Hors d'Oeuvres

Portuguese peixinhos da horta. Tempura green beans. Whatever you call them, they’re disturbingly easy to toss back one after the other while standing at the stove. And that’s not a bad thing in our book.

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• 40 M
• 40 M
• 0

Creamy but not gloppy, light but not abstemious, this shrimp salad is gonna rock your world. And your cocktail party. And your lunch work rotation.

• 1 H
• 1 H, 15 M
• 3

“Tater tots” Português. É assim que pensamos nesta mistura de batatas, chouriço e cebola que é frita até ficar crocante e dourada no exterior e impossivelmente arejada mas rica por dentro.

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• 1 H, 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
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Note to self: Always have balsamic vinegar in the pantry, puff pastry in the freezer, and a wedge of Brie in the fridge. Because then you’ve always got the makings for this incredibly crowd-pleasing pizza.

• 30 M
• 1 H
• 2

“The onion dip to end all onion dips.” “Sublime.” “Light years beyond those soup packets.” That’s what folks are saying about this creamy dip that puts to shame all other onion dips you’ve ever dipped, dunked, or otherwise devoured.

• 15 M
• 1 H
• 4

Dramatically amplify the flavor (and the reactions at the table) when you leave the shells on while cooking these shrimp. And then just surrender to the mess while devouring them.

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• 20 M
• 20 M
• 0

Plump figs are slathered with blue cheese and mascarpone cheese, wrapped in southern country ham, and grilled. Consummate finger food before the barbecue.

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• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 0

Portuguese tater tots. That’s how we think of this mashup of potatoes, chouriço, and onion that’s deep-fried until crisp and golden on the outside and impossibly airy yet rich on the inside.

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• 1 H, 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 12

This Sriracha deviled eggs recipe is made with hard-cooked eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, bacon, and hot sauce. A new classic.

• 25 M
• 1 H
• 4

A simple hot pepper sauce made from piri-piri peppers brings big flavor to shrimp in mere minutes. Those Portuguese know what they’re doing.

• 30 M
• 3 H
• 7

Sorta makes you wonder how you got this far in life without thinking to try this, eh?

• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 2

Roasting these rotund little root veggies turns them docile as anything dug out of the ground can be.

• 5 M
• 35 M
• 8

True story: This luscious little number inspired one toddler to dip and dunk his way through an entire bag of baby carrots. An entire bag. Behold, the power of the dipper!

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• 20 M
• 20 M
• 4

Lovely. That’s all we can think to say of this array of deviled eggs, which come in classic, smoked salmon, and lightly truffled.

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• 10 M
• 40 M
• 1