Fun to Make Party Bread Appetizers - Jett's Kitchen (2024)

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Party Bread Appetizers

For your next holiday gathering make some rye and pumpernickel party bread appetizers! These little appetizers will be the hit of any party!

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I make party bread appetizers using Pepperidge Farm Rye and Dark Pumpernickel party loaves. They are the perfect size for finger sandwiches making them the best little appetizer or otherwise known as hors d’oeuvres.

Since these party breads are somewhat seasonal if you can’t find them in your grocery store or Wal-Mart try looking for cocktail breads. I would recommend trying to get them online but it may be real expensive that way.

It really is fun making party bread appetizers. Mainly because you don’t need a lot of ingredients and the ingredients you do use can be mixed and matched for either the rye bread or the pumpernickel bread.

Rye and pumpernickel party breads make some of the best appetizers! Think of it this way, it’s like making teeny tiny sandwiches adding a swipe of condiment like mustard, mayonnaise, or horseradish topped with some meat, eggs, sauerkraut and or vegetables, adding some greenery like a few sprouts, or some spinach and finish it off with a frill toothpick.

Can you imagine all the fun it’s going to be like making these appetizers and building individual pieces of bread with each having a unique flavor?! I am getting excited just talking about it! So let’s get to the next question….

What Goes Good on Rye Party Bread

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There are many thing you can put on a piece of rye bread but let’s just keep it simple as what goes good on rye party bread for appetizers.

You can get real extravagant, go mediocre or make it real simple. Just know the ball is in your court and whatever ingredients you decide, your guests will love them!

Some Ideas for Rye Party Breads

  • Smoked salmon with cream cheese and capers
  • Sliced hard boiled egg with spinach, sprouts and green or black olives
  • Sliced hard boiled egg topped with sprouts and tomatoes
  • Goat’s cheese and raspberry jam
  • Sliced hard boiled egg with tomatoes and topped with sprouts
  • Sliced tomatoes topped with basil and feta cheese
  • Deli ham with mustard, swiss cheese topped with sprouts and tomatoes *pictured below
  • Deli corned beef with mustard, sauerkraut and swiss cheese
  • Don’t forget to make some vegetarian style too
  • The options are endless
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What Goes Good on Pumpernickel Party Bread

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  • Deli ham, mustard, swiss cheese topped with sprouts and tomatoes
  • Cream cheese, sliced red onion and tomato
  • Deli corned beef, mustard, swiss cheese, topped with dill pickle and sprouts *pictured below
  • Peanut butter
  • Smoked salmon topped with cream cheese or creme fraiche and capers
  • Deli pastrami, mustard, swiss cheese topped with sprouts
  • Deli pastrami, horseradish, swiss cheese topped with sprouts and tomatoes
  • Don’t forget to make som vegetarian style too
  • Again the options are endless
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Making Party Bread Appetizers

Prepare work surface:

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Lay all your ingredients that you are going to use on a board or work surface.

Ingredients I am using today includes:

  • Rye and pumpernickel party breads
  • Corned beef deli style
  • Ham deli style
  • Pastrami deli style
  • Hard boiled eggs
  • Green and black olives
  • sliced tomatoes
  • Mustard, mayonnaise and horseradish (the real deal)
  • Swiss cheese
  • Radish Sprouts (I use China Rose Radish Sprouts kinda gives a little kick to the appetizer) See my article on “How To Grow Sprouts

Assemble Breads:

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Start off first with slathering on some condiments to one side of the bread.

Then add a slice of swiss cheese.

Add a good helping of meat and top with another slice of swiss cheese.

Place prepared breads on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Assemble all breads to fill up baking sheet. Be sure to toast about 6 pieces of plain bread per sheet if you will be using egg or strictly vegetables.

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Once the pan is full place in oven and broil for a few minutes or until cheese has melted. If only toasting bread flip bread once during the broiling process.

When the cheese has melted and or the plain breads have toasted remove baking tray from oven and allow to cool.

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Add finishing touches to the top of the party breads containing meats like sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers or pickles and poke with a frilly toothpick and gently lift bread up with a spatula and place on a serving board.

For the toasted breads add any condiments, vegetable, egg, cheese (if desired), top with sprouts, sliced tomatoes, some fresh cracked pepper and poke with a frilly toothpick and gently lift bread up with a spatula and place on a serving board.

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Enjoy!

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Party Bread Appetizers

For your next holiday gathering make some rye and pumpernickel party bread appetizers! These little appetizers will be the hit of any party!

CourseAppetizer

CuisineAmerican

KeywordAppetizer, finger appetizer, party breads, vegetarian

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 1 party tray

Author jettskitchen.com

Ingredients

  • 1packageRye Party Bread
  • 1packageDark Pumpernickel Party Bread
  • 1poundDeli meats of choice(pre-cut ham, corned beef, pastrami, smoked salmon)
  • Condiments like mustard, mayonnaise, horseradish, cream cheese
  • fresh vegetables like sliced cherry tomatoes, sprouts, sliced cucumber
  • Sliced cheese or choiceI used Swiss
  • Other toppingssliced hard boiled egg, dill pickles, capers, sliced green and black olives

Instructions

  1. Start off first with slathering on some condiments to one side of the bread.

    Then add a slice of swiss cheese.

    Add a good helping of meat and top with another slice of swiss cheese.

    Place prepared breads on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

    Assemble all breads to fill up baking sheet. Be sure to toast about 6 pieces of bread per sheet if you will be using egg or strictly vegetables.

  2. Once the pan is full place in oven and broil for a few minutes or until cheese has melted. If only toasting bread flip bread once during the broiling process.

    When the cheese has melted and or the plain breads have toasted remove baking tray from oven and allow to cool.

  3. Add finishing touches to the top of the party breads containing meats like sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers or pickles and poke with a frilly toothpick and gently lift bread up with a spatula and place on a serving board.

    For the toasted breads add any condiments, vegetable, egg, cheese (if desired), top with sprouts, sliced tomatoes, some fresh cracked pepper and poke with a frilly toothpick and gently lift bread up with a spatula and place on a serving board.

  4. Enjoy!

Fun to Make Party Bread Appetizers - Jett's Kitchen (2024)

FAQs

What are the 8 types of appetizers? ›

There are nine main classifications of appetizers: canapes, chips and dip, cocktails, finger foods, fruits and vegetables, hors d'oeuvres, petite (small salads), relishes and crudite, and other.

What is an appetizer that is served on a small piece of bread or toast? ›

1. A canapé (French: [kanape]) is a type of hors d'œuvre, a small, prepared, and often decorative food, consisting of a small piece of bread (sometimes toasted), puff pastry, or a cracker topped with some savoury food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite.

What are appetizers in a menu? ›

Appetizers are the first course served when seated at a table. An appetizer is meant to complement an entrée and is generally a small-portioned first course of a multi-course meal. Appetizers are meant to whet the appetite before the following courses. Appetizers connote that a dinner will follow.

What is known as the simplest appetizer? ›

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables – are the simplest appetizer. Fruits are good appetizers because they give an attractive appearance, fragrance, appealing taste and delicious flavor. For example, you could serve a platter of thinly sliced cucumbers, chunks of red bell pepper and baby carrots.

How to serve bread at a party? ›

Things like slices, small loaves or breadsticks can be served in quaint pails for a unique addition to the table. Otherwise, try serving multiple types of bread at once with a multi-cone basket, offering variety and choice to your guests.

What are party appetizers called? ›

In the U.S., 'appetizers', referring to anything served before a meal, is the most common term for hors d'oeuvres. Light snacks served outside of the context of a meal are called hors d'oeuvres (with the English-language pluralization).

What are the 7 types of appetizers? ›

Classification of Appetizers
  • Cocktails.
  • Hors d' oeuvres.
  • Canape.
  • Relishes/Crudite.
  • Salads.
  • Soup & Consommé
  • Chips & DIps.
Jul 14, 2023

What are the two most popular appetizer options on menus today? ›

10 Most Popular & Trending Appetizers of 2023
  • OCTOPUS. Over 20% of new menu items since 2010 have been seafood-related. ...
  • ASIAN CUISINE. Dumplings, spring rolls, tempura and other Asian appetizers beyond egg rolls are having their star moment – even in non-ethnic restaurants. ...
  • SEAWEED.

How many appetizers for 8? ›

More than 6 appetizers per person are too many. You don't want to fill your guests' bellies before dinner. Generally, you will need enough for each guest to eat 2 of each type of appetizer you serve. For very large parties, you can lower this to 1.5 servings per person per appetizer.

What are the 3 different ways to serve appetizers? ›

There are several ways to serve appetizers. They can be served hot or cold, in single portions or as a buffet and sometimes even placed on the dinner table in a platter as a part of the main meal. Informal receptions or cocktail parties, they are served before the guests are seated.

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