What's makes a fabulously fun & tasty New Year's Eve menu?
This year I'm spending New Year's Eve with my favorite couple who loves to eat, drink, and cook just as much as I do. We've been busy dealing with Christmas stuff and it's just hitting us now: What unusual, fun, delicious treats should we make ourselves?
The one thing we know we want to try is Spiedini di Gamberoni, Mario Batali's shrimp, rosemary, and limoncello recipe (here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mario-batali/heat-haiku-and-a-recip_b_4442.html).
What festive foods and drinks do you like for the holiday?
I'm also interested in any traditional, good-luck meals, like pork and black-eyed peas, for the day after. I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff.
Thanks! And happy new year to you all!
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Potluckcraft at 1:45PM on 12/23/07
I am a firm believer in finger foods. So many fresh ingredients and frozen puff pastry/phyllo dough make New Years eve so easy to make a nice assortment of fabulous finger food. You can do a lot ahead of time.
Even if you are not entertaining a big crowd a nice mix of finger food becomes intimate for a few or just two. Sipping some bubbily wine and sitting by the fire with a nice plate of nibblies. I have not decided what I am making as of yet. But now you got me thinking.
I recommend the pork and sauerkraut. This is a good rib sticking meal that is sooooo easy to make.
Get a pork shoulder or roast about 5 pounds boneless or 7 with bone (for 4 people) in and season and sear it in some olive oil. Get the oven going to 325.
Using a nice sized dutch oven sear the on all sides. Take it out when its nice on all sides and then throw in one large onion sliced thin and a few cloves of garlic till they are half transparent. Take the pot off the heat. Add to the onion and garlic in the bottom of the dutch oven half a bag of sauerkraut (I use bagged in the cold case for this, you can use canned but it tends to be saltier.
Mix in 1/2 cup apple sauce or a chopped apple of your choice, some crushed pepper (a few shakes will do) 1/4 cup water or beer (nothing fancy) Top this with the Pork roast. Next cover the Pork roast with the other half of the bag. Cover and put in the 325 degree oven for 2.5 - 3 hours. When you take it out it will smell lovely let it rest with lid on for about half hour. Meat should be all moist and fork tender. I serve it with mashed potatoes and a green veggie of choice. This is so good you will make it again and again.
JerzeeTomato at 3:42PM on 12/23/07
Good friends and good champagne!
kjgibson at 8:22PM on 12/23/07
JT - thanks for the tempting recipe!
Potluckcraft at 7:22PM on 12/27/07