Appetizers, a roast in the oven with garnish and all the sweets that accompany Christmas. The meals on these dates are synonymous with excesses and trying to balance them with a healthy starter may be an ideal option.
We’re not talking about making one. classic zucchini cream like the one you would make for a light dinner, but rather spoon dishes taken to the next level and which are undoubtedly very Christmassy dishes.
The creams in this type of celebration have an extra that convinces us even more: we can prepare them in advance and avoid being stuck in the kitchen at the last minute and without being able to enjoy our guests. We give you fifteen options so that this year you can put a cream as a starter at Christmas and leave everyone with their mouths open.
Original vegetable creams to make as a starter at Christmas
Yogurt and avocado cream with smoked salmon tartare
In the form of a sophisticated and very original starter, this yogurt and avocado cream with smoked salmon tartare promises not to disappoint. Complying with the three characteristics that we love for Christmas (easy, rich and very colorful), this recipe is easy and fast, because in less than 10 minutes we have it ready. Of course, the importance lies in the small glasses in which we will serve them, since visually they must conquer us.
Saffron cauliflower cream
You don’t need more than a good saffron to take this dish to another level. This cauliflower cream It is original and has the advantage that it freezes very well, so what is left over, we can save for a light dinner that we make another day.
Mushroom and chestnut cream
Chestnuts are an autumnal product par excellence, and they have always been part of the imagination of these dates and together with the mushrooms we will have a spectacular result. Is cream, creamy and very easy to prepareit is an original dish that According to our Directo al Paladar experts, “it is ideal as a starter in a copious meal”.
Vichyssoise Of Apple
It can be served cold or hot, as the classic recipe with leeks and potatoesbut this time we give it a touch of originality by substituting the potato per apple. It is even lighter and its taste is delicious.
Red cabbage cream with fennel and cider
Red cabbage is another of those products that appears on the Christmas tables of many houses. In my case, the classic garnish is prepared at home, but this option in cream format and with aniseed touch of fennel is original and a perfect opportunity to change a little this year.
Tomato, carrot and ginger cream
A cream with an original touch and a truly intoxicating aroma. It is important that after grinding with the blender or the kitchen robot, we pass through a strainer to remove the bits of skins or seeds and that it is finer. To give it a crunchy touch we can add some croutons or croutons in the plating
Cream of leeks with crunchy ham
The toppings of a cream are a fundamental part of transforming a bland vegetable cream into a creative dish with much more flavor. In this case we accompany a very light cream of leeks with a crunchy ham What did we do in the microwave?
Classic seafood soups for Christmas meals
prawn bisque
Yes there are a classic Christmas dish it is without a doubt the prawn bisquea type of soup or cream of French origin that we can also prepare with crabs, for instance. In this case we bet on its most classic version so that this starter is a guaranteed success.
Vichyssoise with shrimp cream
Using a classic recipe such as vichyssoise as a base, we can get a dish that could be in any house on Christmas Eve. The key is give it a twist with a cream of prawns with a powerful flavorthat gives rock & roll to the plate.
scarlet cream
According to our Directo al Paladar experts, “the bisque or cream of scarlet shrimp It is a recipe to dazzle your guests that also has hardly any work”, so we cannot ask for more. A star dish that needs very little to shine.
Seafood cream
Although it looks like an expensive cream at first glance, it can fit almost any pocket if we change the seafood we use. D.Directo al Paladar recommends us to accompany this cream with some fried bread tostones, a baked puff pastry cookie or even some canned fish roe.
Cream of mussels with apple and cilantro
A simple recipe for an appetizer that will surprise We move away from the intense sea flavor of seafood bisques to opt for a cream of mussels much more subtle in its flavor.
The most original creams to serve at Christmas
Pumpkin cappuccino and coconut milk
Why not do a trompe l’oeil as a starter? The diners will think that you have become a tarumba by serving them a “coffee” as a starter, but reality is a pumpkin cream and coconut milk which is fun and delicious also at Christmas.
Cream of peas with cod brandade quenelle
A proposal very original and striking thanks to its intense green color. The cod brandade gives this recipe a different touch that breaks with what could be another pea cream.
Cups of bicolor creams with prawns
Again, a fun proposal that bets on colour. Though It is served in small glassesyou can use glass bowls so that the color of the this cream with prawns which serves us as an ideal light starter.
Idiazabal soup
Although it is called a soup, it has a very creamy texture, which is why we have decided to include it as one of the most original. This Idiazábal soup is a Christmas starter for tenand in Direct to the Palate they prepare it adding a topping with a sauteed mushroom. The combination is spectacular.
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