Our 50 Best Hors d’Oeuvres Recipes (2024)

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Cranberry Crostini Deviled Eggs Panisses Potato Jalapeño Latkes Crab Toast Grilled Oysters on a Bed of Salt Broiled Oysters with Parmigiano and ‘Nduja Olive-Oil Poached Green Almonds with Dill Fried Stuffed Castelvetrano Olives Raw Oysters with Lemon Oil and Urfa Biber Mozzarella Sticks Abruzzo-Style Grape Focaccia Greek Stuffed Grape Leaves With Rice and Herbs (Dolmadakia) Chickpea Fritters with Coconut Chutney Herbed Squash Confit Smoked Trout Blinis with Crème Fraîche and Dill Fennel Seed Taralli (Italian Olive Oil Crackers) Cheese Gougères Virginia Ham and White Cheddar Croquettes Homemade Jalapeño Poppers Salmon Rillettes Goat Cheese Crostini with Fig-Olive Tapenade Gougères Smoked Bluefish Pâté with Hardtack Crackers Marinated Anchovies with Candied Citrus, Pickled Raisins, and Chile Pão de Queijo Oysters DuPont Roasted Tomato and Grape Toasts with Fava Bean Puree Roasted Garlic and Sweet Potato Crostini Zucchini and Feta Fritters Eggplant Rolls (Nigvziani Badrijani) Indian Vegetable Fritters (Pakoras) Spiced Ground Beef Patties (Shami Kebabs) Pigeon Pea Fritters with Yogurt-Tomato Sauce (Vadai Pachadi) Cured Salmon with Thin Pancakes (Gravlax with Blinis) Shrimp and Rosemary Crostini Stuffed Pepperoncini with Smoked Salmon Smoked Salmon with Cream Cheese, Capers, and Red Onion Toast with Roasted Beet Dip, Smoked Salmon, and Watercress Pan-Fried Salt Cod Chips (Fritas de Bacalhau) Smoked Salmon with Fromage Blanc, Chives, and Pickled Celery Shallot and Pancetta Tortilla Crisps Robiola-Stuffed Figs with Pomegranate Saganaki Bites with Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade Broccoli Rabe, Cannellini Bean, and Ricotta Crostini Broiled Oysters with Spinach and Brown Butter Hollandaise Pigs in a Blanket with Herbed Mustard Dipping Sauce French Piped Potatoes (Pommes duch*esse) Swiss Fondue Fritters (Malakoffs) Beet “Tartare”

There is no more perfect one-bite hors d’oeuvre than the one nature provides: Oysters come in their own individual serving dishes, for heaven’s sake. And while delicious unadorned, they’ll also agreeably accommodate most any flavor, from piping hot parmesan and sausage to a cool citrusy mignonette. Equal parts upscale splurge and seafood-shack casual, oysters have the appetizer concept nailed. Which is why our roundup of hors d’oeuvre recipes includes no fewer than five different ways to zhuzh up these briney bivalves.

If only everybody loved shellfish.

Since that isn’t the case, consider your audience and occasion. Game-day snack buffets demand comfort-food classics like jalapeño poppers, mozzarella sticks, and pigs in blankets. Fancy co*cktail parties call for more sophisticated small bites—say, cranberry crostini and pecan cheese wafers in autumn, or crab toasts and summer-squash confit come warmer weather.

Beyond those general guidelines, there’s a whole world of authentic appetizers to choose from. In the cheese-puff category alone, you’ve got classic French gougères, Brazilian pão de queijo, Switzerland’s gooey fondue fritters (called malakoffs), and fried Greek feta topped with sun-dried-tomato tapenade.

Or you could pair vegetable pakoras from India with an assortment of spicy chutneys, stud Italian focaccia with red and green grapes, and top Russian blinis with smoked trout or caviar.

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Peruse our guide to the globe’s best hors d’oeuvres recipes, and you might just find yourself wondering: Who really needs a main course, anyway?

Cranberry Crostini

Deviled Eggs

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Panisses

Potato Jalapeño Latkes

Crab Toast

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Grilled Oysters on a Bed of Salt

Broiled Oysters with Parmigiano and ‘Nduja

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Olive-Oil Poached Green Almonds with Dill

Fried Stuffed Castelvetrano Olives

Raw Oysters with Lemon Oil and Urfa Biber

Mozzarella Sticks

Abruzzo-Style Grape Focaccia

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Greek Stuffed Grape Leaves With Rice and Herbs (Dolmadakia)

Chickpea Fritters with Coconut Chutney

Herbed Squash Confit

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Smoked Trout Blinis with Crème Fraîche and Dill

Fennel Seed Taralli (Italian Olive Oil Crackers)

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Cheese Gougères

Virginia Ham and White Cheddar Croquettes

Homemade Jalapeño Poppers

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Salmon Rillettes

Goat Cheese Crostini with Fig-Olive Tapenade

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Gougères

Smoked Bluefish Pâté with Hardtack Crackers

Marinated Anchovies with Candied Citrus, Pickled Raisins, and Chile

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Pão de Queijo

Oysters DuPont

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Roasted Tomato and Grape Toasts with Fava Bean Puree

Roasted Garlic and Sweet Potato Crostini

Zucchini and Feta Fritters

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Eggplant Rolls (Nigvziani Badrijani)

Indian Vegetable Fritters (Pakoras)

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Spiced Ground Beef Patties (Shami Kebabs)

Pigeon Pea Fritters with Yogurt-Tomato Sauce (Vadai Pachadi)

Cured Salmon with Thin Pancakes (Gravlax with Blinis)

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Shrimp and Rosemary Crostini

Stuffed Pepperoncini with Smoked Salmon

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Smoked Salmon with Cream Cheese, Capers, and Red Onion

Toast with Roasted Beet Dip, Smoked Salmon, and Watercress

Pan-Fried Salt Cod Chips (Fritas de Bacalhau)

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Smoked Salmon with Fromage Blanc, Chives, and Pickled Celery

Shallot and Pancetta Tortilla Crisps

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Robiola-Stuffed Figs with Pomegranate

Saganaki Bites with Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade

Broccoli Rabe, Cannellini Bean, and Ricotta Crostini

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Broiled Oysters with Spinach and Brown Butter Hollandaise

Pigs in a Blanket with Herbed Mustard Dipping Sauce

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French Piped Potatoes (Pommes duch*esse)

Swiss Fondue Fritters (Malakoffs)

Beet “Tartare”

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