Heat the amaretto liqueur with the candied orange in a bain-marie; leave to infuse for 25 minutes: the liqueur takes on the aroma without evaporating.
Step 2
Heat the butter with 1 clove of garlic crushed in its peel, 4 sage leaves, 3 walnut kernels, 1 tablespoon of raisins, salt and pepper. Cook until the butter takes on a hazelnut colour.
Step 3
Place the capon, 1 sprig of rosemary, 2 sprigs of parsley, 4 peppercorns, the cross-cut tomato, the celery pieces, the onion peeled and cut into 4, the leek into strips, 5 leaves of sage, thyme.
Step 4
Pour the butter over the capon, add the wine and cover everything with cold water. Simmer for 1 hour; then add the amaretto with the candied fruit and 1 tablespoon of coarse salt.
Not sure what to prepare for dinnerNew Year’s? We’ll give you the best recipes to compose the New Year’s Eve dinner menu. An easy menu is what you need to celebrate the last day of the year without stress. But giving up creativity is not an option: to make your task easier we have collected in the gallery below all our funniest recipes to be offered during the dinner on December 31st. Whether you are guests at the home of friends or relatives or you have made your kitchen available to wait for the start of the new year together, you can create a festive, colorful New Year’s Eve menu with a touch of tradition that will make it even more magical. this night.
The lucky ingredients
Let’s start from the basics. Although New Year’s Eve may be an opportunity to deviate from more traditional recipes, there are some ingredients that – according to popular beliefs – are necessary to start the upcoming new year off well. And it would be a real shame to take away the opportunity of a year particularly full of good opportunities, right?
First of all then let’s not forget the lentilswhich have always been associated with the concepts of luck and wealth, usually combined with zampone or cotechino: you can bring them to the table in many ways, from soups to first courses, up to meatballs. If you don’t want to include them in your menu, make sure you have a small quantity ready (even stewed) to be served at midnight as a good omen. The same goes for the pomegranatea wonderful red fruit, symbol of abundance, fertility and wealth. It can be enjoyed alone, at the end of a meal, or used creatively, in a tart as well as in salads and first courses (the risotto with artichokes and pomegranate or the macaroni with meat sauce are unmissable).
Easy and creative recipes
When you have to cook for many people it is imperative that the recipes are simple and quick, but how do you avoid the risk of being banal by choosing easy recipes for New Year’s Eve dinner? Let’s start by telling you that it is possible to prepare in 30 minutes (or even less). delicious and sparkling first courses, such as the sparkling wine risotto, the pappardelle with turnip greens and stracciatella or the nice tortellini skewers. If, however, your aim is to get ahead, avoiding spending December 31st in the kitchen, you should rely on first courses to be prepared in advance and reheated at the right time, such as lasagna, bakedpasta and savory crepes. And for second? Great classics such as vitello tonnato are a choice to take into consideration, but to further optimize the times, experiment with baking and marinades.
A convivial menu for New Year’s Eve dinner
Why not go all in Quick and easy delicious dishes? Starting from the aperitif, with our Christmas sauces to be prepared only with the blender, perfect for dipping breadsticks and nachos. In addition to cold appetizers to be prepared in advance, savory pies are also an excellent idea, for example the Neapolitan escarole pizza. Even second courses can be more convivial: try the stew in a crust of aromatic rolls and you will leave everyone speechless.
New Year’s sweets
All you have to do is make your dessert decision. The list of traditional Italian New Year’s desserts is full of surprises, but there are also less conventional ideas. Have you ever tried to recycle pandoro and panettone leftover to create completely different desserts, such as panettone tiramisu or pandoro swirls? Not to mention the panettone dessert that we propose in the gallery below. If you’ve never done it, you really need to try it: this is the right time!
Also called “hole of Noël“, The log ofChristmas it is a Christmas dessert particularly popular in Northern European countries and considered a classic of French pastry making and now much loved in Italy too. An ever-present and constantly evolving dessert. Delicious and refined, it always welcomes new tastes thanks to the various fillings that make it a convivial dessert, so much so that it can be appreciated and enjoyed with friends and relatives in a joyful festive atmosphere. The Yule log is an easy recipe, but the preparation requires delicacy and precision. I am ready to reveal the original recipe and some fundamental secrets for the success of a Yule log with ai jamberriesand dark chocolate ganache. A sweet surprise for your guests!
Separate the yolks from the whites and place them in two separate containers. Using an electric whisk, whip the egg whites until stiff.
In the same way, whip the egg yolks with 160 g of sugar, poured in small doses. We will use the remaining part at the end of cooking.
Using a spatula, incorporate the egg whites into the mixture, making movements from top to bottom, which are essential to avoid breaking down the dough. Add the sifted flour and mix slowly.
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