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New Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains: the easy-to-prepare menu – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

You have to think about New Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains and you don’t know what to prepare so as not to pass too much time in the kitchen without, however, giving up something special Good it is original? It has happened to me many times to find myself in this situation, with the happiness of spending the holidays in company, the need to prepare something to eat that is at least somewhat typical of the period and little desire to spend these holidays near the stove.

Luckily, there are some easy recipes to prepare and which do not require too much time new Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains: the perfect choice to not give up on tradition and taste without spending hours and hours in the kitchen. Don’t you believe it? Here are some ideas!

New Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains: the quickest appetizers

Let’s start preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains with the appetizers to bring to the table, all simple and quick of course. You could start, for example, with these delicious ones Shrimp rolls with puff pastryto accompany one mayonnaise home made. Always with a fish theme, you can prepare a quick and tasty one Salmon Tartare with passion fruit or avocado sauce or delicious and original ones cream puffs with salad cream and scallops. Also the Russian salad it’s always an excellent idea for a quick appetizer for New Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains.

If you prefer a meat menu you can prepare, for example, some puff pastry pizzas with mortadella and stracciatella or a beef carpaccio enriched with rhubarb. The vegetarian proposal? These delicious bruschetta with cherriesbitter herbs and ginger compote.

Salmon and avocado tartare.

New Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains: first and second courses

Get ready appetizers it’s time to think about dinner real, with first and second courses. Let’s start with quick fish first courses to bring to the table the most original ideas can be this with spaghetti with tomato and swordfishor the always delicious risotto with seafood.
For those looking for something more alternative, these are an excellent idea Romagna-style cappelletti with clams and spinach.

Those who prefer meat can opt for very quick and tasty ones spaghetti with speck and breadcrumbs or traditional ones Valtellina pizzoccheri, perfect to eat with the low temperatures of the mountains. Naturally, a risotto cannot be missing, this one black It’s simple to make and absolutely delicious.

Quick second courses for New Year’s Eve dinner in the mountains? Let’s start with the fish, with this croaker carpacciolight and simple to prepare, or delicious rissole of dried codfish. For meat second courses, the traditional cotechino with lentils cannot be missing but also the cream chicken and porcini mushrooms or the meatloaf Bologneseto be prepared first and then brought to the table when the time is right.

Kate Middleton, 40 years between pizza and carbonara – Italian Cuisine

Happy birthday to the Duchess of Cambridge, who loves Italian cuisine, also a passion of Prince William and their children George, Charlotte and Louis

Happy Birthday to Kate Middleton, but not just any birthday. Today 9 January, the Duchess of Cambridge accomplishes 40 years and the happiest wishes come from all over the world. The go-ahead was officially given by the publication of wonderful portraits of the possible future queen, made by the great Italian photographer Paolo Roversi in the wonderful bucolic setting of the Kew Gardens in London. It will be possible to admire them at the National Portrait Gallery, of which the Duchess of Cambridge has officially been patroness since 2012, as part of the project Coming Home. In the meantime, we join in the best wishes by giving Kate Middleton two Italian recipes: the bacon and egg and the Pizza. Because? Now we explain it to you …

George's passion for carbonara

Although spaghetti are among the dishes not allowed by the royal label, Kate Middleton he is very fond of Italian cuisine and so does his son George. It was the chef Aldo Zilli to reveal in an interview with Femail that the grandson of the Queen Elizabeth II has a great passion for bacon and egg. The Italian cook is still waiting for the call from Prince William, with whom he collaborated for charitable operations, to teach them the authentic recipe. In the meantime, we'll take care of the recipe that the Panella family of the legendary recently revealed to us Antica Pesa Since 1922 of the Trastevere district of Rome. Below we put the direct link to the recipe, which maybe is convenient for you too, right?

Harry's addiction to pizza on the sofa

Not just spaghetti. Kate Middleton he loves making pizza with his children George, Charlotte and Louis, as revealed in the special A Berry Royal Christmas of the BBC. We also saw her at work preparing pizza with the children of London's Islington Community Garden and Princess Charlotte's favorite dish. It is not the only one: Prince William also loves pizza, but there's a problem. During an official visit to a military base, the Duchess of Cambridge revealed to everyone her husband's passion for eating pizza on the sofa with the consequences of stains and mess that we can only imagine. Also in this case, we gladly give away the recipe for homemade pizza and we hope that the eldest son of the never forgotten Lady Diana will stop staining the Windsor sofa!

Cover photo: Paolo Roversi via Instagram

Ken celebrates 60 years. And it becomes a fashion and chocolate collection – Italian Cuisine

Two exhibitions at Milan Fashion Week, a fashion capsule collection and a chocolate bar collection, inspired by Ken, Barbie's boyfriend. With a clear message of equality and inclusion

Barbie she was a feminist icon. Before being accused of being too beautiful and blonde to be intelligent, she was an example for millions of girls who, in unsuspecting years, no longer wanted only to play mothers, but to identify with an adult woman. Barbie was a projection, not a doll, and over the years she has taken on the role of astronaut, doctor, veterinarian and in addition to having a pink house, she also drove a spider and rode a horse. Barbie was a woman of the future, before many women could truly be. And confirming the fact that Barbie had understood everything in life, her boyfriend Ken he was also younger, two years younger. Today the beautiful Ken celebrates 60 years, and it does so in style with two exhibitions, a capsule collection presented at Milan Fashion Week, a line of commemorative chocolate bars. Colorful and with a clear message of equality and inclusion.

Ken, the inclusive toy boy

Ken's full name is Kenneth Sean Carson and is named after the son of the founders of Mattel and creators of Barbie, Ruth and Elliot Handler. He debuted in a bathing suit in 1961, but has since had several careers, being a pilot, tennis player, firefighter, bartender and even Olympic skier or swimmer. As an actor he made his debut as a bass player and has since had roles as a prince, journalist, marine biology intern. They broke up in 2004 and reconciled in 2011. Ken has always been a cool guy and was a muse for Jean Paul Gaultier, Gareth Pugh and she even wore a suit Moschino customized exactly like the one worn by Jeremy Scott at the 2015 MTV Music Awards. In his line Fashionistas has been wearing trendy and super current looks for years: hipster, hippie, sporty … to have fun, but to send a clear message in favor of the richness of diversity and inclusiveness. Barbie and Ken Fashionistas is the line that absolutely reflects the diversity and inclusivity driven spirit of the brand. Clothes, but also in 3 different body shapes, 9 skin tones, 10 eye colors, 27 hair colors and 20 hairstyles to offer children the opportunity to broaden their horizons within playtime. Once again.

Ken at Fashion Week: two exhibitions

On the occasion of the Milan Fashion Week several original Ken models will be exhibited in both Milanese stores. In particular, the Fashionistas line will be on display in viale Piave 17, in homage to the Fashion Week, while two models created just 60 years ago will be in the historic headquarters in via De Cristoforis 5. In both stores there will be the model of the BMR1959 line which represents a modern pop star and who, among others, inspired the celebratory chocolate bars, which will certainly find their place among the Zaini Milano cult-bars. At the Banner Department Store in Milan, of the Biffi group, in via Sant'andrea, three Barbie ere Ken, multiethnic and with different physiognomies and builds, are immortalized in moments of carefree vacation by the artist Alberto Alicata, and will be exhibited in a photographic exhibition for the duration of the fashion week.

Iconic tablets for a new male model

Zaini celebrates its 60th anniversary together with Mattel with four chocolate bars from the irresistible pack, which are on sale at Milan backpacks. "We imagined them as fun, surprising and also symbolic bar-gifts of a male model who, from her beginnings, gave way to the more famous Barbie and who over the years has always evolved, like Barbie herself, representing diversity, inclusion and balance between genders, values that have always been part of our corporate culture ”, explains Luigi Zaini at the helm, with his sister Antonella, of the family business. Hence, from September, four new ZAINI MILANO tablets that combine the image of Ken's different outfits with as many chocolate combinations: Ken in a smoking is a dark chocolate bar with violet flowers, while Ken in the beach version is combined with the freshness of chocolate Ruby with hints of berries; and if Ken free-time listening to music on headphones corresponds to milk chocolate and blue crystals from Persia, for the extraordinary Ken with the appearance of a pop star, the brand new Caramel doré and Persian blue salt flavor was chosen.

The collection by Alessandro Enriquez

Alessandro Enriquez she played Barbie and Ken with a capsule of pop clothing with a very Italian flavor. On the occasion of the fashion week, a collection of dolls customized with the looks of the spring-summer 2022 season of the brand was created, to send a clear message of equality and inclusion, ENRIQUEZ DIVERSITY, which takes shape on the famous dolls through the use of Alessandro's color and prints. The Alessandro Enriquez spring-summer 2022 collection is an imaginary journey in the Mediterranean: unisex and Hawaiian printed shirts, must-have of the Enriquez collections, become passe-partout to be combined with skirts or trousers in printed silk. Long dresses with flounces, all in allover print, mix of pleats and asymmetrical constructions of ruffles of different sizes, denim-style jackets but in printed douchesse and as a novelty of the season, the single-color cady suits, jacket and trousers with a masculine cut for a look more androgynous, but with vitamin colors.

The T-shirts by Berluti

They sold like hot cakes as soon as they were put on the market and are already a collector's item. To celebrate Ken's 60th anniversary, Berluti in fact he collaborated with Mattel for a multi-channel partnership that saw the creation of three Ken OOAK (One Of A Kind) dolls, developed with the creative director of Berluti, Kris Van Assche, dressed in the looks of the Berluti x Brian Rochefort collection, and two dedicated Berluti products: a T-shirt with the intertwined logos of Berluti and Ken together with a Nino clutch bag.

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