These vegetarian Christmas dishes will make your holiday celebration a guaranteed success.
Vegetarian Christmas appetizers
A special cheese board with walnuts, honey, and jams never fails to satisfy everyone as does classic crostini or bruschetta with veggie-based spreads. You could make mini frittatas with vegetables and cheese, cooked in a muffin tin or a colorful mini-flan with béchamel sauce (if you have some leftover from making lasagna, for example), pumpkin or spinach and Parmigiano cheese (or pecorino). Or you could roast some walnuts in a bain-marieand serve with taleggio cheese fondue and porcini mushrooms. These ingredients also go well with grilled polenta.
Delicious first courses for a vegetarian Christmas
For a delightful first course, make traditional passatelli pasta served with a homemade vegetable broth. Or indulge with risottos made from ingredients like radicchio and red wine; prosecco; pears, walnuts, and gorgonzola; pumpkin and balsamic vinegar; or hazelnuts and castelmagno cheese. Or you can make a vegetable lasagna with tomato sauce or a béchamel.
Christmas Vegetarian Main Courses
Vegetable strudel is rich and delicious as are breaded and fried (or grilled) portobello mushrooms. For a chic second course, try making a cocotte with a slice of polenta on the bottom, topped with roasted or sautéed veggies. Finish with an egg, which you’ll bake in the oven, and serve with cheese fondue and truffle flakes for some extra oomph.