At the table with Ricard Camarena
2020 has been a gloomy year in many ways. We all knew that this Christmas was going to be different. There will be no big, no numerous celebrations. Luckily, in some cases and with great caution, we will be able to meet with our own. What will we serve on the table?
The hotel industry has been reinvented throughout this year . Many have adapted their proposals to delivery and they have even launched new lines of business around this idea. Why not extrapolate them to holidays? Although one of the great traditions of Christmas are the menus that we prepare on special days, 2020 is also here to change it and, in many cases, improve it. What if we leave the aprons parked that day and let others cook for you?
To pick up at your restaurants, to take home, throughout Spain or in some specific areas . These are the best proposals that great figures of the country's restoration, make available to everyone.
FROM MADRID TO HEAVEN (GASTRONOMIC AND CHRISTMAS)
What began with just three dishes back in May, today is a whole successful line of business of one of the most brilliant chefs on the national scene . We talk about Dabiz Muñoz and his delivery, GoXO . Coined as a proposal for 'imaginative homemade food', it started in Madrid, and just a month ago, it also settled in Barcelona. Muñoz has made many people from Madrid and Barcelona salivate with dishes such as the Hong Kong-Madrid stew or the brothXOS noodles.
Now the chef throws, via Glovo , a GoXO Christmas menu . “We all knew that this Christmas was going to be different, but what you did not expect is that it would be soooo goxas ”, He explained on his Instagram. So he launched a limited edition proposal, for December 24, 25 and 31 and for January 1 , with the option of order at home or pick it up in Madrid if you are outside the delivery areas.
"Pure hedonism and pure enlightened gochism", which he reflects in a box containing a salad with kimchi mayonnaise, with salmon carpaccio, crispy tobiko roe and niboshi (small fried sardines), followed by some Guinea fowl cannelloni with huancaína sauce and juice from the bones of the guinea fowl itself . The feast continues with a white beef shank with a Japanese kare, accompanied by a Robuchon-style mashed potato. For dessert? The famous Pedroche cheesecake. Of course, he can be accompanied by his signature XO cocktails, ready to drink at home and wines. How to order it? Available pre-order through Glovo. Price? Pack for two people €175.
But not only Muñoz launches the home delivery service of Christmas dishes. Two other wonders, with two Michelin stars each, join the proposal. Paco Roncero , from his homonymous restaurant, he launches an experience that aims to go beyond celebrations, because he also thinks of work dinners, meetings with friends... with shipments to all Spain.
“We want to transfer a little piece of the essence of our work to the diner,” he explains. That is how you are two boxes, will contain a different menu each . In one commitment to tradition, in the other, to the avant-garde. They will share icons of their kitchen such as the twist of foie and white chocolate, the Filipino of goat cheese and white chocolate or the 'gordal olive', in addition to 'tapiplates' such as the vegetable garden, a veal shank with lemon puree or more modern dishes such as lobster with Royal extra virgin olive oil soup and pink grapefruit. For dessert? artisan nougat.
How to order it? Here. Price? Tradition Menu 3 (2 people) €110. Vanguard Menu (2 people) €156.
Paco Roncero Menu
Some of the dishes at Coquetto, the informal restaurant of the Sandoval brothers , they could already be enjoyed at home. Now, they are allied with luxury products and wineries Marquis of Riscal , to create a Christmas tasting menu, which starts with six of its iconic dishes. They will be packs, created to be enjoyed by about 4/6 people , with main dishes such as the stuffed capon, a veal shank, beef ribs or the mythical Coque suckling pig. But the matter does not end there, because each one includes different gourmet products , such as salmon from Ahumados Domínguez, preserves from José Peña, Iberian ham from Arturo Sánchez or duck foie micuit, as well as wines from Marqués de Riscal and champagne from Maison Laurent Perrier.
How to order it? Here. Price? Hock Pack €335, Capon Pack €355, Suckling Pig Pack €425.
Coquetto's chest, the chest of the Sandoval brothers
If all else fails and you are left without any of the above, you can also go through Joselito's Velazquez and purchase the dishes from its new Joselito Eats line. They promise 0 complications and 100% well-being. And they achieve it with quality dishes, made with Joselito's meats and cured meats, no additives, preservatives, lactose or gluten.
At the Christmas tables you can whet your appetite -and warm up- with a ham consommé, triumph with a syrupy stew with a head of butternut squash and spring onion and finish off the game with the king, a Wellington with Joselito loin, a Noble piece covered in puff pastry, pâté duxelle and mushrooms.
How to order it? Here. Price? Loin Wellington €29.99, Joselito Ham Nectar €12.99.
PURE ASTURIAN FLAVOR ANYWHERE IN SPAIN: NACHO MANZANO AND MARCOS MORÁN
The autonomous community of Asturias continues with restrictions for hospitality. The only option at the moment? the delivery . It is no coincidence that two of the best chefs in Asturias have set out to create a whole range of proposals for this Christmas and both reach the whole of Spain.
We are talking about one of them with the new incorporation of boxes with its star products, that reached all points of the Peninsula. Nacho and Esther Manzano started in June , sending some of its mythical products, such as bean stew or pitu caleya, in boxes. Now, it maintains the same format adapted to Christmas celebrations.
you can order one Fabada Box or Traditional Menu for four people, with its excellent bean stew, the Martial House croquettes and rice pudding for dessert. Also for four people, they have the Pitu Caleya Box , where they include their pitu pâté snacks, pitu rice, stewed pitu and croquettes. If there are two of you, they have created an option, the mixed box , which unites the best of both and combines it.
How to order? In Martial House. Price? Fabada Box for 4 people €100, Pitu Caleya Box for 4 people €110, Mixed Box for 2 people €104.
Nacho Manzano at home
Another of the banners of good Asturian eating, awaits in turn on to be able to resume their activity. With a Michelin star, Casa Gerardo, with chef Marcos Morán at the helm , has already started its food delivery service, under the name of Casa Gerardo in your house . In addition to being able to order mythical dishes from its kitchen such as crunchy Asturian cheese sandwiches, croquettes of compago or fabada, have launched a selection of special dishes for Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's Eve and packs for the occasion.
The great festival arrives with its Asturias Pack which includes the aforementioned crispy Asturian cheese sandwiches, Joselito Gran Reserva ham, truffled foie terrine, Carpier salmon, Osetra caviar with salted butter, a case of puffed bread, mini confit leeks, boneless suckling pig and a tasting of their bean stew from Prendes . Leave room for dessert, because this pack comes with a tasting of rice pudding cream and a selection of sweets made by Pomme Sucre for Casa Gerardo Pairing: shortbread, crispy chocolate and panettone nougat. They are also allied with the mythical Warsaw cocktail bar in Gijón , to send your cocktails and sweeten the parties.
How to order it? At Casa Gerardo at your house. Price? Crunchy cheese sandwiches (4 units) €6, Fabada de Prendes €20, Asturias Pack for two people €250.
Casa Gerardo's fabada at your house
THE VALENCIAN STARS AND THEIR TASTING MENU BOXES
Ricard Camarena and Quique Dacosta are some of those who have joined the new -and handy- option for the holidays. For its part, to make it even more unique, if possible, the month of December, the three Michelin stars Quique Dacosta , within its food delivery line, presents Qdelivery Christmas , a single proposal for December 24, 25 and 31, which will be distributed in Valencia and in different nearby towns, as well as being able to be picked up at its restaurant in Dénia or Llisa Negra, in the Valencian capital.
The Christmas festival you can start with exclusive dishes for these days, such as its mythical red prawn from Dénia boiled in sea water , to continue with Guillardeau oysters and its dressings or an emulsified salpicon with shredded spider crab and sour cream. Among the main dishes, a Mediterranean lobster stew with potato and refried nuts or a glazed coquelet chicken stuffed with foie and mushrooms will triumph. In addition, it presents menu options, from for two people, up to six.
How to order it? Here. Price? Dénia red prawn (6 units) €55, Mediterranean lobster stew €58. Menu for 2 for four €292.
Quique Dacosta's Christmas Qdelivery
The two Michelin stars Ricard Camarena , virtuoso in the kitchen and with a personality in the kitchen that is difficult to match, also encourages us to celebrate at home with our loved ones without worrying about what we will serve at the table. he puts the food . For this he throws four boxes, designed for between 4 and 8 people , conceived as a main dish, with simple instructions to finish preparing the dishes, that don't take more than half an hour.
You can choose between one glazed and smoked Angus rib , a shoulder of national lamb, which is boned and stuffed with minced lamb meat, truffle and pine nuts, an organic poularde stuffed with foie and black truffle or as a fish option, a sea bass with citrus velouté and vegetables. They all have different accompaniments such as baby potatoes, carrots and onions stewed to the importance, creamy roasted cauliflower puree or fresh arugula salad, as well as an artisanal brioche bread made by Ricard himself.
If we want them to take care of the rest of the lunch or dinner, they also opt for appetizers such as miso-cured tuna belly sashimi, osetra caviar with blinis and noisette buttercream, or desserts such as a succulent cheesecake with a black truffle filling or a nougat flan. They can be collected on December 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31 or January 1, 5, 6 , thus covering all the main celebrations.
How to order it? Here. Price? Angus rib box (5/ people) €128, Lamb shoulder box (5/6 people) €125, Sea bass box (5/6 people) €145, Poularda box (8 people) €175.
Ricard Camarena boxes are full of great products and perfect preparations to celebrate the end of this terrible 2020
FROM BARCELONA WITH LOVE (TO THE GOOD CUISINE AND FESTIVE TABLE)
Of two brothers, for two people . So are the boxes that the Torres Brothers presented for this Christmas from their Barcelona restaurant, both to pick up there, and to order at home throughout Spain . This new gastronomic line is born to stay and for it, they have selected a careful sample of the best dishes on their menu, to maintain the same level of excellence, from their kitchen to your home.
There are three proposals: a Tradition Menu, with dishes like grandmother Catalina's cannelloni with truffle and foie gras; an Evolution Menu , with onion cream from Las Fuentes with crusty bread, cubes of Iberian ham and winter truffle or a baba with rum for dessert, with passion fruit, mango and vanilla chantilly; and the Illusion menu , which will allow us to enjoy with Carabinero de Huelva with avocado and yellow chili and honeyed veal with chestnuts, onion and glazed potatoes, among other delicacies. They all include a bottle of wine or cava, which pairs perfectly with the passes on the menu.
How to order it? By calling 93 410 00 20, Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., or by writing to [email protected]. Price? Tradition Menu €170, Evolution Menu €195, Illusion Menu €230.
The Torres Brothers do not abandon you this Christmas
If the aperitif is sacred at Christmas, why not take it to the next level? And with next level, we mean snacks from the best chefs on the national scene. The first, mysterious, which is accessed with a key and of which there are only 100 numbered units. The Contrasts chest, which has brought together the chef Albert Adrià and the Maison Dom Pérignon , is already an object of desire. Whether as a gift or to enjoy yourself, it includes a Vintage 2010 champagne and two glasses and a series of snacks made by Adrià, such as a glass of yuzu, blackcurrant profiterole, puffed saffron wheels or Parmesan pizza, among others.
How to order it? Here. Price? €400.
The Contrasts chest, which has brought together the chef Albert Adrià and the Maison Dom Pérignon
The second, one of those that has been triumphing for a few months now. We talk about the 'box of snacks to share and enjoy for two people' of nothing more and nothing less than Enjoy. Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas , they give us the simple appetizer for these parties, with a assortment of creative snacks, with different flavors and textures and sublime morsels such as the salty tomato and olive Caviaroli powder, the prawn bread soufflés, the light beet meringue or a crispy Thai peanut ravioli, among others.
Also, they recommend pairing them with their box of cocktails , with four creations such as the Mediterranean Pineapple or a Cosmopolitan with red fruits, to which they add their particular touch.
How to order it? In Enjoy Barcelona. Price? Box of snacks €49. Box of cocktails €39.
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