Festive lunches and dinners must be rich and abundant, even for those who have decided not to consume either meat or fish. Here are so many ideas
Do you think that a vegetarian Christmas menu is it impossible? But no, will not disappoint you: here are our proposals.
Basic rules for a vegetarian Christmas menu
If you have to think about a vegetarian diner remember that there are no problems for eggs and cheese, but make sure they are prepared with vegetable rennet. As for special types of bread, focaccias, desserts, fried foods, however, mind you lard is not used, ingredient of animal origin.
The vegetarian Christmas appetizers
A cheese platter details with walnuts, honeys and jams will also satisfy omnivores, as well as the classics croutons or bruschetta with vegetable creams. The bell reinforcement salad it adapts well to vegetarian needs, in fact it will be enough to omit anchovies. And the very simple ones vegetable and cheese omelettes, cooked in muffin molds, they will be a finger food suitable even for a standing dinner. To prepare, instead, gods mini-flan colored blend the béchamel, the one remaining from the lasagne, with pumpkin or spinach and parmesan (or pecorino). A few walnut kernels and off in the oven, possibly in a bain-marie (that is, putting the cups in a baking pan filled for ente of boiling water). Remove from the oven and serve with one Taleggio fondue and porcini mushrooms. This same dressing will look great even with della grilled polenta.
First vegetarians for a delicious Christmas
Don't give up on passatelli if you have a vegetarian dinner: prepare some good vegetable broth and they will be excellent anyway. You can pick any with risotto: radicchio and red wine; with prosecco; pears, walnuts and gorgonzola; pumpkin and balsamic vinegar; hazelnuts and castelmagno. Are they enough for you as ideas? Even the lasagna, always loved, they can be prepared either with a simple tomato sauce or with bechamel and vegetables: leeks or artichokes give excellent results, for example.
Seconds of the vegetarian Christmas menu
If you don't want to resort to cheeses even here the ideas are very many and surely they will be appreciated also by those who usually don't give up the roast. The Vegetable Strudel he is rich and greedy, but also i pleurotus mushrooms (the huge ones, also called elephant ears) breaded or grilled they give a lot of satisfaction. For a second chic, perhaps a single portion, prepare one cocotte with at the base one slice of polenta, roasted or sautéed vegetables and then completed with an egg, bake the time to thicken the albumen and serve with one cheese fondue and maybe, some truffle flakes.
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