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10 Recipes for a Gourmet New Year’s Day

Take your time in the kitchen when you want to entertain in style for New Year’s Day. From amuse-bouches for the aperitif to dessert, here are 10 festive recipes to feast on as you celebrate the passage to the New Year.

1. Wonton Chips with Duck Confit

These delicious little bites are bound to get gobbled up as soon as you set them on the table. We love the idea of making them in advance, including frying the wonton squares and making the duck mixture. All you’ll have to do is assemble them and reheat them on a baking sheet in the oven for 5 minutes before serving.

2. Glazed Tofu Bites with Peanuts and Ginger

Tofu changes into a gourmet ingredient in this chic recipe, designed to impress your guests. Once you’ve fried the cubes in a wok, coat them with an Asian-flavoured glaze. Using a toothpick, dip the base of each cube into peanuts. These vegetarian bites topped with a piece of pickled ginger have a good chance of creating a surprise!

3. Cream of Squash and Fennel Soup with Pink Peppercorn

Butternut squash and fennel share the spotlight in this cream soup enhanced with fragrant star anise. This recipe, which has the potential of becoming a holiday classic, can be frozen and made in advance. Upon serving, garnish each bowl with fennel fronds, parsley, a drizzle of olive oil and pink peppercorn for an impeccable look.

4. Beet Salad with Herbed Yogurt

It’s worth taking a little longer to prepare the salad you want to serve as an appetizer for your guests. With its uniform beet wedges placed on a bed of rich and creamy yogurt, Brussels sprout leaves, mixture of herbs and pumpkin seeds, this fresh and colourful salad multiplies textures to wow everyone.

5. Maple Pork Roast Stuffed with Apple and Cheddar

This recipe has everything to impress your guests around the table when you celebrate the end of the year. Spread a layer of stuffing combining caramelized apples, breadcrumbs and cheese on the meat, then tie it and roast it in the oven, basting it halfway through the cooking time. Delicious with mashed potatoes or served with a green vegetable.

6. Salmon Koulibiac

Served in a crust and topped with a layer of spinach and hard-boiled eggs, this refined salmon dish takes on a festive spirit. Start by cooking the fish in the oven for a few minutes to let the seasoning flavour the flesh nicely. Once the fillet is garnished and placed between two pieces of dough, put it in the oven again to cook it a second time. Be ready for the gasps of amazement when you slice it!

7. Coq au Vin (The Best)

Stewed dishes, like coq au vin, have that ability to bring people together when you entertain. To make this classic of French cuisine, you’ll need to cut a chicken into pieces and marinate it in a blend of wine and herbs. The meat is cooked slowly in a wine sauce thickened at the end of the cooking time before adding mushrooms and onions. A comforting dish, perfect to welcome the New Year.

8. Vegetarian Wellington with Mushrooms and Buckwheat

Inspired by the classic Beef Wellington, this meatless flaky pastry dish will delight the vegetarians among your loved ones. This refined crusty dish includes a generous filling that combines mushrooms, breadcrumbs and buckwheat groats. Serve it with a homemade morel sauce and a side of green salad. Chic and delicious!

9. Chocolate-Orange Truffle Cake

This cake promises to make your favourite gourmets very happy. Flavoured with orange and deliciously gooey, this dessert includes a crust base made of chocolate cookie crumbs and is sprinkled with cocoa powder when it comes out of the oven. Whipped cream, dried orange slices and chocolate curls bring the finishing touch. Note that you can freeze any leftovers (if any) very easily.

10. Caramel Doughnuts

On the dessert table, doughnuts are a treat loved by both kids and adults. This version combines a dense dough, like that of Italian bomboloni, with a velvety caramel cream filling. And for the greatest pleasure of all the sweet tooths in your life, coat each doughnut with a dulce de leche glaze.

Looking for inspiring ideas for your holiday menus? Why not check out our Christmas and New Year’s Eve search categories to find scrumptious, comforting recipes that’ll put smiles on everyone’s face?