Serving lentils on New Year’s Day is a tradition: an ancient Roman custom for good luck in the coming year.
You can prepare them in advance:
• cook digestible and light lentils.
so you can move them from the freezer to the fridge on the evening of the 30th and get ahead for the New Year’s Eve dinner on the 31st.
Remember that dried lentils need soaking [12-24 hours].
If you have doubts about the quantities to prepare, I have noted the weight variations of legumes from raw to cooked: lentils raw and cooked weight.
Following: ideas on how to serve lentils in an original way.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- cooked lentils (or packaged pre-cooked lentils)
Suggested Tools
- Small Cups for finger food
Preparation
Prepare the lentils by following the procedure described in cook digestible and light lentils or, if you already have them ready in the freezer, defrost them.
Alternatively, use packaged pre-cooked lentils.
Given the variety of dishes that characterize the New Year’s Eve table, it is preferable to limit to a taste, so a mini portion or finger food.
Unless lentils and cotechino [wrapper: casing] or lentils and zampone [wrapper: front pig’s foot] are a real course on your holiday menu.You can serve lentils hot, warm, or cold.
When to serve lentils on New Year’s Day?
Before or after midnight?
There are different schools of thought.
I suggest:
• before midnight if the lentils with cotechino or zampone are a real course in the holiday menu;
• after midnight if the lentils are a taste for good luck for the coming year; in this case, a mini portion or finger is sufficient.Place the lentils in the center of the table for the guests, for example, in a small pot or a small pan.
Serve the lentils in themed bowls or plates.
Serve the lentils in themed or variously assorted cups.
Serve the lentils in glass cups or in finger food cups on a base of creamy vegetable puree, for example:
• light broccoli puree;
• light pumpkin puree.
Serve the lentils inside a large and easy-to-fill type of dry pasta, such as conchiglioni or lumaconi, cooked very al dente.
Serve the lentils inside light puff pastry vol au vent.
Serve the lentils in scallop shells.
Notes
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Remember:
• start the meal with a generous portion of vegetables [raw or cooked];
• a balanced meal should contain all nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats & fibers;
• always prepare it in compliance with the proportions and combinations indicated in your dietary plan.
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