8 filling appetizers Recipes

english cucumber, unpeeled, fresh herb (to garnish ), fresh crab, fresh lime zest, fresh lime juice, green onion, sliced fine, celery, diced fine, olive oil, kosher salt, cracked black pepper

water, unsalted butter, salt, heaping cup (4 1/2 oz) king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour, eggs, heavy cream, sugar, strawberry or other jam, chocolate chips, variations, mash fruit or berries, such as strawberries, bananas, blueberries or peaches and stir into whipped cream and use as filling., add small chocolate chips to the whipped cream before filling the buns. leave out the glaze., experiment with different flavours of icing, such as maple syrup, caramel, lemon or vanilla., put a piece of creme-filled candy inside the bun for a burst of flavour., party treats : make tiny buns (use tsp or a pastry tube instead of tbsp) and fill with flavoured cream-cheese or tuna dip (mash tuna into mayonnaise and flavour with garlic and pepper). make a small hole in the side of each bun and fill, using an icing tube. serve as nibbles or appetizers.

paper thin slices of genoa salami, paper thin slices of havarti cheese, cocktail onions, pimiento-stuffed green olives, toothpicks

tomatoes, goat cheese, extra virgin olive oil, scallion, white and green parts, thinly sliced, diagonally, basil , chiffonade, tarragon, chopped, black peppercorns, cracked, fine sea salt , to taste

eggplants, red onions, quartered, tahini or 1/3 cup peanut butter, lemon juice, salt, olive oil, garlic cloves, pepper