Ideas for New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve: the foods that cannot be missing on your table

With friends or in private, New Year's Eve should always be celebrated with a big dinner, to celebrate the past year and confidently welcome the new one. In this section we have collected for you all the typical foods of this holiday, so you can celebrate the arrival of the new year by eating the best Italian products

Tradition involves combining lentils and cotechino, two foods that symbolize opulence and well-being: the first because its round shape recalls those of coins, while the second is a fatty food, a characteristic that refers to prosperity.

A lighter alternative, on the other hand, is represented by rice, which is also a symbol of fertility and abundance. In fact, it is no coincidence that it is launched to the newlyweds, immediately after the wedding ceremony. Eating rice on the magical New Year's Eve has been a widespread practice since the ancient Romans, who chose rice instead of wheat, as it was cheaper and more accessible to everyone.

Chili pepper, used in many dishes to give an extra note of taste, is the lucky charm par excellence. Its shape recalls that of animal horns, which were already placed at the entrance of caves during prehistoric times as a symbol of power and wealth. Today, in most Italian homes, there is no shortage of a ruby red croissant, hanging in homes or shops to ward off the evil eye and evil. In addition to their allegorical value, chilli pepper is a panacea for the body, thanks to its anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective properties.

Beers, sparkling wines and other Spaghetti and Mandolino offerings

During the dinner you can accompany the dishes with inviting beers, such as the Ambrata Minerva Craft Beer, with a brown color and blood-colored reflections. It is a soft and velvety beer, with a complex aftertaste given by the combination of smoked malts, while hops give it aromatic flavors. In addition to hints of caramel, in its scent you can pick up strong notes of roasting that refer to dried winter fruit with hints of smoke, cocoa, citrus orange and finally chestnut honey. Its large 750 cl format also makes it ideal for these festive occasions

Syrentum Chiara Craft Beer has a slightly lower alcohol content, of 5.5% vol. Syrentum is characterized by fruity and citric notes but never sour, making it so excellent to combine with desserts. With a golden color, it has an abundant and creamy foam.

For a midnight toast with a bang, we recommend quality sparkling wines such as Prosecco Superiore Valdobbiadene DOCG Brut, a truly elegant wine with a dry taste and intense, fruity aromas. It is produced only with Glera grapes, a grape variety historically widespread in almost all the provinces of Veneto and with an ancient history, dating back to Roman

An excellent rosé proposal is the Rosè Instinct Franciacorta Brut DOCG by Franciacorta Belon, with a brilliant color and made with 100% Pinot Noir vines. The nose is decisive and lively, with marked notes of wild berries, strawberry and cherry and orange peel

Finally, for a dinner like true connoisseurs, we suggest our themed baskets with products personally selected by us from Spaghetti and Mandolino. Thanks to their elegant packaging, they are perfect to give to your friends, to thank them for their hospitality. Among the various, we offer baskets for cheese lovers or for lovers of

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