5 Mardi Gras Buffet Recipes
Here are 5 recipes to organize a great Mardi Gras buffet, from the appetizer to the dessert, without forgetting the drinks. Your Fat Tuesday menu has never been so easy!
Carnival and in particular Mardi Gras is without a doubt the most colorful festival of the year, where the absolute protagonists are the fried, both sweet and savory dishes, but which can be equally good if baked in the oven!
Here are 5 recipes to organize a great Mardi Gras buffet, from the appetizer to the dessert, without forgetting the drinks. Your Fat Tuesday menu has never been so easy!
Fat Tuesday Baked Krapfen Recipe
Krapfens are delicious donuts made with leavened dough, generally fried, to be filled with jam or custard. The original krapfen recipe hails from Austria where they are traditionally prepared for the Carnival party. In this recipe we suggets the baked version of Krapfen, healtier and much more digestible.
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Mardi Gras Fried Cheese-Stuffed Olives
Delicious green olives stuffed with cheese, wrapped in breadcrumbs and fried. A fantastic Mardi Gras finger food!
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Fat Tuesday Spaghetti Frittata Recipe
This spaghetti frittata recipe, as it is called in Naples, "a frittata 'e maccarune", is a typical dish of Neapolitan cuisine. A poor and simple dish, but absolutely yummy, based on pasta, eggs, cheese and pepper, which was created in Naples as a recipe for recycling pasta leftover. A fantastic quick food idea for your Carnival buffet menu!
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Seafood Couscous to Celebrate New Orleans Carnival
As a tribute to the multicultural city of New Orleans (Cajun, Creoles...) and its Carnival, we propose a recipe based on seafood, specialties of the capital of Louisiana, and cous cous, symobol of the meetinf between different cultures.
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Mardi Gras Cocktails: Bloody Mary
What's better than a rich and colorful Bloody Mary? Enjoy great food, great company and a great drink on Mardi Gras. Responsibly, of course.
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