Whatever the reason, whether it's the fault of the gifts, the decoration, the Christmas tree, your cherub's gastro or even the last minute change of program... The Christmas meal is not ready to start. 'be served.
Do not panic, a menu on the go as beautiful and good as if you had spent hours in the kitchen, it is possible.
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3 menus to make in less than 2 hours
After salmon rolls marinated in herbs and grapefruit for the aperitif, we are inspired by this recipe for ravioli of foie gras and truffle emulsion as a starter.
A recipe between refinement and elegance, which will seduce the most demanding of your guests (including mother-in-law).
We continue with this delicious variation of turkey with saffron, nutmeg and white wine, accompanied by these creamy potatoes in foil.
For dessert, we enjoy this sweet vanilla and blueberry cheesecake.
Preparation
time: 1 hour and 20 minutes (excluding cooking time).
For this second idea of an express menu, we start the aperitif with a colorful and tasty sandwich, with salmon and caviar, then stay on the exceptional ingredients with a starter, a recipe for burrata with truffles and arugula juice.
A refined dish, very popular this season.
As a main course, we bet on this tempting sea urchin with cauliflower cream, before finishing with this breathtaking variation of vacherin.
With red fruits and meringue, this fabulous pastry will go perfectly with the bubbles of your glass of champagne.
Preparation
time: 1 hour (excluding cooking time).
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Finally, we nibble as an appetizer these sandwich bread tiles, green whipped cream and cow cheese, before feasting on this aesthetic recipe of crab tartare, avocado and caviar, as a starter.
We continue with the preparation of a tournedos with truffle butter accompanied by wild mushrooms on potting soil.
To finish, we bet on a tiramisu with very light limoncello: a limonemisu as the chef Ciro Christiano, creator of this dessert, calls it.
Haute gastronomy in short, in two in three movements.
Or almost.
Preparation time
: 2 hours (excluding cooking time).
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*This article originally published on December 17, 2018 has been updated.
