Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes

Super-easy hors d’oeuvres, creamy soups and more.

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Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes

Porcini and Pecan Pâté

This rich vegan pâté can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Serve lightly chilled or at room temperature.
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Cashews with Crispy Sage and Garlic

These delicious cashews can be made in just a few minutes, making them an ideal choice for holiday entertaining.
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Warm Camembert with Wild Mushroom Fricassee

This rich, oozy appetizer is terrific paired with a light, fruit-driven red from France’s Burgundy region.
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Chicken-Liver Mousse with Pickled Red Onion

The mousse is supremely silky and light, with a hint of apple from Calvados. Shawn McClain serves the mousse with pickled red onion and toasted baguette slices alongside, so guests can assemble their own crostini.
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Red Wine Bagna Cauda with Crudités

This garnet sauce is Chris Cosentino’s take on the classic Piedmontese anchovy-and-olive-oil dip, enriched here with red wine. Italian for “hot bath,” bagna cauda is served warm with crudités.
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Hazelnut Profiteroles with Blue Cheese and Grapes

Chef Shawn McClain pokes a hole in the sides of the puffs when they come out of the oven to release the steam, then fills them with a creamy mixture of blue cheese and mascarpone.
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More Ideas for Thanksgiving Starters

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Wine-Friendly Sweet & Savory Cookies

Cookbook author Dorie Greenspan explores sweet-savory flavors with salty, spicy or cheesy cookies to eat with wine.

How-to Tips

How to Trim Vegetables

A dip and crudités platter is ideal for Thanksgiving because everything can be prepped in advance. Here, master chef Jacques Pépin shows how to trim vegetables like broccoli, carrots and bell peppers.

Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes

Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes

Porcini and Pecan Pâté

Cashews with Crispy Sage and Garlic

Warm Camembert with Wild Mushroom Fricassee

Chicken-Liver Mousse with Pickled Red Onion

Red Wine Bagna Cauda with Crudités

Hazelnut Profiteroles with Blue Cheese and Grapes

More Ideas for Thanksgiving Starters

Wine-Friendly Sweet & Savory Cookies

How-to Tips

How to Trim Vegetables

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Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes

Thanksgiving Appetizer Recipes

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