Are you entertaining your loved ones for the end of year celebrations? Fish bites, or vegetarian, head chef Leslie in the Kitchen recommends three recipes for healthy and festive appetizers to prepare in advance for the New Year’s Eve.
Salmon, avocado and sesame tartare
Present on Belgian television for years in cooking shows, but also on her recipe blog and on social networks, the chef Leslie in the Kitchen published his recipe book last year What are we eating tonight?published in 2023 (Editions Racine, 27.50 euros).
For this first appetizer, she offers you a recipe full of freshness: a salmon tartare with avocado and sesame. To make it, you will need to cut the salmon into 1 cm thick pieces, cut the avocado into small cubes, and mix them in a salad bowl. seasoning well, with miso paste, lime juice and sesame seeds. » You can then present this first appetizer on small plates by preparing the tartare with a cookie cutter, or on toast.
Rillettes with two salmon and black bread
The chef suggests another festive and healthy appetizer for Christmas, rillettes with two salmon and black bread, garnished with “ pink berries, fennel and sour cream. A simple, quick and delicious appetizer! »
To do this, you will need to quickly sear some fresh salmon steaks in the pan, slice them into thin strips, cut the fennel into brunoise, and mix these two foods with cream, a zest of lime, pink peppercorns. , pepper and salt.
To serve the rillettes in individual bites, all you have to do is spread them on slices of black bread, and add a little sprig of dill.
Mini Beetroot Labneh Bites
Finally, for pretty little bites to present, you can cook “ labneh with salt-crusted cooked beets, blood oranges, roasted hazelnuts, and an orange juice vinaigrette. » This recipe can also be served as a starter in the form of a salad.
To make this recipe, you will need two red beets, two yellow beets, three blood oranges, 250 grams of labneh, dill, red wine vinegar, olive oil, hazelnuts and flower salt.
After cooking the beets in a crust of coarse salt, you can serve them cut into quarters on the labneh, with slices of blood oranges, crushed hazelnuts and the vinaigrette. You can present this dish as a condiment to dip raw vegetables or pieces of bread, or on toast.
Source: www.topsante.com
