This is another Festive dish. A pie that can be prepared in advance, placed in the fridge and served the day you need it. These are the kind of meals I want to have in my table during the Christmas holidays :D
Here in Catalonia, we celebrate the following holiday days:the 24th at night called Nochebuena/Nit de Nadal--->> We enjoy a wonderful dinner and then we make the log shit (sorry, I'll explain later what that means). The kids climb over the chair and say a Christmas Poem. The adults give them a tip :D;
the 25th called Navidad/Nadal--->> We have a Fantabulous lunch with the family and sing and drink a lot. The traditional meal is the Christmas broth with chickpeas and meat balls and a roasted turkey or chicken; (there can be many more traditional dishes depending on where you live).
the 26th called San Esteban/Sant Esteve--->> Another amazing lunch done with Navidad leftovers. The traditional meal is Canneloni (in Catalonia);
the 31st at night called Fin de Año/Cap d'Any--->> Basically the same you do, I guess, Fastuous dinner and drinks and dancing;
the 1st of January at lunch time called Año Nuevo/Any Nou--->> Again, basically the same you do... dealing with an elephant's hang over and another fastuous lunch;
and finally the 6th at day time called Dia de Reyes/Dia de Reis--->> A good meal celebrating that the 3 Magic and Wise kings have left lots of gifts to the kids that have been good during the year :D
From all these celebrations, this year, I have 3 Festive lunches at my house: San Esteban, Año Nuevo and Día de Reyes... that's why I'm going nuts trying to assemble and prepare the menus for these days.
Here in Catalonia and starting the beginning of December, we have a log inside the house, called Tió, half covered with a warm blanket that the kids have to feed with peels of oranges and nuts and small treats. They leave the food for the Tió at night in front of it and next morning the log has eat it all! The purpose of this feeding is that the night of the 24th the log will shit presents to the kids. All the kids in the house have to beat the log with a stick and sing a special song while beating it, each time the blanket gets lifted there will be some gifts for the kids!
One of the songs (Barcelona one) goes like this:Each region, village, part of Catalonia has its own. This one means:
- Peel the avocados, use a blender to grind their meat and add the juice of one lemon, after it's blended, add a jet of oil. Chop the onion and add to the avocado. Also add the tabasco and reserve.
- In a bowl with some cold water place the gelatin leaves. Then place a pot in the heat with two tablespoons of water and when it starts heating add the gelatin outside the heat. Stir and when they dissolve pour into the avocado mixture. Place in the fridge.
- Cut the fresh salmon and take the spines away. Or better ask your fishmonger to cut and clean the salmon in small dices for you. Marinate with the other lemon juice, some salt and black ground pepper. Reserve outside the fridge.
- Meanwhile take a mold, place some transparent kitchen film inside it and put the smoked slices in the bottom and walls. Then, pour half the avocado paste, then the marinated salmon dices and the other half avocado paste. Seal with some more smoked salmon slices and place in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
- You can have it the day after perfectly well :D
Merry Christmas FOODIE BLOGGERS AND READERS (I shouted here) ;D. Boleta and Tió also wish you the best♥!
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