Vegetarian starter recipes
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Favourite vegetarian
Feta parcels with grilled courgettes and peaches
Wrap feta in courgette ribbons and grill or barbecue to make this delicious vegetarian starter or main. Serve with juicy grilled peaches.
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Vegetarian soups
Cream of mushroom soup
If you're on the lookout for the ultimate classic soup recipe, this cream of mushroom soup hits the spot every time.
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Asparagus
Asparagus with labneh, mint, almonds and seeds
This stunning spring starter by Gill Meller pairs charred asparagus with thick and creamy labneh, fresh mint and crunchy almonds.
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Vegetarian Christmas starters
Baked camembert with honey, granola and rye crackers
This isn't your run-of-the-mill baked camembert recipe. We've combined the oozy cheese with homemade rye crackers, a savoury granola and...
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Frittatas
Greek courgette and feta frittata
In this recipe, quintessential Greek ingredients – olive oil, courgettes, tomatoes and feta – make this frittata sing with delicious light, summer flavours.
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Vegetarian comfort food
Onion porridge with roasted onions and thyme
Somewhere between a creamy risotto and a bread sauce, Gill Meller's onion porridge makes a great vegetarian starter and goes well with sweet roast onions.
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Winter salads
Roast fennel, clementine, burrata and chilli salad
For a warming winter lunch which brings the heat as well as a creamy texture, give this salad of roast fennel, clementines and burrata a go.
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Vegetarian starters
Crispy creamy Boursin mushrooms
These baked Boursin mushrooms would make an easy vegetarian starter or light lunch served with a crisp green salad.
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Favourite vegetarian
Potato and parsnip latkes
Alan Rosenthal's latkes - potato pancakes - are so crispy and more-ish they'll disappear in seconds, making it the perfect savoury snack for a dinner party.
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Vegetarian starters
Mini mushroom and freekeh scotch eggs
A vegetarian twist on a classic, these mini mushroom and freekeh scotch eggs make a fun and festive starter, and will satisfy whoever is at the table.
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Christmas starters
Three-onion soup with stilton croutons
An updated version of a classic recipe, this three-onion soup with rich stilton croutons makes both a decadent and crowd-pleasing starter.
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Soups
Chestnut mushroom and red wine soup
Warm up wintry days with a hearty bowl of mushroom soup, enriched with double cream, red wine and a generous knob of butter.
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Feta cheese
Fried feta saganaki
Keep things simple when it comes to entertaining with this fried feta saganaki, taken from Heather Thomas' new book The Greek Vegetarian
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Vegetarian starters
Ful medames
Ful medames is an Egyptian dish made with fava beans, parsley and garlic. It makes a wonderful starter or snack served with pitta breads.
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Strawberries
Burrata with balsamic strawberries
A five-minute and five-ingredient starter recipe made with gorgeously creamy burrata cheese and sweet summer strawberries.
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Asparagus
Black sesame tempura asparagus with miso mayo
Asparagus spears are cooked in a melt-in-your-mouth tempura batter and served with a tasty miso mayonnaise in this dinner party starter.
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