On New Year's Eve half a billion leftovers on Italian tables

About half a billion leftover food remained on the tables after the end of the year holidays, in the vast majority of families they are recycled in the kitchen also for a growing environmental and ethical sensitivity.
This is what emerges from an analysis by Coldiretti / Ixe 'which shows that more than eight Italians ten (83%) after the big party put the leftovers of the dinners on the plate. Only 15% of families have been careful and declare that nothing has advanced - Coldiretti underlines - while 2% donate to charity and nobody claims to throw food. For many, therefore, the 'tour de force' in the kitchen continues with meatballs or meat or fish tartare which are a solution to recover the food of the day before, but also omelettes can give a new taste to vegetable dishes or of pasta, without forgetting the ratatouille. The extra dried fruit can be easily caramelized to become a "nougat" while with the fresh one you can obtain pastries, jams or fruit salads. And to give a new flavor to traditional desserts, such as pandoro or panettone, we often resort to filling with creams. Recovering food is a choice that - continues Coldiretti - is good for the economy and the environment even with less waste production. For the traditional end-of-year meeting with the table, the Italians spent 2.4 billion euros, 14% more than last year. With New Year's Eve it is estimated that around 74 million bottles of sparkling wine have been uncorked in Italy, but during the longest night of the year, 6 million kilos of cotechini and zamponi served together with millions of kilos of lentils were also consumed, " traditionally called to bring good luck. (ANSA).