appetizer/starter/hors d'oeuvre

Ingredients: cherry tomatoes fresh basil leaves fresh mozzarella balls good EVOO balsamic vinegar fresh cracked pepper toothpicks Simply skewer a tomato, a folded basil leaf, and a mozzarella ball on a toothpick. When assembles, drizzle with EVOO and balsamic vinegar, and grind some black...

Sweet crab and mild nutty tasting Emmental contrast with the slightly sour Kefir yoghurt in this simple starter. You could use cream instead of yoghurt if you prefer. The mixture is enough to fill two scallop shells. Ingredients (makes 2) 50g crabmeat 15g Emmental grated 1/2 tsp Aleppo pepper...

mixed mushrooms + panko aubergine hirata steamed buns from Wagamama's at Heathrow airport

Hello, hello! I'm a recent addition to this community, and I wanted to share a recipe I made for an elegant, healthy and fabulously tasty appetizer. It involves large succulent scallops, an aromatic pea purée, asparagus spears and baby potatoes. Ingredients 12 Large scallops 12 Asparagus...

I'd forgotten how much I love this way of eating. This was a meal I made when I was staying at my friend's earlier this week. It was intended to use up bits of things left over but it transpired to be a feast! The great thing is you can take your time picking at things in various combinations...

How often do you eat salad as a main course or starter? To many of us, its usually a side dish but recently (partly due to the Recipe challenge featuring parsley), I've been making main course and starter salads. There are a few obvious well known main/starter course salads such as Waldorf Salad...

I wanted to make and serve these Puff Pastry Asparagus bundles with crustless quiche over the holiday weekend, but time got away from me. https://simply-delicious-food.com/puff-pastry-asparagus-bundles/ Question... I don't like overcooked vegetables, but wondered if the asparagus should be (at...

A quick recipe for a delightful starter! Serves: 2 | Preparation time: 5 mins | Cooking time: 5-8 mins Sage leaves, big: 10 Eggs: 2 Italian 00 flour: to taste Breadcrumbs: to taste A pinch of salt Peanut oil (for deep-frying) Method Wash the sage leaves and gently dry them up with a cloth...

Ingredients: Day 1: 50 g wholegrain rye flour 50 g cold water Days 2, 3, 4, and 5: 1 tbsp wholegrain rye flour 1 tbsp cold water Method: On day 1, just mix the flour and water together. Cover with a tea towel and leave at room temperature for 24 hours. Each consecutive day, add 1 tbsp of...

Toasted slices bread fill with sausage, soft cheese and thyme. Baked for 10/15 minutes 180 degrees.

This is the first of my experiments with Marmite Butter. These mushrooms would make a great starter and are very easy to do. For a vegan version* make up the Marmite butter using margarine instead of butter. *Some vegans do not eat yeast in which case this recipe would not be suitable. Baked...

This is a Yorkshire dish that my dear old mum (bless her) used to make when we had some old left over bread (which wasn't often). It's served as a starter (in lieu of Yorkshire puddings) with onion gravy and, like Yorkshire puddings, is intended to fill you up so that you eat less meat...

'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' is a well known song from a film of the same title starring Doris Day. I now have it as an ear-worm! If you want to hear it I've attached a youtube file below. In fact, you can eat daisies. You can eat the leaves in salad and the flower petals can be sprinkled...

I was wondering what to do with all the left over bits of parsnip (both cooked and raw) from the Recipe Challenge and had a few ideas. So I thought I'd put them all together as a 'chefy' starter. I haven't included weights and measures because I was literally working with scraps. But most of it...

The original purpose of serving the pudding was not as part of a main meal, in the way that it’s served with traditional roast dinners now, but instead served before, with gravy, as an appetiser course. This is because, when meat was expensive the Yorkshire pudding could act to fill the...

When I'm at home and I have some guests I just bring out some chips and a dip I made overnight. Sometimes I make cucumber sandwiches when bread is available. I know some of these sound like snacks but add something fresh like parsley or basil that you have in the garden. Add spice to spice old...

What kind of appetizers will you be serving this holiday season. I am looking for some new ideas and would like to try some recipes from around the world. I am open to anything normal or geared toward vegetarian or gluten free.

My fiancee and I will get married soon, but we are just planning a small wedding. So, we will not go with traditional reception and just have cocktails with the guests instead. I was wondering if any of you can share recipes for easy and light appetizers/sandwiches. Thanks in advance!