Italian Appetizers

Italian Appetizer Recipes

For pizza parties or fancy dinners at home, Italian appetizers are always a good idea. A fantastic combination of flavors, coupled with a wide range of dishes to choose from, makes this hard to beat. For starters, there are bread-based options like the bruschetta, crostini, and pinwheels. A serving of frico or potato pie, carpaccio or raw thinly-sliced meat, and crispy calamari also sound heavenly! Feel free to take inspiration from the recipes below.

Recommended Italian Appetizer Recipes

Canape

15 mins

Classic Party Bruschetta with Toppings Recipe

15 mins

Italian Pinwheels Recipe

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30 mins

Bacon Broccoli Cheese Arancini Recipe

Canape

30 mins

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Cheese

40 mins

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Canape

10 mins

Tomato Bruschetta — Tomato Bruschetta Recipe

20 mins

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Cheese

40 mins

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5 mins

white-bean and prosciutto bruschetta recipe — White-Bean and Prosciutto Bruschetta Recipe

18 mins

Grilled Antipasto with Garlicky Bean Dip Recipe

Calamari

15 mins

Calamari Fritti Recipe, fried calamari rings on a plate with lemon wedges and dip — Calamari Fritti (Italian Fried Calamari) Recipe

23 mins

asparagus and ricotta bruschetta recipe — Asparagus and Ricotta Bruschetta Recipe

1 hr 10 mins

olive-stuffed roasted mini-pepper crostini with caramelized onions recipe — Olive-Stuffed Roasted Mini-Pepper Crostini with Caramelized Onions Recipe

Fried

1 hr

caponata recipe — Caponata Recipe

Canape

30 mins

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Salad

10 mins

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Salad

20 mins

Antipasto Salad Recipe, Antipasto salad topped with meats and olives on white plate with black background — Antipasto Salad Recipe

Salad

15 mins

fresh caprese salad recipe — Fresh Caprese Salad Recipe

Dip, Sauce & Condiment

35 mins

Just-Like Olive Garden's Three Meat Sauce Recipe — Just-Like Olive Garden’s Three Meat Sauce Recipe

Salad

15 mins

Caprese Skewers with Balsamic Dipping Sauce Recipe

45 mins

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16 mins

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Sandwich

10 hrs 15 mins

Copycat Portillo’s Italian Beef Sandwich Recipe — Copycat Portillo’s Italian Beef Recipe

Canape

25 mins

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Salad

15 mins

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