The Lady and the Tramp
Before turning his studio into the world's largest entertainment empire, Walt Disney used to eat chili con carne almost every day. Specifically, he was crazy about Gebhardt and Dennison cans, which he combined with crackers and vegetable juice V8. To him, this dish not only represented the rough and tumble character of any man from the American Midwest, but also it allowed him to save in those months in which he did not know if he would receive financing at the end of the month.
By the time he became the man we all know today, Uncle Walt entrusted his cook to prepare the best chili con carne recipe in the world. The result was this mythical dish made from a combination of cheese, sour cream and fresh tomato. The same recipe that would be leaked by his eldest daughter, Diane, until she became one of the most iconic dishes of the Carnation Café, one of the restaurants in the Anaheim Disney Park ], in California.
Today, the one known as Walt's Chili is just one of the many dishes that make up any visit to a theme park that, during these days, they have also closed access to all dreamers due to the health crisis.
Luckily, the big D is in everything, and if last month Disney Plus landed in Spanish homes followed by the “virtual” reopening of Disneyland Paris. , today we bring you these dishes from the Disney parks that you can prepare at home while you hum "What a feast! What a feast!"
Walt's Chili
CHURROS
For those of us who love Madrid, churros are something as familiar as a Sunday at the Rastro or the festivities on May 2. However, for the Yankees it is an exoticism. Or rather: the perfect “Hispanic” snack to enjoy during a route through one of its parks.
Such is its success, that recently Disney launched a recipe based on water, butter, salt and cinnamon combined with flour, eggs, sugar and vegetable oil ideal for all nostalgics: both Disney geeks and those who are counting down the days to return to the best churrerías in Madrid.
Churros
MICKEY MOUSE BEIGNETS
A Disney menu without Mickey Mouse is like thinking of Aladdin without a magic carpet or Belle without books or roses. And the best example can be found in the delicious Mickey Mouse beignets, a main course during any visit to New Orleans Square, in Disneyland California, or the French Quarter of Walt Disney World, in Orlando.
Mickey Mouse Beignets
adaptation of this typical French donut go through a mixture of hot water, yeast, heavy cream, flour, salt and an egg to sprinkle with powdered sugar that you can then mount in Mickey Mouse cookie cutters (on the Internet you can find several options). A dessert that can be the starting point for a universe of Mickey recipes that include from homemade M&Ms lollipops to chocolate popsicles with the most famous movie ears (sorry, Dumbo).
Homemade M&Ms lollipops
SINK DESSERT
Imagine the sweetest dessert in the universe. We think of a mixture of Oreo cookies, brownie pieces, berries and M&M's wrapped in cream and sprinkled with a good splash of caramel.
more or less similar is the Sink Dessert, a typical dessert at The Beaches & Cream Soda Shop, at Disney World's Beach Club Resort in Florida , which is the best excuse to mix all the sweet leftovers you have at home without feeling guilty.
Sink Desert
LENTIL SALAD FROM INVENTIONS RESTAURANT
After the whirlwind of sugar, it's time to prepare a healthier dish without sacrificing the Disney spirit. Born during Frozen Celebration], show that Disneyland Paris premiered last January (and interrupted due to the current crisis), this lentil salad evokes the potential of one of the most typical dishes of France with the necessary dose of magic: a combination of coral lentils, strip smoked salmon (as Elsa would like it), lemon juice and fresh dill.
If, in any case, your little one does not want to eat them, you can always dress up as Mickey Mouse in the style Inventions, a restaurant that has turned this dish into one of the most original recipes on the Disney menu.
Lentil Salad
DOLE WHIP
Traveling to Disney and skipping sweets isn't easy, especially when it comes to Dole Whip, one of the flagship snacks of the Disney parks in the United States. The idea is simple: combine vanilla cream, pineapple juice and two small cups of diced pineapple and mix it all in the blender.
You can find this and other recipes at the official app of the Disney parks.
Dole Whip
GRILLED THREE-CHEESE SANDWICH
Short of ideas for the kids' snack? Then we have the perfect sandwich for you. Combines cheddar, provolone and cheese spread with a garlic sauce , put it all in an artisan bread and straight to the sandwich maker.
Then, tell them that it is the afternoon snack that they will eat when you visit Woody's Lunch Box, one of the most famous restaurants at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.
three cheese sandwich
MONTE CRISTO
If the garlic sauce does not go much with you, we have another alternative: the Monte Cristo, flagship sandwich at the Blue Bayou restaurant at Walt Disney World, which has been served since 1967.
Combine turkey breast, ham and Swiss cheese between two servings of egg bread and dip in hot butter to finally sprinkle some powdered sugar on top. It is not very light, but it will be the king of snacks.
Monte Cristo
FRIED COOKIES
There is something better than some cookies to use: some cookies fried in margarine and egg. If you also accompany the result with a strawberry jam topping it will be like traveling to Beaches & Cream Soda Shop , Disney Beach Club Resort's Beaches Cafe.
fried cookies
SPAGHETTI BELLA NOTTE
When we think of a “Disney meal”, different dishes come to mind: from the ratatouille that transported the critic Anton Ego back to his childhood in Ratatouille to the beignets of Tiana going through, of course, that pasta dish that Reina and Golfo shared in the back room of an Italian restaurant.
Served in places like Tony's Restaurant , at Walt Disney World, or Bella Notte , at Disneyland Paris, the typical spaghetti and meatballs (an Italian-American version) of Lady and the Tramp They are prepared from balls of minced meat with parsley and thyme and sprinkles of egg. oh! And the al dente pasta, of course.
"There is no equal this special night. We call her bella notte"
PAVLOVA FROZEN
Inspired by Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova , this typical dessert was adapted by the chefs of the restaurant Silver Spur Steakhouse of Disneyland Paris on the occasion of the premiere of Frozen Celebration.
A delicious cake based on mascarpone and chestnut cream topped with melted chocolate and red berries whose "final touch" is put by the horns of sven , the famous reindeer from the Frozen saga.
You can consult this and other recipes in order to savor the magic before we set foot in dreamland again.
Sven's Crispy Pavlova