Christmas Eve : New Years Eve is the meal taken during the night of Holidays and, by extension, during that of new Year's Day. Two religious festivals of the Christian world par excellence. The New Year's Eve Holidays marking the eve of the birth of Christ and New Year's Eve marking the transition to a new year in the Christian era.
The long duration of the three low masses around midnight and the road traveled to go to and from church once justified this solid meal caught late at night. Nowadays, New Year's Eve is above all an opportunity to have a good meal with family or friends; he remains associated, in France and abroad, in dish specially cooked, especially Holidays.
Traditional New Year's Eve dishes: All over France, the turkey roasted Asked Brown became the flat classic New Year's Eve. However, in the past, the stew in Armagnac, the liver bygoose and sauerkraut in Alsace,aligoth in Auvergne, black pudding in Nivernais andgoose in the Southwest were required.
In the South-East, tradition imposed, before the service, the "big Soul " cauliflower et cod en raito, or s, mule Asked olives, omelette Asked artichokes et pasta fresh. This meal ended immutably with the " Christmas desserts », Which were thirteen like the thirteen guests at the Last Supper.
Throughout the Christian world, the New Year's Eve menu is passed down by tradition, and Édouard de Pomiane writes on this subject: “The Russians eat koutia, grains of wheat cooked with Dried fruit. The Poles break a host and eat dishes made from the seeds of poppy… On the English table appears every year the Christmas Pudding ».
In Italy, in Rome, the festivities begin on the night of December 23 to 24 with a large night market: we get our supplies there in particular in eels alive, essential for a real meal of Holidays, which also has a capon make us et roast. Further north, in Bologna, the capital of pasta fresh, New Years eve begins with tortellini stuff an hachis de porc, turkey as well as sausage, cheese as well as nutmeg. In the chapter of treats, let's quote it biscuit noccioto at miel and noix, cut into triangles, the cassate with ricotta and chocolate, as well as Nougat Asked Almonds. This type of candy is required in all countries, and we find the biscuits or sweet things Asked Almonds in Spain, with dragons in Marzipan thickets de Dried fruit.
In Germany, if the carp figure of flat ritual of New Years Eve, it is often replaced by thegoose, turkey, roe, Boar, roast or even schnitzel (cutlets breaded). But some foods remain traditional, especially apples, noix and Almonds. THE gingerbread from Nuremberg, the Dresden Stollen, Lübeck marzipan and homemade cupcakes (atgreen anise, to Almonds, cannelle) are, so to speak, obligatory at the foot of the fir or on the backgammon New Years Eve.
In Sweden, New Year's Eve was once inseparable from languages marinated et dried, served in White sauce with some butter and potatoes, mustard and black pepper. Today, we especially appreciate, as in Denmark, thegoose stuffed de apples as well as prunes, roasted et garnished de Red cabbage, potatoes caramelized as well as sauce Asked lingonberries ; the porridge au rice or rice Asked Almonds tablecloth de compote de cerise often constitute the dessert.
In Norway, we taste large chops de porc roasted, served with sauerkraut au cumin, while in Finland a ham is cooked under a crust en dough de rye. Finally, in Scandinavia, New Year's Eve is often celebrated with a sumptuous smorgasbord.