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Spanish menu for Christmas Eve

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ThankYouVeryMuchGerry · 16/10/2021 17:57

I'm hosting my family on Christmas Eve and have decided to do a Spanish menu.

All I've got so far are a chicken paella and a seafood paella, followed by churros and chocolate sauce.

I'd like it to be a bit more than this. There are only six of us but we'll be together from around 3pm so I'd like to have a sort of grazing table going on in the background. I was thinking of serving tapas around maybe 5pm and then the paella around 8pm. Not massive portions of anything but I would like to make an occasion of this as its the first time we've ever been out of the family home for Xmas Eve (always go home to the parents house!)

Any suggestions for what I could make and serve - both food and drink?

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dementedpixie · 16/10/2021 18:04

Patatas bravas
Meatballs
Croquettes

PlinkPlankPlunk · 16/10/2021 18:06

A big plate of chorizo, jamon serrano, manchego cheese and quince paste. A couple of different types of olives. And of course some lovely dry Sherry!

elQuintoConyo · 17/10/2021 09:15

Canelone and a huge plate of prawns - quite the tradition here.
Pimientos de padron for the tapas, fuet (slice it up), toasted bread with garlic and tomatoes rubbed on love this stuff, nice with Serrano ham on.

Top notch olive oil to drizzle on everything.

Soup called 'sopa de galets' is perhaps more a new years eve thing, but very tasty: giant snail shell type pasta, stuffed with meat, cooked in broth . So tasty we cook it weekly from new year into February!

Marzipan figurines are very popular here, and turron (nougat) is the mutt's nuts. Followed by carajillo de Bailey's (shot of coffee, liqueur of choice, Bailey's in lieu of milk).

Liverbird77 · 17/10/2021 19:42

Whenever we've had Christmas in Spain with the in laws it has been picky bits...jamon, cheese, baguette, gorgeous langoustines, foie gras with salt. Then quite often a meat fondue.

Sweet bits are turron.

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