Party Recipes - NYT Cooking

One (or Two) Bite Appetizers for Happy Hours

Easy

Roasted Shrimp Cocktail With Horseradish Sauce

Melissa Clark

25 minutes

Easy

Tapenade

Rebekah Peppler

10 minutes

Pastelitos

Georgina Fernandez, Rosa Fernandez

About 2 1/2 hours

Easy

Pink Peppercorn-Marinated Goat Cheese

Rebekah Peppler

10 minutes, plus at least 2 hours’ marinating

Honey Mustard Salmon Rillettes

Dorie Greenspan

1 hour 10 minutes

Oven-Fried Zucchini

Melissa Knific

45 minutes

Beef Negimaki

Kay Chun

45 minutes

Pakora

Naz Deravian

50 minutes

Onion Bhajiya (Spicy Fritters)

Christina Morales, Palak Patel

45 minutes

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Best Dip Recipes

Easy

Bacon-Cheddar Dip

Melissa Clark

20 minutes

Editors’ Pick

Guacamole

Florence Fabricant, Josefina Howard

15 minutes

Easy

Rotel Dip

Lidey Heuck

20 minutes

Healthy

Baba Ghanouj

Martha Rose Shulman

1 hour 15 minutes

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ali Slagle

20 minutes

Easy

Cherry Tomato Labneh Dip

Ham El-Waylly

40 minutes

Honey Mustard Salmon Rillettes

Dorie Greenspan

1 hour 10 minutes

Easy

Salsa Negra (Smoky Garlic and Walnut Salsa)

Kristina Felix

20 minutes

Easy

Mango Salsa

Naz Deravian

15 minutes

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Meatball Recipes

Turkey Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Melissa Clark

50 minutes, plus chilling

Kotlet (Meat, Potato and Onion Patties)

Farideh Sadeghin

1 1/4 hours

Easy

Chimichurri Meatballs

Ali Slagle

35 minutes

Easy

Baked Chicken and Feta Meatballs

Yasmin Fahr

30 minutes

Healthy

One-Pot Chicken Meatballs With Greens

Yasmin Fahr

40 minutes

Easy

Chicken Pesto Meatballs

Dan Pelosi

25 minutes

Glazed Lamb Meatballs With Golden Raisins and Pine Nuts

Kay Chun

50 minutes

Easy

Lemon-Dill Meatballs With Orzo

Ali Slagle

40 minutes

Easy

One-Pot Lamb Meatballs With Tomato, Fennel and Orzo

Carolina Gelen

45 minutes

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Vegetarian Potluck Recipes

Healthy

Sesame Cucumber and Avocado Salad

Hetty Lui McKinnon

10 minutes

Easy

Tahini Ramen Salad

Kay Chun

30 minutes

Easy

Bulgogi-Style Tofu

Sam Sifton

Easy

Zucchini Salad With Sizzled Mint and Feta

Ali Slagle

10 minutes

Honey Mustard Potato Salad

Eric Kim

45 minutes

Easy

Radish, Cucumber and White Bean Farro Salad

Yasmin Fahr

50 minutes

Pupusas

Ham El-Waylly

55 minutes

Easy

Pasta and Pickles Salad

Hetty Lui McKinnon

30 minutes

Easy

Waldorf Salad

Lidey Heuck

25 minutes

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Sheet Cake Recipes

Buttermilk Tres Leches Cake

Lisa Donovan

6 hours (includes 1 hour soaking and 4 hours’ refrigeration)

Yellow Sheet Cake With Chocolate Frosting

Erin Jeanne McDowell

45 minutes

Strawberry Poke Cake

Priya Krishna, April Anderson

1 hour 45 minutes, plus chilling

Texas Sheet Cake

Genevieve Ko

45 minutes, plus cooling

Easy

Butter Cake With Peaches

Samantha Seneviratne

1 1/2 hours

Easy

Berries and Cream Sheet Cake

Yossy Arefi

1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Thai Tea Tres Leches Cake

Ligaya Mishan, Sam Yoo

5 1/4 hours

7Up Sheet Cake

Millie Peartree

1 1/4 hours

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Eric Kim

1 1/2 hours

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Our Best Lasagna Recipes

Lasagna

Regina Schrambling

4 hours

Eggplant Lasagna

Lidey Heuck

1 hour 10 minutes

Broccoli Rabe Lasagna

David Tanis

1 hour 30 minutes

Easy

Weeknight Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna

Hetty Lui McKinnon

1 1/4 hours

The Big Lasagna

Samin Nosrat

About 2 1/2 hours

Spinach Lasagna

Mark Bittman

1 hour

Vegan Lasagna

Gena Hamshaw

1 1/4 hours

Classic Lasagna

Alison Roman

About 2 hours

Polenta Lasagna With Spinach and Herby Ricotta

Melissa Clark

2 1/2 hours

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More Party recipes

Spice Cake With Tamarind

Korsha Wilson, Isaiah Screetch

1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling and 2 hours’ chilling

Smoky Jollof Rice

Korsha Wilson, Isaiah Screetch

1¼ hours

Easy

Cherry Tomato Labneh Dip

Ham El-Waylly

40 minutes

Easy

Saladu Nebbe (Black-Eyed Pea Salad With Tomatoes and Cucumbers)

Korsha Wilson, Isaiah Screetch

30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ refrigeration

Easy

Creamy Peach Sorbet With Raspberries

David Tanis

35 minutes, plus at least 4 hours’ chilling

Easy

Gambas al Ajillo (Spanish Garlic Shrimp)

David Tanis

25 minutes

Easy

Basil and Olive Pasta Salad With Tomato Dressing

Hetty Lui McKinnon

30 minutes

Escalivada (Catalan Roasted Vegetables)

David Tanis

1 hour 20 minutes, plus at least 1 hour’s resting

Easy

Harissa-Grilled Steak With Juicy Tomatoes

Andy Baraghani

30 minutes

Pakora

Naz Deravian

50 minutes

Easy

Pasta and Pickles Salad

Hetty Lui McKinnon

30 minutes

Salt and Pepper Zucchini

Kia Damon

1 hour

Honey Mustard Salmon Rillettes

Dorie Greenspan

1 hour 10 minutes

Chicken Adobo

Naz Deravian

1 1/2 hours, plus 1 to 8 hours’ marinating

Agua Fresca

Naz Deravian

20 minutes

Easy

Greek Meatballs

Lidey Heuck

1 1/4 hours

Pimento Cheese and Tomato Sandwiches

Kia Damon

25 minutes

Easy

Miso Shrimp and Corn Couscous Salad

Yasmin Fahr

30 minutes

Black Forest Sheet Cake

Samantha Seneviratne

1 hour 25 minutes, plus cooling

Healthy

Tomato and Farro Salad With Arugula

Yossy Arefi

55 minutes

Easy

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Yossy Arefi

45 minutes, plus 40 minutes’ cooling

Easy

Mango Salsa

Naz Deravian

15 minutes

Creamy Coconut-Lemon Pie

Yossy Arefi

About 45 minutes, plus cooling and overnight chilling

Beeritas

Melissa Knific

10 minutes