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The Best Appetizer Recipes!

Whether you call them Appetizers, Hors D'oeuvres or Mezes, everyone gets excited about these tiny before dinner bites.

From My Favorite Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer to stunning Korean Beef Lettuce Wraps, and everything in between, we've got incredible appetizer recipes for you, to get your party off to a delectable start.

8 sauteed shirmp in a small cast iron skillet with olive oil, garlic and red chili pepper, a hand dipping a piece of sliced baguette into the oil.

Gambas Al Ajillo: Sizzling Spanish Garlic Shrimp

Fingers holding a thin seeded cracker.

The Best Homemade Seed Crackers: Thin, Crisp and Delicious!

round soft cheese in shallow bowl surrounded with olive oil, herbs and whole spices. Hand holding a baguette slice that has been spread with some of the cheese.

Marinated Cheese with Herb and Garlic Infused Olive Oil

Royal Thai Crab Cakes

Two rows of roasted rainbow carrots arranged on a rectangular platter with whipped feta down the center and toasted bread crumbs sprinkled on top.

Roasted Carrots with Whipped Feta

salt-crusted new potatoes in a wooden bowl garnished with parsley

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

labneh on a plate with olive oil and mint and a knife in it

Labneh

Korean cucumber salad in a bowl with chopsticks

Korean Cucumber Salad

Six gilda pintxos (anchovy, olive, guindilla pepper skewers) on marble

Gilda Pintxos

7 fig and goat cheese crostini on a platter with sprigs of rosemary around the plate

Fig and Goat Cheese Bruschetta Appetizer

bowl of shrimp and corn chowder topped with crumbled bacon and chopped scallions

Shrimp and Corn Chowder

A corn tortilla chip being dipped into a bowl filled with finely chopped salsa fresca made from tomatoes, chilies, onion and cilantro.

Salsa Fresca

bowl of pasta e fagioli soup with tiny tubular pasta and cannellini beans, in thick broth, topped with grated parmesan cheese

Pasta e Fagioli

oval serving dish filled with patacones, plantain chips, with a bowl of guacamole and a bowl of pico de gallo by the side

Patacones: Fried Green Plantains

bowl filled with caponata, eggplant and bell pepper relish

Caponata (Sicilian Sweet and Sour Eggplant Relish)

collage of four different dishes, salmon tartare on cucumber rounds, mini caprese salad skewers, spice crusted shrimp and caramelized onion and fig bruschetta

The Best Easy Party Food Recipes

a dozen spice crusted sauteed shrimp on a white platter sprinkled with chopped cilantro

Sautéed Shrimp with Remoulade Sauce

hunks of broiled feta in a white casserole dish surrounded by sautéed cherry tomatoes

Broiled Feta and Tomatoes - The Best Summer Appetizer!

Prosciutto Wrapped Arugula Appetizer

6 devils on horseback (bacon wrapped prunes) on a black plate with sprigs of parsley and toothpicks inserted into them

Devils on Horseback

white ceramic pie pan filled with Turkish hummus, topped with chopped cucumbers, radishes and sun dried tomatoes

Turkish Hot Layered Hummus

a pile of turkey corn meatballs on a white plate with a small bowl of red pepper dipping sauce in the background

Ottolenghi's Turkey Corn Meatballs

Grilled Artichokes are a fabulous appetizer for summer entertaining! You can do all the prep ahead of time. Just pop them on the grill right before serving. Grilling intensifies their wonderful flavor and the lemony aioli is the perfect companion.

Grilled Artichokes With Lemon Aioli Dipping Sauce

Close up of a slice of French onion tart with a nicoise olive on top, the rest of the tart in the background

French Onion Tart Recipe

6 French Deviled Eggs Mimosa on a light blue plate, decorated with small lettuce leaves.

French Deviled Eggs Mimosa

Blue Cheese and Sage Roasted Butternut Squash Appetizer | PanningTheGlobe.com

Blue Cheese and Sage Roasted Butternut Squash Appetizer

3 dozen mini caprese skewers on a white tray, with tomatoes, basil leaves and mini mozzarella balls

Mini Caprese Skewers

white rectangular platter topped with grilled figs, prosciutto and burrata and arugula

Grilled Figs, Prosciutto and Burrata Appetizer

a loaf of homemade no-knead Olive bread on a cooling rack

No Knead Olive Bread

How To Make Hummus

Indonesian Grilled Green Beans with lemon aioli dipping sauce

How to make perfect guacamole - recipe by Panning The Globe

Guacamole

plate with a log of goat cheese topped with parsley garlic cressing

My Favorite Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer: Goat Cheese Dressed For a Party

Greek Style Garlicky Shrimp with Feta | Panning The Globe

Greek-Style Garlicky Shrimp with Feta

sesame fried chicken bites with tahini yogurt remoulade

Turkish Sesame Fried Chicken Bites with Tahini Yogurt Remoulade

Baba Ganoush

Roasted red peppers bear little resemblance to raw red bell peppers. The roasting process transforms them from firm and crunchy and to velvety soft and it brings out their natural sweetness. Whether you roast them in the oven or on the grill, the process is simple and totally satisfying. Homemade roasted peppers are exceptionally good - tender and fruity - way better than the kind you get in a jar.

Roasted Red Peppers: Two Roasting Techniques and How Marinate Them

fingers dipping a cucumber slice into abowl of colorful chipotle carrot humms

Chipotle Carrot Hummus

muffin tin with mini savory cauliflower tarts. One tart on a small square of parchment paper on the top of the muffin tin.

Mini Cauliflower Tarts with Potato Gruyere Crust and Bacon Parmesan Crumb Topping

Sigara Borek: Crisp phyllo rolls filled with feta and scallions - a delicious Turkish appetizer recipe

Turkish Sigara Borek Recipe and Video

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