When cocktails are the focus of your gathering, you want plenty of good food on hand to soak it all up. Enter this impressive spread of elegant (but easy-to-prepare) snacks to complete your festive soiree.
Featuring:
Shrimp Cocktail
Juicy and Tender Swedish Meatballs
Maple-Glazed City Ham
Shrimp Cocktail
The trick to a perfect, super-simple shrimp cocktail? Make your cocktail sauce from scratch, and gently poach the shrimp in a flavorful broth.
Olive-Rosemary Spiced Cashews
Olives and rosemary give these roasted nuts an addictively salty, herbal kick. A chili-spiked sweet glaze keeps everything in balance.
Chicken Liver Pâté With Bourbon and Cranberry Gelée
This silky-smooth chicken liver pâté is flavored with bourbon and apple cider, then topped with a cranberry gelée for a tart finish.
Deviled Eggs With Fried Capers, Lemon, and Parsley
Deviled eggs are classic crowd-pleasing hors d'oeuvres, but that doesn't mean they can't be improved. We give them a briny, citrusy punch with crisp-fried capers, lemon juice, and parsley.
Juicy and Tender Swedish Meatballs
These retro cocktail-party staples are made with a pork and beef blend and doused in a rich, savory gravy. Serve them with toothpicks and a bowl of lingonberry jam for dipping.
Two Ingredient Never-Fail Cream Biscuits
It's hard to pass up a two-ingredient recipe that takes practically no effort or practice to pull off. Especially when it produces some of the lightest, tenderest, tastiest biscuits around.
Maple-Glazed City Ham
This tender city ham is glazed with maple syrup and mustard. Pile it on biscuits, or just eat it out of hand.
Soft and Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies
A combination of whole peanuts and crunchy peanut butter gives these cookies a rich, concentrated flavor and varied texture.
Gingersnaps
With two types of ginger, our ultimate gingersnap cookies are complex and spicy.
