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Appetizer Recipes

Be the hit of your next Sunday dinner, family gathering, or party with friends by bringing a fantastic homemade appetizer that will have everyone asking, can I have that recipe!?!

From Homemade Italian Rice Balls to Baked Mushrooms Stuffed with Ricotta to traditional Italian Bagna Cauda, find a great appetizer that will taste like you spent all day in the kitchen, but you’ll know better!

Two squares of Anchovy Pizza stacked on top of one another.

Anchovy Pizza

Close up of marinated artichokes plied onto a plate.

Marinated Artichokes

two black bowls filled with assorted olives viewed front on

Marinated Olives

Fried sardines piled up on a round plate.

Fried Sardines

Italian zucchini fritters stacked on top of one another.

Italian Zucchini Fritters

Ricotta stuffed mushrooms arranged on parchment paper.

Ricotta Stuffed Mushrooms

Nuts and Bolts in a white square ceramic bowl with fingers picking up some.

Nuts and Bolts Recipe

Avocado Spread on two slices of sourdough bread, cherry tomatoes and more spread in background.

Avocado Spread

Crispy Prosciutto held by two fingers.

Crispy Prosciutto

Artichoke Salad in a dark shallow bowl with a fork

Artichoke Salad

Roasted garlic butter in a jar with a spoon inserted.

Roasted Garlic Butter

Calamari Fritti on a white plate with a wedge of lemon on the side and more calamari and lemon in the background.

Calamari Fritti

Plate of Italian Roasted Vegetables piled high with a spoon inserted and a red napkin in the background.

Italian Roasted Vegetables

Garlic pizza cut in eight slices. One slice being taken by hand.

Garlic Pizza

Homemade Ricotta Cheese in a terracotta bowl with bottle of milk and a lemon in the background.

How To Make Ricotta Cheese

Garlic and herb cheese spread in a red bowl, garnished with chopped chives.

Garlic and Herb Cheese Spread

Fried Meatballs piled into a shallow terracotta bowl.

Fried Meatballs

Chicken Pastina Soup in a white bowl with second bowl in the background.

Chicken Pastina Soup

Spiedini on wooden skewered piled onto a white plate.

Spiedini

Bunch of grissini breadstick on wooden board.

Grissini Breadsticks

Shallow bowl of tomato, basil and mozzarella salad.

Cherry Tomato Caprese Salad

White plate of multi colored strips of fried bell peppers.

Italian Fried Peppers

Sliced braided bread with pesto swirl.

Pesto Bread

Stewed bell pepper and tomatoes in blue bowl.

Peperonata

fried cheese sandwich cut in half and showing cheese pull.

Mozzarella in Carrozza

sun dried tomato pesto in a white bowl with small wooden spoon in the pesto.

Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

rectangle bread topped with three different toppings.

Focaccia Toppings

potato skin chips piled into black bowl placed onto a wooden board with more chips on the board and a spoon filled with salt.

Potato Skin Chips

A hand reaching for toasted slice of bread topped with chopped tomato and mozzarella.

Bruschetta Recipe with Mozzarella

whole fresh ricotta cheese on wooden board with a wedge cut out; wedge in front of whole cheese.

Can You Freeze Ricotta Cheese?

close up of a slice of italian pie with whole pie in the background.

Pizza Gaina

one stuffed cherry pepper in a spoon and pile of stuffed cherry peppers in a white dish with bottles filled in the background

Stuffed Cherry Peppers

Three Italian Rice Balls on a plate with one ball split in half.

Italian Rice Balls

Bagna cauda sauce in a black dish surrounded by sliced vegetables and bread

Bagna Cauda

slice of toasted bread spread with baked ricotta and topped with half a slice of roasted cherry tomato

Baked Ricotta

sausage rolls on baking paper with black sauce and red sauce

Australian Sausage Rolls

pile of puff pastry twists with prosciutto and parmesan

Puff Pastry Twists

homemade crackers in white bowl with cheese and green pears

Homemade Crackers

bowl of olivada with bread, oil and parsley on wooden board

Olivada

close up of pale green strips of pickled vegetable on toasted bread with extra in the background.

Marinated Eggplant

Ham and cheese fried snack

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Spinach Ricotta ravioli on a off white plate with a sprinkle of finely grated cheese.

Spinach Ricotta Ravioli

close up of four mini pancakes stacked on a white plate with syrup dripping off and more pancakes and strawberries around.

Mini Pancakes

raspberry sauce in a glass jar with a spoon full lifted out.

Raspberry Compote

homemade cavatelli pasta

Cavatelli

Yellow cake dusted with powdered sugar with a few slices cut viewed from above.

Italian Lemon Cake

Roasted whole butterflied chicken on wooden board.

Butterfly Chicken

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An Authentic Italian Braciole recipe prepare in a red pan with one braciole sliced on a white plate.

Authentic Italian Braciole Recipe

close up of mascarpone cream in a bowl with gold spoon, raspberries scattered around and plate with cake and cream in the background

Mascarpone Cream

Two slices of sourdough French toast with blueberry compote, powdered sugar, and halved strawberries on a white plate set on a table next to cutlery.

Sourdough French Toast

Italian rum cake on a white cake stand topped with maraschino cherries.

Italian Rum Cake

Pasta al forno in a white baking dish with a scoopful lifted up.

Pasta al Forno

rectangle bread topped with three different toppings.

Focaccia Toppings

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