salad (salade Lyonnaise)
    • close up of chupe de camarones, Peruvian shrimp chowder showing shrimp and corn on top.
      Chupe de camarones (Peruvian shrimp chowder)
    • plate of remojon, salt cod orange salad from overhead.
      Remojón (salt cod and orange salad)
    • side close up view of bowl of avgolemono soup.
      Avgolemono soup (Greek lemon chicken soup)
    • two slices of goat cheese toast with membrillo on small plate.
      Goat cheese toast
    • overhead view of skillet of Spanish migas.
      Spanish migas
    • bowl of ezogelin soup Turkish lentil bulgur soup from overhead.
      Ezogelin soup, Turkish lentil and bulgur soup
    • bowl of halloumi pomegranate salad with fork below bowl and cloth under.
      Halloumi pomegranate salad
    • close up of a piece of toast Skagen topped with fish roe.
      Toast Skagen (Swedish shrimp toast)
    • plate of Korean zucchini fritters, hobak jeon
      Korean zucchini fritters - hobak jeon
    • small plate of Japanese cucumber salad, sunomono.
      Sunomono - Japanese cucumber salad
    • plate of Vietnamese sugarcane shrimp with dipping sauce to back.
      Vietnamese sugar cane shrimp (chạo tôm)
    • bowl of Tuscan white bean and tuna salad with spoon in it at back.
      Tuscan white bean and tuna salad
    • skillet of shrimp saganaki with lemon to side.
      Shrimp saganaki (shrimp with tomatoes and feta)
    • overhead view of plate of Thai green papaya salad
      Thai green papaya salad
    • lahmacun Turkish pizza with tomato slice and lemon wedge on top.
      Lahmacun - Turkish pizza/flatbread
    • caramelized onion and goat cheese tart on small plate.
      Caramelized onion and goat cheese tart
    • overhead view of a bowl of avocado grapefruit salad.
      Avocado grapefruit salad
    • overhead view of har gow dumplings in bamboo steamer.
      Har gow (crystal shrimp dumplings)
    • plate of yee sang prosperity toss salad.
      Yee sang (prosperity toss salad)
    • plate of haggis bon bons with some broken on top.
      Haggis bon bons
    • bowl of chestnut soup
      French chestnut soup
    • brie en croute on board with apple slices and crackers around.
      Brie en croûte
    • two bowls of broccoli and stilton soup
      Broccoli and stilton soup
    • close view of Jerusalem artichoke soup topped with pangrattato toasted crumbs
      Jerusalem artichoke soup (sunchoke soup)
    • overhead view of bowl of tom kha gai Thai coconut soup
      Tom kha gai (Thai coconut soup)
    • overhead view of Danish open sandwiches smorrebrod
      Smørrebrød (Danish open sandwiches)
    • bowl of salmorejo cold tomato soup
      Salmorejo (Spanish cold tomato soup)

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