Mozzarella, tomato and basil salad.

Recipe collection

Mix and match antipasti recipes for relaxed entertaining

Make the most of the last blast of (warm) sunshine before daylight savings ends in a week or so, with an outdoor feast of Italian-ish bits and pieces - perfect for picking at over a long, leisurely afternoon.

26 recipes

Is it a dip? Is it a salad? Either way, it's delicious. — EASY

Dips

Karen Martini's artichoke salad with lemon and capers

< 30 mins
Karen Martini

Roasted capsicums served with creamy stracciatella cheese, grilled bread and anchovies.

Roast

Roasted peppers with mozzarella, basil and capers

1-2 hrs
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Fresh mozzarella salad with tomato dressing. — EASY

Salad

Mozzarella treccia with croutons and tomatoes

< 30 mins
Karen Martini

Focaccia has been a welcome upside to lockdown. Here's how to make it at home.

Bread

Danielle Alvarez's focaccia with whipped garlic ricotta

2 hrs +
Danielle Alvarez

Heirloom tomato and bread salad. — EASY

Salad

Adam Liaw's heirloom tomato and bread salad

< 30 mins
Adam Liaw

Tomato, watermelon and feta salad with wild fennel flowers. — EASY

Salad

Karen Martini's tomato, watermelon and feta salad

< 30 mins
Karen Martini

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Zucchini, broad bean and mint salad with cured ham — EASY

Salad

Zucchini, broad bean and mint salad with cured ham

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

Gnocco fritto with salumi

Dinner party

Gnocco fritto

< 30 mins
Jill Dupleix

Deep-fried zucchini flowers

Italian

Deep-fried zucchini flowers

< 30 mins
Neil Perry

Figs, blue cheese, honeycomb and pecans. — EASY

Bread

Figs, blue cheese, honeycomb and pecans

< 30 mins
Darren Robertson and Matt La Brooy

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's burrata with zucchini, rocket and prosciutto.

Entertaining

Three ways with burrata

December 3, 2019
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Adam Liaw's bagna cauda with fresh and pickled spring vegetables.

Healthy

Bagna cauda with fresh and pickled vegetables

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Sage leaves fried in a light batter. — EASY

Fresh herbs

Fried sage leaves

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Dan Lepard's white bean puree, fried capers with tapenade flatbreads.

Bread

Tapenade flatbreads with white bean puree and fried capers

1-2 hrs
Dan Lepard

Zucchini and buffalo mozzarella salad with mint, dried olives and anchovy dust. — EASY

Salad

Karen Martini's zucchini and buffalo mozzarella salad

< 30 mins
Karen Martini

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Karen Martini chops the tomatoes into different sizes for textural variety. — EASY

Salad

Karen Martini's tomato salad with buffalo mozzarella, pickled onions and guindilla peppers

< 30 mins
Karen Martini

Roasted figs with prosciutto and gorgonzola

Meat

Roasted figs with prosciutto and gorgonzola

< 30 mins
Brigitte Hafner

Karen Martini's pesto recipe. — EASY

Sauces & dressings

Karen Martini's pesto

< 30 mins
Karen Martini

Homemade ricotta

Cream & milk

Homemade ricotta

2 hrs +
Karen Martini

Baked spiced ricotta cake with a central layer of jammy tomatoes.

Savoury pies & tarts

Baked spiced ricotta with slow-roasted tomatoes

2 hrs +
Katrina Meynink

Zucchini, basil and mozzarella salad

Salad

Zucchini, basil and mozzarella salad

< 30 mins
Brigitte Hafner

Kale, olive and artichoke dip. — EASY

Dips

Green olive, artichoke and kale tapenade

< 30 mins
Karen Martini

Hot food: Nduja salami.

Bruschetta with 'nduja and ricotta

< 30 mins

Bresaola with walnut paste, nectarine, radish cress and roquefort.

Meat

Bresaola with walnut paste, nectarine, radish cress and roquefort

30 mins - 1 hr

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From left: Bruschetta with tomatoes mint and ricotta; cannellini beans, black olives and salami; peppers, capers and basil.

Entertaining

Three summery bruschetta toppings

December 3, 2019
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Burrata: Should be eaten within two days of being made. — EASY

Cheese

Burrata with peppers, olives and capers

< 30 mins
Jill Dupleix

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