Typical Italian Christmas Dinner
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Wait a little while Champers and you can squeeze in the dessert. My Italian mother-in-law makes 4 courses starting with antipasto, soup, homemade spaghetti and lasagna. She then brings out the meat course which is usually rabbit and lamb with a green salad. The past few years she has incorporated turkey instead of the lamb for her Canadian in-laws. We will have dessert but usually later in the day.
Sabina, that menu sounds delicious and an ideal way to eat a large meal. Having substantial starters makes sense as I tend to eat more at the beginning of a meal. The salad with meat, rather than potatoes and vegetables sounds like a lighter main course than I ate.
I know Christmas is over, but I have to ask (otherwise I'll forget about it until next December 
): How good are the Italian Christmas products on the supermarket shelves? Like, the zampone, for instance, I've never tried it, it looks weird Or, cotechino? What would you compare cotechino to? Never had a taste of that one either
I think the only traditional Italian foods I've tried for Christmas are the panettone and pandoro, delicious!
): How good are the Italian Christmas products on the supermarket shelves? Like, the zampone, for instance, I've never tried it, it looks weird Or, cotechino? What would you compare cotechino to? Never had a taste of that one either I think the only traditional Italian foods I've tried for Christmas are the panettone and pandoro, delicious!
I believe a traditional Christmas Eve dinner involves a light meal that is meatless. It's because of the Catholic edict that meat and butter should not be eaten on the eve of holy days. There is also the Feast of Seven Fishes, which is fish and seafood prepared in different ways. I would like to try Feast of the Seven Fishes one Christmas.
When do they eat the pigs' trotters stuffed with lentils? My friend's friend used to date an Italian guy, and every time they visited the UK at Christmas they used to make the dish, saying that it was a traditional dish for that time of year. I always assumed it must be because that was the only time I ever ate it. Was it a regional thing or do a lot of Italians eat it at Christmas?
Great, thanks. I had it for about four or five years running but I never knew what it was all about. I quite enjoyed it though. And it certainly felt more exciting than turkey : )
Wow, Hermann, your grandmother goes all out. How many is she preparing for? What I wouldn't give for a taste of your grandmother's cooking, it just looks so warm and homey. Pasta from scratch is a delicacy in my book.
I've never seen how Cappelletti is made at home before. All the delicacies look beautiful and colorful. Another thing I like to read up and taste is the cakes and cookies that are served during the month and the New Year holidays. I'm not really good at baking cookies, so most of the time I just buy them.
Hermann, could I please borrow your grandmother? It's just for 3 days! haha
Joking aside, what are cappelleti? Are they similar to the "anolini in brodo"? The anolini are a typical dish here in the Emilia Romagna region, I've had them and they are AWESOME
to say the least. They are pasta stuffed with.. stuffing, and they look exactly like the ones in your picture. These anolini are then boiled in chicken broth (or some other kind of broth, as long as it's meat, I think), and they are typically consumed the evening before Christmas.
So... are these the same thing?
hahaJoking aside, what are cappelleti? Are they similar to the "anolini in brodo"? The anolini are a typical dish here in the Emilia Romagna region, I've had them and they are AWESOME
to say the least. They are pasta stuffed with.. stuffing, and they look exactly like the ones in your picture. These anolini are then boiled in chicken broth (or some other kind of broth, as long as it's meat, I think), and they are typically consumed the evening before Christmas. So... are these the same thing?
That actually appeals a lot more than turkey, which I tend to find quite dry at times. I must admit I didn't realize that roasted guinea fowl was a popular dish there.
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This Struffoli is very good looking for a Christmas dessert. The colorful sprinkler looks yummy, and the honey sticks them together in a bunch, with the addition of candied orange peel.It's a holiday recipe.
That looks incredibly nice and certainly a very colorful offering. It's not something that I've heard of by it certainly looks like every bit the decent Christmas dessert.
