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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

Karen Martini's artichoke salad with lemon and capers

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Roasted capsicums served with creamy stracciatella cheese, grilled bread and anchovies.

Roasted peppers with mozzarella, basil and capers

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Fresh mozzarella salad with tomato dressing.
EASY

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.

Danielle Alvarez's focaccia with whipped garlic ricotta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Heirloom tomato and bread salad.
EASY

Adam Liaw's heirloom tomato and bread salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Tomato, watermelon and feta salad with wild fennel flowers.
EASY

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

Zucchini, broad bean and mint salad with cured ham

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Gnocco fritto with salumi

Gnocco fritto

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Deep-fried zucchini flowers

Deep-fried zucchini flowers

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Figs, blue cheese, honeycomb and pecans.
EASY

Figs, blue cheese, honeycomb and pecans

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Matt La Brooy
Julia Busuttil Nishimura's burrata with zucchini, rocket and prosciutto.

Three ways with burrata

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Adam Liaw's bagna cauda with fresh and pickled spring vegetables.

Bagna cauda with fresh and pickled vegetables

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Sage leaves fried in a light batter.
EASY

Fried sage leaves

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Dan Lepard's white bean puree, fried capers with tapenade flatbreads.

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

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

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

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Roasted figs with prosciutto and gorgonzola

Roasted figs with prosciutto and gorgonzola

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Karen Martini's pesto recipe.
EASY

Karen Martini's pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Homemade ricotta

Homemade ricotta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Baked spiced ricotta cake with a central layer of jammy tomatoes.

Baked spiced ricotta with slow-roasted tomatoes

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Zucchini, basil and mozzarella salad

Zucchini, basil and mozzarella salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Brigitte Hafner
Kale, olive and artichoke dip.
EASY

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.

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.

Three summery bruschetta toppings

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Burrata: Should be eaten within two days of being made.
EASY

Burrata with peppers, olives and capers

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix

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