No idea? Malu has put together three truly special recipes for your Christmas dinner!
Christmas is a time dedicated to bringing family and friends together, creating unforgettable moments, which include tasting delicious traditional dishes. At dinner, in addition to the typical chester and turkey, how about innovating?
Discover the recipes created by chef Debora Campos, from Gourmet Institutewho teaches Cena to innovate.
Roast beef with marinated lizard for Christmas
Ingredients:
- 1 piece of cleaned lizard (without skin and fat)
- Salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 100 ml soya oil (to seal the meat)
- 1 red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 4 medium onions
- 10 g of chimichurri
- 5 g of oregano
- 200 g of pitted green olives
- 100 g of capers
- 100 cucumber pickles
- Parsley and chives
- 500 g of olive oil
- 200 g of vinegar
- 3 Tahitian lemons
- Black peppercorns to finish.
Preparation method
- Season the cleaned piece of lizard with refined salt and ground black pepper and set aside.
- Sear the meat until golden brown and leave to rest for 10 minutes.
- Bake in the oven at medium temperature for 15 minutes and then place in the freezer.
- While the meat cools, prepare a stew with:
- Sliced peppers and onions. Add the seasonings, capers, cucumber
- chopped preserves, olives, vinegar, squeezed lemons and olive oil.
- Complete with chopped parsley and chives.
- When the meat is completely cold and firm, use a very sharp knife and
- cut into thin slices.
- Mount in a refractory glass or box, alternating layers of sauce
- peppers with sliced meat.
- Serve cold as an appetizer with artisan breads.
Ratatouille
Ingredients:
- 1 courgette
- 1 aubergine
- 1 onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red
- 1 yellow
- ½ cup tomato sauce
- Olive oil for seasoning
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- oregano or to taste
- 2 cloves of minced garlic (for finishing before cooking).
Preparation method:
- Slice all the vegetables and set them aside.
- Place the aubergines in salted water for about 10 minutes and drain them.
- Start assembling with the sauce on the bottom and interspersing the vegetables on the plate.
- Top with minced garlic, oregano and olive oil.
- Bake in the oven, covered with aluminum foil, at a temperature of 180 degrees for about 30 minutes.
- Serve hot or cold as an appetizer with artisan breads.
Lactose-free ham casserole
Mass
Ingredients:
- 300 g of wheat flour
- 5 g of refined salt
- 150 g of chopped lard or hydrogenated vegetable fat
- 1 lightly beaten egg
Preparation method:
- Place all the ingredients in the food processor: wheat flour, salt and fat
- cold and chopped
- Turn the food processor on for about 2 minutes or until all the ingredients are combined.
- combine and obtain a smooth, soft and homogeneous dough
- Spread between transparent film to a thickness of half a centimeter and place in the refrigerator for 15
- minutes
- Assemble the cake as directed.
- Brush with egg yolk and bake at 180° for about 40 minutes
- until it is golden.
Christmas ham filling
Ingredients:
- 30 g of olive oil or in oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 150 g of chopped onion
- 100 g ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded, finely chopped
- 50 g of chopped green olives
- 200 g of hot water
- 400 g of chopped lean cooked ham
- Green perfume chopped as much as possible
- Salt as needed
- Pepper sauce to taste
- Rosemary 1 small sprig
- 50 g of wheat flour
Preparation method:
- Put the olive oil in a large pan and brown the garlic and onion.
- Add the cherry tomatoes cut into pieces, the olives, the grated ham and the rosemary sprig.
- Brown well, add the pepper sauce and season with salt if necessary.
- Gradually sprinkle in the wheat flour to add texture and creaminess. Taste
the seasoning.
- Use cold to fill the cake.
Brownie wreath
Ingredients:
- 225g unsalted butter
- 225g semi-sweet chocolate
- 4 eggs (200 g)
- 280 g of refined sugar
- 130 g of cane sugar
- 160 g of wheat flour
- 150 g of chopped chocolate or chips, nuts or dried fruit.
Preparation method:
- Melt the chopped chocolate with the butter and set aside.
- In another bowl, with a whisk, mix the eggs with the sugar,
- melted chocolate with butter and wheat flour.
- Add the chestnuts or your favorite mix and mix gently.
- Pour the mixture into a round baking dish with a removable bottom.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C until
- detach from the sides and form a cone at the top for about 25
- minutes.
- Once cool, unmold and cut into the desired shape.
- Decorate according to the theme.
Source: Terra
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