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Antipasto is a traditional first course in any Italian meal, but this variation is perfect for Christmas. Use sliced Italian deli meats, fresh mini mozzarella balls, olives, and basil to make a ...
Christmas dinner might be the main event, but you can't forget about lunch! We've got some great recipes that will be just as delicious as the big meal.
If you aren’t feeling turkey, why not swap it out for sausage meat? Ingredients:. 200g wild mushrooms. 3 tbsp olive oil. 250g turkey thigh mince . 200g orzo
The Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian: Festa dei sette pesci) is an Italian American celebration of Christmas Eve with dishes of fish and other seafood. [1] [2] Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the observance of abstinence from meat until the feast of Christmas Day itself.
According to tradition, the Christmas Eve dinner must not contain meat. A popular Christmas Day dish in Naples and in Southern Italy is capitone, which is a female eel. A traditional Christmas Day dish from Northern Italy is capon (gelded chicken). Abbacchio is more common in Central Italy. [41]
Lebanese Christians celebrate Christmas dinners. The feast, usually on the night of the 24th and lunch on the 25th, is a big one. The family gets together at both meals, and some have the leftovers from the dinner prior to the lunch the next day. The traditional offering for Christmas is sugar-coated almonds.
Many Italian Americans celebrate Christmas Eve with a big family feast teeming with savory seafood stews, chilled shellfish, rich pastas and gorgeous baked fish.
Cappon magro means 'fast-day capon'. As the dish contains no ingredients considered meat under the rules of traditional Catholic fasting, it is a suitable meal for the traditional Catholic fast days, including Christmas Eve. Capon may be a wry reference to the poultry capon, a traditional dish for Christmas.