This homemade bread is perfect as a starter or as part of a buffet, and it’s quick and easy to prepare. To make a bit different you can add more ingredients like ham and other types of cheese.

A homemade sauce made with chickpeas makes a perfect dip sauce together with white bread, tortilla chips or vegetables sticks. Quick and easy to make if you use pre-boiled chickpeas.

Gougère is a French choux dough mixed with gruyère or Comte cheese. The size can be from 3-12 cm., and sometimes it is filled with mushrooms, beef or ham. In the region of Burgundy where they come from they are served cold on the side when tasting wine. This ones are served warm as a starter with a salad and a slice of ham on the side.

This is a homemade vegetable mousse that fits perfect as a starter. It is easy to make and will impress your guest. It is best to use small white mushrooms which makes a wonderful taste combination together with the zucchini.

This is a homemade Serbian cheese pie called Gibanica made with a crispy crust of filo dough. It is filled with different kind of cheese. The pie can be served cold or warm, as a starter or a main dish, the choice is yours.

These homemade pistachio shortbread cookies are note sweet but salty in taste, believe it or not they fit perfect as a starter or as a mingle food. If you get any cookies left they will keep a month in a thin box.

This is a refreshing summer starter made with melons wrapped in serano ham, served together with salad leafs and tomatoes. Maybe not the most common starter but really salty and sweet at the same time.