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Katrina Meynink’s all-time greatest party snack recipes (and hacks)

The party starts here. From mortadella olives with dirty martini dip to bang bang potato gems, these are Katrina Meynink’s best snacks. Prepare to be wowed.

36 recipes
Sweet chilli Philly gets an update.
EASY

Baked feta with crunchy chilli oil and honey

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Dirty martini dip and mortadella olives.
EASY

Dirty martini dip and mortadella olives

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Kettle chips with champagne creme fraiche and caviar.

10 high-low party season snack hacks

  • Katrina Meynink
Chermoula prawn skewers with quick tomato relish and aioli.

Chermoula barbecued prawns with quick tomato chermoula relish

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Gilda skewers with optional potato chips.
EASY

Gildas (tapas on toothpicks)

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Swipe some flatbread through this preserved lemon hummus with crispy spicy chickpeas.
EASY

Preserved lemon hummus with cumin and sumac roasted chickpeas

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Crowd-pleasing cheesy Greek-inspired pull-apart.
EASY

Greek-inspired pull-apart with lemon, honey and garlic

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Crispy, savoury, and gone in seconds, Tuna Pringles are the perfect party snack.
EASY

Tuna Pringles

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Split prawns with 'nduja butter.

Grilled split prawns with 'nduja butter

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Melon, ham and burrata salad.
EASY

Melon ‘n’ ham, but not as you know it

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Kingfish crudo with citrus dressing.
EASY

Kingfish crudo with ginger-citrus dressing and quick coriander oil

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Anchovy toasts (served with gildas, right).
EASY

Anchovies and tomato-capsicum relish on rye toast

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Son-in-law egg meets scotch egg.

Son-in-scotch eggs with nuoc cham

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Prosciutto, black grapes with barely-a-dressing dressing is the most moreish snack in all the lands.
EASY

Prosciutto, black grapes with barely-a-dressing dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Lobster rolls with yuzu mayo and potato chips.

Yuzu mayo lobster rolls

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Mozzarella sticks swimming in creamy vodka and tomato sauce.
EASY

Baked mozzarella sticks with vodka sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Riffing on buffalo wings, these Old Bay wings with blue cheese dressing are ready in a flash.
EASY

Old Bay and parmesan chicken wings with blue cheese dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Bang bang tater tots are so delicious, they come with a warning.
EASY

Bang bang tater tots

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Serve the sticky Asian wings with lime wedges and spicy mayo.
EASY

Sticky Asian chicken wings

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Freshen up your usual nachos with this yoghurt dressing and fresh toppings.

Chicken nachos with jalapeno and mint yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Pub feed: Pastrami rolls with chips and green peppercorn sauce.
EASY

Chips, pastrami rolls and green peppercorn sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Share-friendly reuben sandwich drizzled with Russian mayo.
EASY

Reuben pull-apart loaf

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Gunpowder tater tots..
EASY

Gunpowder tater tots

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
The marinade makes these chipotle, tamarind and maple wings spicy, sweet and tangy.
EASY

Chipotle, tamarind and maple chicken wings

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Fish fingers meet club sandwiches.
EASY

Fish finger sandwiches with minty peas, harissa mayo and chips

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Bloody mary inspired beef sausage rolls with vodka-spiked relish.

Bloody mary sausage rolls

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Bloody Mary pork scotch egg with tomato-Tabasco relish.

Bloody Mary pork scotch eggs

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Step aside garlic bread, hello cacio e pepe pull-apart.
EASY

Easy cheesy cacio e pepe pull-apart bread

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Katrina Meynink’s summer tomato focaccia.
EASY

Hands-off summer tomato focaccia

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
A slab of cheesy pepperoni goodness.

Sheet pan pizza of the gods

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
The longer this share-friendly sandwich loaf sits, the better it becomes.

The mega muffuletta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Vegetarian scotch eggs with vibrant green goddess dressing.

Falafel scotch eggs with spicy green goddess dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Patatas bravas with kind-of brava sauce (top right) and roast garlic aioli (bottom).

Patatas bravas with two sauces

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Quality controlled: Roast chook Bloody Mary club sandwich.

Club sandwich with roast chicken and Bloody Mary mayo

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Curried scotch eggs.

Curry spiced beef scotch eggs with turmeric and ginger yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Prawn cocktail, but make it a platter.
EASY

Prawn cocktail plonk plate

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink