Recipes to enjoy with the family this Christmas and New Year’s Eve

Patricia Baquerizo de Reyes, La Escuela de los Chefs and La Balandra restaurant (Mercado del Río) present creative dishes for these celebrations.

Although to some extent families and groups of friends around the world have come together again to celebrate, in a post-pandemic time, the experience of having a own restaurant at home It is one of the trends that dominate dinners in late 2021.

After all, thousands of people took up the quarantine time to learn new recipes and play at being a chef. This is the definitive moment to prove it! To help you with that purpose of surprising your guests, We present on the following pages some recipes that could inspire you and contribute to your success.

Dining out is now an optional decision, which also represents a new challenge for restaurants.

“As diners feel more and more comfortable leaving home, the same old menus are no longer enough. Dining out really will become something of a hunt for a one-of-a-kind experience. They want something created just for them, that becomes a real reason to get out of the house and celebrate, “said Mariah Posadni, pastry chef, for food and wine specialty site Food and Wine.

Chef Ravi Kapur added: “Private small group dinners will be all the rage. Restaurants that can provide safe and intimate spaces for small groups will be priced very high, as a premium and exclusive moment. “

In addition, their innovation is put to the test in the menu they offer at home, something that gained strength during the quarantine, a time in which many restaurants had to remain closed to avoid contagion of COVID-19.

The trend will continue to be to seek new ways to how to get creative with takeout and that the gastronomic offer of its restaurants is transferred with its flavors and aromas for a delicious and comfortable dinner at home.

More than ever, nostalgic and homely ingredients are the most desired and sought after by those who want to celebrate in style, after a year of restrictions. It is about turning the table and its recipes into a way of reunion with that warmth with loved ones, which for many was absent for much of 2020. “I think people will run to find comfort food. Anything that reminds them of what it used to be before the pandemic, ”stressed chef Erik Niel, although this does not mean that these recipes can be elevated with a gourmet touch.

But we can also bet on renewal, on that desire to dare to new flavors that function as a metaphor for the brand-new paths that open in front of us. For this, below we offer recipes of:

Patricia Baquerizo de Reyes: baked turkey with cherry sauce.

The School of Chefs: pork porcetta and fruit-shaped raspberry panacota.

La Balandra Restaurant: Balandra ñokis and pangora shells.

We hope you enjoy them. (I)

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