Potatoes steal the show in this side dish that we make at Café RICARDO restaurants for special events. Give some style to your plate with this noble vegetable by layering it with garlic cream. Its “millefeuille” look will impress everyone at the Christmas Eve table.
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Linzer Cookies
Christmas would never be the same without pretty cookies. And if there’s a variety that perfectly represents this idea, it’s Austrian linzer cookies. Made with roasted hazelnuts and cinnamon, the bottom cookie is covered with raspberry jam, then topped with a second cookie featuring a hole in the centre cut with a cookie cutter. A sprinkling of icing sugar brings the finishing touch. Made on the day you serve them, they’ll have a shortbread texture; the next day, they’ll be chewier. In either case, they’ll taste of Christmas with every bite.
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Lemon-Pistachio Baked Alaska
For this version of the baked Alaska, make a frozen parfait with lemon curd, which will prevent it from melting too quickly at the table. The genoise cake is soaked in limoncello syrup, which makes it super moist even after being frozen. The recipe may include many steps, but almost all of them can be taken care of up to two weeks in advance. You’ll just have to brown the Italian meringue with a kitchen torch on the day—and cause a sensation.
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Vegetarian Wellington with Mushrooms and Buckwheat
A British dish served during the holidays, chic Beef Wellington is reinvented as a vegetarian mushroom flaky pie. Whether you want to offer a meatless option to your guests or a crusty dish other than meat pie, this recipe will impress with its generous stuffing, golden flakiness and refined sauce.
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Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkins may make great decorations, but they also make delicious soup, just like all squash and vegetables of the gourd family. Simply bake the pumpkin in the oven to soften it and mix the flesh with broth. Comfort in a bowl on cool autumn days.
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Chocolate-Orange Truffle Cake
This dessert is a perfect match for everything you want out of a simple and pleasant Christmas: It requires no meticulous decoration or laborious mise en place, can be made quickly and is foolproof. Above all, it’s dense and gooey like truffles! This orange-chocolate cake is mounted on a chocolate cookie crust and sprinkled with cocoa powder. Garnish it with whipped cream, dried orange slices and chocolate curls. Result? A rich, slightly fruity, ultra chocolatey cake.
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Vegan Strawberry Scones
Scones and butter seem to be inseparable. And yet, we’ve managed to create a vegan recipe that uses no dairy products and that’s just as scrumptious as the original recipe. Our secret ingredients? An oat beverage and coconut oil. Thanks to them, you’ll get crumbly, golden scones just as you like them.
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White Pasta Sauce with Fennel and Celeriac
Impossible to miss spaghetti sauce when cooking with a group. In this case, we’ve given it a little “white” twist by adding celeriac and fennel. You can avoid having to deal with all the vegetable cutting by using your food processor to chop everything, including the mortadella, which ensures a homogeneous texture. The veggies release their flavour, resulting in a soft, nicely coating sauce with the ground pork. You’ll get everything you love in a Bolognese sauce, without the tomatoes!
