In order for you to surprise your loved ones with a quality menu at the New Year’s Eve dinner, one of the most important dishes of the year, we offer five very simple recipes that will appeal to the most discerning tastes.
Sometimes simplicity is synonymous with success, and that’s the motto of the gastronomic offerings we’ve presented below.
Anchovy canape with crab
Ingredients for 4 people: 8 slices of sliced bread, 150 g cream cheese, 8 crab sticks, 70 g semi-smoked cheese, 16 anchovy fillets.
It is prepared like this: Put the bread to toast lightly. Meanwhile, chop the crab sticks and semi-hardened cheese into small squares and mix with the cream cheese. After the bread is toasted, spread cream cheese on it, pour the crab sticks, semi-smoked cheese and cream cheese mixture over it, and top with a couple of anchovies. Ready!
cheerful shrimp
Ingredients for 4 people: 3/4 kg medium shrimp, 3 shallots, 1 glass of dry white wine, 1/2 tablespoon hot sauce, 4 tablespoons fried tomatoes, flour, butter, tarragon, bay leaves, parsley, salt.
It is prepared like this: To prepare this Christmas recipe, wash the shells and tails, which will be cooked separately in the microwave, at 100% power for about two minutes.
After the shrimps are washed, they are peeled and their tails are separated; Put the heads and shells in a bowl with a glass of water and microwave them for two minutes at 100% power. After this time, strain the water and reserve half a glass. An example that Christmas recipes don’t have to be complicated.
Next, in a microwave bowl, fry the chopped shallots with two tablespoons of butter at maximum power for four minutes. When they are boiled, add a tablespoon of flour, mix and gradually add the separated broth and white wine; then add the fried tomatoes, hot sauce, half a bay leaf, tarragon, chopped parsley and salt.
The container is put back in the microwave for a few minutes without changing the power. Add the shrimps, cover with parchment paper and cook for another five minutes. Prawns are served on a plate covered with pre-cooked sauce. Among the New Year’s recipes, this is one of the most favorite recipes of children.
seafood salad
Ingredients for 4 people: 2-3 legs of octopus, 1/2 kg shrimp or crayfish, 1/2 kg shrimp, 1/2 kg tuna, 1/2 kg monkfish, 3 boiled eggs, salad dressing, onion, garlic, bay leaf, parsley, Salt. Optional: mussels, red and green peppers and black olives.
It is prepared like this: Put the salmon in a saucepan with cold water, monkfish, a pinch of salt, a piece of onion, a clove of garlic, a pinch of parsley and some bay leaves and cook for 15 minutes from the time it is done. begins to boil; After cooking, drain and leave to cool. The resulting broth is filtered and can be used to make soup.
Shellfish are cooked in boiling salted water for 10 minutes; It is then allowed to cool and the shell is removed. Boiling water – filtered – is added to the broth reserved for fish soup. When the fish has cooled, the skin and bones are removed, chopped and added to the chopped crustaceans—some shrimp set aside for garnishing. If we buy the octopus cooked, it will be so good that we can include it immediately after chopping. All the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, transferred to a round plate, covered with vinaigrette sauce, which should not be too liquid, and mixed thoroughly so that the liquid does not remain on the bottom; Finally garnished with reserved shrimp and boiled egg cut into slices or finely chopped and sprinkled. Salpicón is served cold and often in individual cocktail glasses.
Rum and chocolate mousse
Ingredients for 4 people: 1/4 kg pure chocolate, 50 g butter, 100 g sugar, 1/4 kg cream, 1 small cup of strong coffee, 3 eggs, 6 tablespoons of rum, chocolate shavings.
It is prepared like this: The first thing to do is to break up the melted chocolate in a bain-marie. Once melted, add the butter, mix well with the chocolate and leave to cool.
Mix the egg yolks with the sugar and whisk until foamy. Next, add the coffee and rum, mixing the entire mixture well. Meanwhile, beat the egg whites until stiff. This is how one of the sweetest New Year’s Eve recipes on the table takes shape.
Melted chocolate, cream and egg whites are added to the egg yolks and whipped with a mixer until it reaches the consistency of pudding. Pour into separate containers and put in the refrigerator until cool. You can garnish it with small chocolate chips and serve. And on the table will be one of the Christmas recipes that everyone will like.
Marron glacé truffles
Ingredients for 4 people: 12 marron glacés, 1 bowl of liquid cream, 110 g unsweetened cocoa powder, chocolate chips, brandy, sugar, unsweetened chestnut puree.
It is prepared like this: Candied chestnuts, three tablespoons of brandy and two tablespoons of chestnut puree are passed through a blender until a homogeneous cream is obtained, and this is left to stand. In a saucepan, mix half the cream with three tablespoons of sugar and boil, stirring constantly, until it thickens; then left to cool.
When the boiling cream has cooled, it is included in the preparation of candied chestnuts, along with the remaining whipped cream; Cover it and leave it in the refrigerator for an hour. When the paste has a consistency, it is formed into small balls with a teaspoon, dipped in cocoa powder “or chocolate shavings” and kept in the refrigerator until serving time. Truffles placed in curly paper molds are brought to the table.