Because the party table must always be decorated. And if then the decorations can be tasted it is even more beautiful! Here's how to make garlands of cold cuts, cheeses, but also of bread and biscuits.
The wreaths can not miss at home a Christmas, nor hung on the door and fireplaces, nor in the center of the table.
Let's make them beautiful, but also good!
The legend of the Christmas wreath
Perhaps not everyone knows this story because it is not part of our tradition, but it is one German legend that tells the origin of this symbol of Christmas.
It is said that a woman busy cleaning the house during the holidays frightened a family of spiders who lived in his attic: during the night the little insects came out of their hiding place and climbed for fun on the fir tree that stood in the center of the living room covering it with white and gray threads. But at the stroke of midnight he arrived Santa Claus that noticing all these threads that covered the tree, he decided to turn them into one colored garland and left it on the fireplace.
Garlands to eat
The Christmas wreath is made with branches, pine cones, berries and dried leaves, but we like to think of it greedy and to eat: that's why we propose you some ideas to make centerpiece or placeholder wreaths, beautiful to look at, but above all good to eat as an appetizer or dessert.
Bread garland
You can make a wreath centerpiece all to eat done with bread or with a leavened dough similar to that of the Sandwiches Milk.
Just work the mass and then let it rise. Knead it a second time and then make a kind of donut. You can wrap it around a cup to have a perfect hole, or cook it inside a special mold.
Alternatively you can make a wreath with many small round buns always arranged in a circle with the hole in the center.
The bread garland can be presented as it is, very simple perhaps wrapped in a red decorative ribbon, or it can be stuffed with vegetables, meats and cheeses and served as an aperitif.
Italian wreath
We call it that because this idea is a Italian appetizer revisited.
Instead of the usual chopping board with cold cuts, cheeses, pickled vegetables and olives, here we find everything arranged to form a garland.
The skill lies in arranging the ingredients in an elegant and colorful way, adding here and there something green, white and red, such as cherry tomatoes, small mozzarella and rosemary.
You can put in the center a small bowl with oil and salt for the pinzimonio if you only used vegetables for garland or sauces like Hummus or mayonnaise if there are croutons and chips.
Sweet garland
Then there is the sweet garland that is prepared with cookies and that can also be hung at home. Be careful because it is very delicate and therefore it is easy to break.
To prepare it you have to cut out the shortcrust pastry with molds in the shape of stars, snowflakes and saplings and then compose a garland on a sheet of parchment paper, overlapping the biscuits a bit to make them stick together.
You can make a wonderful garland even with popcorn or cornflakes using del caramel (maybe even colored) to keep them together.
Place card garlands
Your guests will be delighted to find in their place a tasty and even personalized gift.
You can prepare some small garlands with shortcrust pastry or puff pastry simply by cutting discs and then piercing them in the center with smaller circles and then decorated as you prefer, with cheese mousse with spreadable sweet creams.
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