5 Best Recipes To Ring In The New Year

This New Year’s Eve, ditch the formal sit-down dinner in favor of a cocktail supper that’s easy to make and serve. Click through for our menu of flavor-packed bites, plus a seasonal sparkling cocktail.

caprese bites — Kick off the night with something light and zingy, like these Winter Caprese Bites, where a sweet oven-dried tomato plays the foil to creamy mozzarella, and a gently bitter endive spear lends its juicy crunch.

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Perfumed with herbs and packed with Parmigiano, a quinoa stuffing gives this classic hors d’oeuvre a new edge.

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Like an Italian-style baba ghanoush, a punchy eggplant dip cuts through the richness of barely seared fish.

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For the main event? Moist shreds of hoisin-glazed pork are wrapped in flour tortillas alongside crispy cukes, cool cilantro and fiery chilis.

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In this classic-with-a-twist recipe, a sugar cube sends up a dramatic trail of bubbles, and orange bitters deliver a ray of sunny citrus.

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Photographer:

Angus Fergusson

Source:

House & Home December 2013

Stylist:

Ashley Denton (food) Sasha Seymour (prop)

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5 Best Recipes To Ring In The New Year

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