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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!

    • Baked pumpkin arancini (risotto balls)
    • Butternut squash and apple soup
    • Roasted beet and butternut squash salad
    • Spanish garlic mushrooms - champiñones al ajillo
    • Cucumber avocado gazpacho (green gazpacho)
    • Melon and prosciutto skewers
    • Salmon tartare
    • Smoked salmon pizza
    • Lyonnaise salad (salade Lyonnaise)
    • Chupe de camarones (Peruvian shrimp chowder)
    • Remojón (salt cod and orange salad)
    • Avgolemono soup (Greek lemon chicken soup)
    • Goat cheese toast
    • Spanish migas
    • Ezogelin soup, Turkish lentil and bulgur soup
    • Halloumi pomegranate salad
    • Toast Skagen (Swedish shrimp toast)
    • Korean zucchini fritters - hobak jeon
    • Sunomono - Japanese cucumber salad
    • Vietnamese sugar cane shrimp (chạo tôm)
    • Tuscan white bean and tuna salad
    • Shrimp saganaki (shrimp with tomatoes and feta)
    • Thai green papaya salad
    • Lahmacun - Turkish pizza/flatbread
    • Caramelized onion and goat cheese tart
    • Avocado grapefruit salad
    • Har gow (crystal shrimp dumplings)
    • Yee sang (prosperity toss salad)
    • Haggis bon bons
    • French chestnut soup
    • Brie en croûte
    • Broccoli and stilton soup
    • Jerusalem artichoke soup (sunchoke soup)
    • Tom kha gai (Thai coconut soup)
    • Smørrebrød (Danish open sandwiches)
    • Salmorejo (Spanish cold tomato soup)
    • Thai corn fritters (tod man khao pod)
    • Tuna stuffed avocado (palta rellena de atun)
    • Minestrone primavera
    • White asparagus soup

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