Caprese Skewers
Tomato, mozzarella, basil and a balsamic glaze on a stick. Fifteen minutes and nothing to cook.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Yield
- Makes 24 skewers
Appetizers
Small plates for the start of a meal, or the whole of one.
Small plates for the start of a meal, or for a table where the small plates are the meal.
Most of these are party appetizers in the practical sense: they scale, and each one says plainly how far ahead it can be made. That matters more than the recipe itself when you are cooking for a room.
Corned Beef Egg Rolls
A Reuben sandwich in a fried wrapper. The sauerkraut has to be wrung dry or the whole thing bursts.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Yield
- Makes 12
Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Lime Sauce
Rice paper, herbs and seared beef, rolled cold. Nothing is cooked except the meat and the noodles.
- Total time
- 50 min
- Yield
- Makes 12 rolls
Air Fryer Salmon Bites with Garlic Cream Sauce
Eight minutes in the basket, caramelized outside and barely set within, with a lemon-garlic cream to dip.
- Total time
- 23 min
- Yield
- Serves 4