To save a bit of time while you prepare your evening, use a chocolate cake mix to bake ultra scrumptious cupcakes. Stuff them with a hazelnut spread and cover them with chocolate ganache. Then sprinkle them with crushed hazelnuts, just like on the famous chocolatey rochers.
Рубрика: Holidays
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Cranberry Amaretto Sour
Amaretto sour is an ideal cocktail to serve in the holidays. In this case, we suggest preparing a large quantity perfect for hosting a group of people. Plus, it’s super easy to make: no need to mix the ingredients in a shaker! Put your blender to work for you, then just pour the drink into your glasses.
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Old-Fashioned Glazed Doughnuts (The Best)
This year, put the spotlight on the best old-fashioned maple-glazed doughnuts. We made sure you could freeze them (and defrost them) well, so that they remain moist on the inside and brittle on the outside once reheated.
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Molasses Spice cake
This molasses spice cake is as delicious as in your childhood memories. Enhanced with a rich blend of spices, it’s ideal for the holidays. The success of this dessert lies in the use of citrus zest to balance out the aromas and syrup to make it super moist—and more indulgent than ever! The house is going to smell amazing!
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Clementine Spritz
This revisited spritz cocktail is made with Aperol, sparkling wine and clementine juice. For a pretty frosted effect, rub half of the edge of the glass in sugar flavoured with clementine zest.
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Macerated Rum (Rhum Arrangé)
You always try to distinguish yourself, so you can’t go wrong with a homemade gift perfect for spirits enthusiasts. The recipe is incredibly simple: just put pieces of pineapple and clementines in a container, and add a vanilla bean, a bit of sugar and white rum. Since the flavours of this original recipe from Réunion island improve with time, you must let the rum macerate at least two weeks before giving it away. So, make it well in advance. Present the gift in a one-litre bottle decorated with a small wreath made from a twisted sprig of rosemary.
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Elaine’s Soda Cracker Bark
Bark gets unanimous approval as a great treat. This recipe is from our colleague Elaine, executive assistant and office manager, who makes this classic once a year. Put the saltines on a baking sheet, then cover them with homemade caramel and bake them in the oven. Then just add melted chocolate and almonds for a sweet and salty treat reminiscent of childhood sweets. Put a few pieces of bark in a metal container, then wrap it in a pretty cloth.
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Stuffing Meatballs
This year, let’s reinvent a tradition: stuffing! Skip the step that consists of stuffing the turkey by making ultra moist and fragrant stuffing meatballs instead. Plus, you can make them in advance! The ingredients may be surprising, but go wonderfully together: Pork is combined with shallot, garam masala and Parmesan. A creamy mushroom sauce coats the dish, for festive and familiar aromas wafting through the house. The perfect accompaniment to the poultry.
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Shrimp with White Cocktail Sauce
The classic red sauce served with shrimp cocktail is replaced here with a happy mixture of mayo, sour cream, horseradish and tarragon. Super easy to make, this white sauce can be prepared up to five days in advance, which leaves you plenty of time to take care of other things for your Christmas Eve feast. As for the shrimp, they’ll remain nicely tender once poached in water, a proven method to ensure perfect cooking. This makes us wonder why we never thought of this combo before!
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Crunchy Marinated Vegetable Salad
Every self-respecting holiday table has its “little green salad.” But forget any memory of that heavy dressing on delicate leaves with this recipe that favours finesse and texture. Mix crunchy veggies with a light marinade made with cider vinegar, dill and mustard. Present the salad in a flat serving dish highlighting lettuce and radicchio leaves on which the marinated vegetables will never get soft or drenched.