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Good manners workshop at Christmas and table decoration – Italian Cuisine

At Christmas, the welcome and the family atmosphere are the key ingredient, even more important than the main course, discover how to bring good manners to the table

On Saturday December 15th, Italian Cuisine will kick off the magic of parties with an unmissable appointment: THEand good manners at Christmas. We are waiting for you The School of Italian Cuisine, from 10 to 10.45, to attend an exceptional lesson. They will be Fiammetta Fadda, expert in beautiful manners and a great connoisseur of bien vivre, e Beatrice Prada stylist of La Cucina Italiana to give you precious tips.

Fiammetta will introduce you to the delicate world of guests' etiquette, you will discover how to become perfect hosts, how to welcome guests and make them feel at ease and what actions to avoid categorically.
Beatrice will give you practical tips on how set the table for the holidays and thanks to the collaboration with Blumarine home you will see which mise en place to choose for every occasion and some gems to make your banquet a pleasant moment of conviviality.

On the day of the great family meals, you have to be ready to juggle the kitchen and diners and leave nothing to chance, to be sure to get prepared for Christmas sign up for the Christmas manners event.

The contemporary brut to toast the Christmas tradition – Italian Cuisine

Chardonnay grapes sparkling with the classic method, notes of ripe yellow fruit and bread crust. A sparkling wine between history and avant-garde to celebrate the holidays and accompany Christmas lunch

Hills of vineyards at the foot of the Dolomiti: if you can imagine this beautiful scenery, you will understand where the Trentodoc and because this sparkling wine reveals such extraordinary characteristics. Here, thanks to special composition of the land and to the variety of microclimates, lo chardonnay ebest sprites its fresh and fruity character. Enclosed in the bottle e left to rest on the lees, then releases unmistakable mountain aromas and scents.

History and avant-garde

It's like that for the Rotari Brut Trentodoc, whose grapes are harvested by hand between the pergolas, softly pressed and then sparkling with the classic method, an ancient system known already 400 years ago and honed by know-how and by cutting-edge techniques of the Rotari Winery. One elegant sparkling wine, fragrant and intense, which gives the nose fine hints of ripe yellow fruit, with the citrus nuances of lemon and bergamot, but also of the crust of bread and sweet almonds. The perlage is creamy and soft, the wide and rich taste with a long and persistent finish.

At Christmas, bubbles!

The Rotari Brut Trentodoc boasts numerous prizes and awards and is a perfect bubble to celebrate the convivial moments of the Christmas holidays, not just at the time of toast, but also at all meals, because this sparkling wine can be matched perfectly from the antipasto to the cheeses, from the first to the second, accompanying you along the whole salts and downs of Christmas lunch.

You are looking for suggestions forpairing? We'll give you one, for an unusual and really smart-chic menu start!

30 Christmas first courses that … you have never cooked at Christmas – Italian Cuisine

Last year you prepared delicious baked lasagna. The year before the cappelletti in brodo and this year, you do not know where to find the right inspiration. Tagliatelle with ragu? Tomato pasta with chicken sauce?
The answer may not be so obvious. The first Christmas dishes in fact are many more than those commonly used and are characterized by the choice of seasonal ingredients, cooking often unusual and pastas fresh. To egg, with simple water and flour or with potatoes, as in the case of gnocchi.
To make these bases even more special, delicate sauces, crustaceans, spices, dried fruit and wines. Which enrich the recipes transforming each risotto, fresh pasta and ravioli in the most awaited course of the entire Christmas lunch.

Yes to the contrasts

First Christmas dishes require bright flavors, just like the lights of the party. Yes to the sweet and savory combination, to the small acid notes that refresh the richest dishes and to the dried fruit grains that surprise with a crunchy consistency. Thanks to these small measures we can turn every first course into a party recipe. Seeing is believing!

Meat or fish?

This choice is different depending on the traditions of each family, but can be renewed thanks to a new project on the menu. For example, if you are choosing a recipe among Christmas dishes that will precede a course like roast, take into consideration also the preparations based on crustaceans. In case you have decided to propose a second based on fish instead, go ahead to shells, blue fish and molluscs.
The first based on meat, vegetables or cheese instead, they must be chosen in combination with the second in order to highlight it without "obscuring it". Recipes with a strong taste based on sausage or zola for example, could inhibit the taste of a second delicate course or be too substantial in a menu that includes four dishes. The advice is therefore to choose dishes that live in harmony with each other to compose a greedy but balanced menu.

And now … you just have to choose the perfect first course of your Christmas menu! In the gallery above, our 30 first Christmas dishes

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Tarragon risotto with prawns and artichokes