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Cold Appetizers

By Food & Wine
Updated January 17, 2017
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Want to have all your appetizers prepared ahead of time? These elegant and delicious cold appetizers are easy to prepare and store in the refrigerator until your guests arrive. Whether you're serving a celery and olive antipasto with ricotta salata or a spicy black bean dip with cotija cheese, these appetizer recipes will help you get a successful start to any dinner or party.
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Fresh Mozzarella

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Warm, tender, milky mozzarella is easier to make than you might think. Plus it takes just 20 minutes.

  • Potato-and-Mozzarella Croquettes

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Antipasto Salad with Salami & Green Olive–Marinated Bocconcini

Antipasto Salad with Salami & Green Olive–Marinated Bocconcini
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Inspired by the antipasti at Italian-American restaurants, Silverton developed a sophisticated version for her cookbook A Twist of the Wrist. It features shredded iceberg lettuce, salami and petite mozzarella balls (bocconcini), which she loves because each is a perfect little bite.

  • Antipasto Salad with Bocconcini and Green-Olive Tapenade

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Cold Peanut-Sesame Noodles

Cold Peanut-Sesame Noodles
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The secret to Andrew Zimmern's cold noodle recipe, inspired by the ones he had in China's Sichuan province, is the oil that gets drizzled on top. Made with chiles, Sichuan peppercorns and lots of spices, it is called Ma La ("numbing and spicy").

  • Sesame Salmon with Soba Noodles

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Antipasto Chicken Salad

Antipasto Chicken Salad
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Serve this chicken salad as an antipasto at your next dinner party and wow all of your guests (who will likely keep asking for more).

  • Green Goddess Chicken Salad

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Lemony Tuna and White Bean Antipasto Salad

Lemony Tuna and White Bean Antipasto Salad
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This quick and easy main-course salad offers all the variety and freshness of a great antipasto. The quality of this dish ultimately depends on the quality of the tuna: Using an Italian or Spanish variety packed in olive oil makes the salad extraordinary.

  • Fresh Tuna Salad with Avocado

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Antipasto Pasta

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This hearty, fast and easy pasta is a terrific combination of spicy, salty, sweet and briny flavors.

  • Fresh Tomato & Basil Spaghetti

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Tuna-and-Apple Crostini

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This lovely, sophisticated take on an open-face tuna sandwich includes sliced tart green apple and a little parsley. Try it with a sparkling rosé.

  • Egg Salad Crostini with White Anchovies

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Pickled Shrimp and Cucumber Spears

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The shrimp and cucumbers need to marinate overnight, so plan accordingly.

  • Deviled Eggs with Pickled Shrimp

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White-Bean and Prosciutto Bruschetta

White-Bean and Prosciutto Bruschetta
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Strips of prosciutto top each toast and are topped in turn with a mound of creamy white beans and sprinkling of crisp red onion. If you like, serve these with the Bruschetta Duet to make a tantalizing trio.

  • Bruschetta with Pickled Okra

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Ricotta and Roasted Tomato Bruschetta with Pancetta

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Peak-season tomatoes make all the difference in this simple bruschetta from author Susan Spungen. They're the perfect accompaniment to a bowl of soup or a large salad, or, to turn them into two-bite hors d'oeuvres, simply cut the bruschetta crosswise into strips.

  • Roasted Grape Tomatoes and Garlic in Olive Oil

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Spicy Black Bean Dip with Cotija Cheese

Spicy Black Bean Dip with Cotija Cheese
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If you can't find cotija cheese, try its slightly softer sister cheese, queso fresco.

  • White Bean Dip with Herbs

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Fennel, Apple and Avocado Crudo

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Pink peppercorns (no relation to the black or white variety) are slightly spicy but fruity, with a mild citrus taste. Here, they flavor the salt sprinkled on a supereasy vegetable crudo.

  • Red Snapper Crudo with Watercress Pesto

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    1 of 12 Fresh Mozzarella
    2 of 12 Antipasto Salad with Salami & Green Olive–Marinated Bocconcini
    3 of 12 Cold Peanut-Sesame Noodles
    4 of 12 Antipasto Chicken Salad
    5 of 12 Lemony Tuna and White Bean Antipasto Salad
    6 of 12 Antipasto Pasta
    7 of 12 Tuna-and-Apple Crostini
    8 of 12 Pickled Shrimp and Cucumber Spears
    9 of 12 White-Bean and Prosciutto Bruschetta
    10 of 12 Ricotta and Roasted Tomato Bruschetta with Pancetta
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    12 of 12 Fennel, Apple and Avocado Crudo

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