Menu of the week: recipe ideas from Monday 25 to Sunday 31 December

That’s it, they are finally here! The holidays have arrived and with them, delicious foods. This year, we’re focusing on a traditional Christmas meal with a terrine of homemade foie gras with cognac followed by a good truffled chicken garnished with citrus fruits to refresh the whole thing. Easy and foolproof holiday recipes to welcome the new year with open arms.

What menu for the week

Monday

Foie gras terrine with cognac
Chicken truffled with orange, parsnip and beetroot
Glazed pear and cardamom log, gingerbread cookie

Tuesday

Sweet potato, leek and coconut soup
Cod curry with sweet and savory coconut milk
Pineapple-mango stew

Wednesday

Pears with Chavignol and allspice
Winter vegetable gratin with hazelnuts and Comté cheese
Apple, chestnut and vanilla compote

THURSDAY

Mimosa eggs with tarama
Roasted sweet potatoes, feta, granola
Vegan carrot cake

Friday

Chestnut soup, homemade crackers
Pasta, pumpkin sauce, sage, hazelnuts
Small chai tea creams

SATURDAY

Kale, apple, bacon, parmesan salad
Beetroot gnocchi, hazelnuts, feta
Cake with candied orange, pistachios and orange blossom

Sunday

Flambé cocktails
Champagne risotto, pan-fried foie gras
Rolled chocolate-hazelnut log by Cyril Lignac

Your shopping list for the week

For this very special week, start by visiting your primeur and stock up on clementines, grapefruit, oranges, and lemon but also pears, apples, mangoes, lychees, pineapples and chestnuts. For vegetables, the list is long. We think of beets, parsnips, shallots, onions, carrots, leeks, sweet potatoes and potatoes, butternut squash, celery and rabe, pumpkin, kale and salad.

Above all, don’t forget the aromatic herbs and others spices. Dill, mint, coriander, parsley, chervil, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf and sage, but also cinnamon, nutmeg, curry, chili, zaatar, paprika, Espelette pepper, cardamom, vanilla and tonka bean.

Side butcher’s shop, have some chicken and bacon. Also remember to have a good foie gras. Then go to the fishmonger to pick up pieces of cod and sea bream as well as tarama.

The radius fresh productsyou will need parmesan, crottin de Chavignol, liquid and thick crème fraîche, butter, goat’s and Greek yogurt, feta, milk and vanilla soy milk, mascarpone and cream cheese Philadelphia type.

Side grocery store, think of coffee, chai tea, sugar, flour, gelatin, candied orange peel, orange blossom water, almond paste, honey, chestnut cream, coconut cream and milk, cocoa powder, dark chocolate and milk, spread, oatmeal, hazelnuts, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. And finally, don’t forget the eggs.

For the cocktails and other alcoholic celebrations (always in moderation), bet on the traditional champagne, but also on gin, cherry liqueur with eau-de-vie and cognac.

Have a good week and above all, happy holidays!