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30-Minute Hors d'Oeuvres

By Food & Wine
Updated May 08, 2017
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Aged Gouda Fondue with Caraway Croutons

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"My friend Natalie's mother, who lives in Amsterdam, brings me aged Gouda each year," chef Barbara Lynch says. "I wanted to serve it as a fondue instead of on its own as an hors d'oeuvre." For those without an overseas cheese connection, Lynch suggests buying an eight-month-aged Gouda—"Nothing too smoky; just a beautiful, salty Gouda."

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Avocado Crostini Two Ways

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Cookbook author Katie Workman adds salty, briny anchovies to her parsley pesto for adult guests. For kids, she leaves the avocado crostini plain.

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Seafood Tostada Bites

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The fried tortilla triangles in these mini tostadas can be kept overnight in an airtight container.

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Texas Smoked Salmon Tartare

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These spicy, tangy little hors d'oeuvres are chef Dean Fearing's take on the classic combination of smoked salmon, red onion and capers—he throws in roasted garlic, lime juice and jalapeño and replaces the standard cream cheese with sour cream. To make the dish especially Southwestern, he serves the tartare on tortilla chips. "Everything is good on a chip," he says.

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Warm Piquillo and Crab Dip

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For this classic tapa, Jose Garces stuffs his delicious crab salad into individual piquillo peppers and roasts them until hot. An easier way is to spread the crab mixture in a baking dish, top it with slices of the peppers, then cook until warm and melty.

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Warm Olives with Rosemary, Garlic and Lemon

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Chef Marc Murphy serves these olives warm to accentuate the marinade's lemony flavor.

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Crab Rolls with Lemon Aioli

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New Orleans chefs often drown seafood in rich, spicy sauces, but here, chef Jason McCullar of Cure simply dresses sweet crabmeat (a Louisiana staple) in lemon-scented aioli. The crab salad is wonderful piled on hot dog buns like a New England lobster roll or arranged delicately on small rolls as hors d'oeuvres.

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Crudités with Creamy Pistachio Dip

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This dip can be made in advance and refrigerated overnight.

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Katie's Pimento Goat Cheese

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"My grandpa always used to make pimento cheese for me with sharp cheddar, or even Velveeta," says Katie Lee about the sweet pepper–studded spread, a Southern classic that's also a great dip. "I wanted to make it more grown-up." Katie's goat-cheese version is light and silky.

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Brioche Crab Melts

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Vitaly Paley, the chef and owner of Paley's Place, created this deliciously indulgent version of the classic tuna melt while competing in a cook-off sponsored by the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. Pairing moist chunks of crab with brioche, truffle butter and nutty Gruyère cheese easily snagged him a first-place prize.

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Spicy Spinach Dip with Pine Nuts

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Serve with toasted baguette slices or crudités. Or use as a condiment for curries, steaks or roast chicken.

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Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

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Why bother toasting pumpkin seeds when you can buy them pretoasted? Because they'll have an irresistibly nutty flavor that the store-bought version never does.

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1 of 12 Aged Gouda Fondue with Caraway Croutons
2 of 12 Avocado Crostini Two Ways
3 of 12 Seafood Tostada Bites
4 of 12 Texas Smoked Salmon Tartare
5 of 12 Warm Piquillo and Crab Dip
6 of 12 Warm Olives with Rosemary, Garlic and Lemon
7 of 12 Crab Rolls with Lemon Aioli
8 of 12 Crudités with Creamy Pistachio Dip
9 of 12 Katie's Pimento Goat Cheese
10 of 12 Brioche Crab Melts
11 of 12 Spicy Spinach Dip with Pine Nuts
12 of 12 Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

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