The best desserts to delight your friends on New Year's Eve

We propose several ideas to end the dinner in style and say goodbye to the year with a sweet taste

This year 2021 is nearing its end and millions of citizens are preparing to celebrate their farewell and, at the same time, receive 2022 in the best possible way. Families they finalize the preparations and finish shopping to prepare a New Year’s Eve dinner that, like every December 31, will be very special.

As usual in Spain, this end of the year families and friends will gather around the table to say goodbye to the year surrounded by loved ones. Although some choose to celebrate this date in a restaurant, most choose to organize a feast in their home and surprise the palates of their guests.

As it is, New Years Eve is a perfect opportunity for lovers of stoves and the most ‘kitchens’ of the house to prepare their best dishes. The night of December 31, however, has a small handicap regarding festivities such as Christmas Eve or Christmas. And it is that, many people prepare their star recipes for the first dinners and They run out of ideas to surprise on New Years Eve and New Years. But the truth is that this is a minor problem, since the person who usually cooks, normally, is able to dare with practically any dish.

Therefore, in this article we detail the steps to follow to cook some desserts with which to surprise our guests.

1. Polvorones

Ingredients

400 gr of flour
200 gr of lard
250 g of icing sugar

Elaboration

Spread the flour on a tray and heat it in the oven at 140ºC until it begins to brown (slightly brown). It is necessary to avoid that it takes too much color, since the polvorones can be undone.
Remove the tray from the oven being careful not to burn ourselves and let it cool. Heat a saucepan over low heat and add the lard to melt it.
Once it is liquid, add the flour to the saucepan and mix.
Add 150 g of icing sugar and remove from heat. Work the dough for 10 minutes until cold. If we have one within our reach, we can also use a kitchen robot to knead.
Let the dough rest for 25 minutes and then make spherical shapes with it, flattening them a little with your hand.
Put them on the baking tray with the bottom covered with greaseproof paper.
Preheat the oven to 120ºC and bake for 30 minutes.

2. French toast with custard

Ingredients for 4 people

1 loaf of bread
2 tablespoons of milk
50g sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon of soluble coffee
Vanilla essence
Oil.

For the custard

500 ml of milk
1 lemon peel
80g sugar
2 egg yolks
15 g cornstarch
1 teaspoon of butter

Elaboration

Cut the bread into slices.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat the milk with the sugar and vanilla; When it starts to boil, remove from the heat and let it warm.
Bread the bread slices in the vanilla milk. If the bread is hard, it is convenient to leave them to soak for 10 minutes; then, they are passed through beaten egg and fried in a pan with plenty of hot oil; afterwards, they are removed, left to drain on absorbent paper and set aside in the heat.
The half liter of milk is boiled with the lemon peel, sugar and butter.
The anise is mixed with the egg yolks and cornstarch, beating until completely dissolved; Then, the milk is removed from the heat, the lemon peel is removed and it is poured over the mixture of the yolks.
Mix everything together and cook, stirring without stopping, until it thickens; at that point, remove from the heat and let it warm.

Presentation

The torrijas are served plated covered with custard.

3. Chocolate log

Ingredients for 4 people

250 g of chopped walnuts
2 eggs
200 g of soft chocolate
1 lemon
1.5 cups of sugar
1 glass of liquid cream
Powdered sugar
Butter

Elaboration

Butter a long mold.
In a large bowl, beat 250 grams of butter and sugar.
Add the yolks, lemon juice and walnuts.
Mix everything well and add the beaten egg whites until stiff, stirring carefully so that they do not fall.
The cream obtained is poured over the reserved mold and put in the freezer to harden.
Meanwhile, put the chopped chocolate in a bowl and cook in the microwave at 100% power for six minutes. When it has melted, add the cream and mix both ingredients well.

Presentation

Once the dough has hardened in the freezer, it is removed from the mold on a long serving dish. The best way to do this is by soaking the mold for a few moments in hot water. The chocolate cream is spread over the trunk, grooves are made in it with a fork and sprinkled with a little sugar.

4. ‘Panettone’

Ingredients

Yeast
A cup of flour
Milk
4 eggs
2 yolks
150 gr of butter
Raisins
Chocolate chips
Orange zest
Nuts
Sugar

Elaboration

Put warm water in a bowl, add an envelope of yeast and stir until dissolved.
Add a cup of flour, mix well and let it rest for 30 minutes.
We put warm milk in another bowl and add another envelope of yeast. Mix and let it rest for ten minutes.
In a large bowl, beat four eggs and two yolks with sugar. Add the milk and yeast mixture and stir until integrated.
Cut 150 grams of butter into small cubes, put them in a large bowl with flour and a teaspoon of salt and knead. Add the egg mixture and continue kneading until the mixture is homogeneous.
Add the first yeast mixture and knead until you get an elastic dough.
Add chocolate chips, orange zest, dried fruit and raisins and knead again. V
Pour the dough into a buttered bowl and let it rest for two hours.
Spread a mold with butter, pour the dough, cover with a cloth and let it rest for about an hour.
Preheat the oven to 210 degrees, paint the surface of the dough with the whipped cream and the remaining yolk, sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake for 15 minutes.
Lower the oven to 170 degrees and cook for another 45 minutes.

5. ‘Banana Split’ ice cream cups

Ingredients for 4 people

4 bananas
4 scoops of vanilla ice cream
4 scoops of strawberry ice cream
Nata montada
Liquid candy

We propose several ideas to end the dinner in style and say goodbye to the year with a sweet taste

1. Polvorones

400 gr of flour

200 gr of lard

250 g of icing sugar

Spread the flour on a tray and heat it in the oven at 140ºC until it begins to brown (slightly brown). It is necessary to avoid that it takes too much color, since the polvorones can be undone.

Remove the tray from the oven being careful not to burn ourselves and let it cool. Heat a saucepan over low heat and add the lard to melt it.

Once it is liquid, add the flour to the saucepan and mix.

Add 150 g of icing sugar and remove from heat. Work the dough for 10 minutes until cold. If we have one within our reach, we can also use a kitchen robot to knead.

Let the dough rest for 25 minutes and then make spherical shapes with it, flattening them a little with your hand.

Put them on the baking tray with the bottom covered with greaseproof paper.

Preheat the oven to 120ºC and bake for 30 minutes.

2. French toast with custard

1 loaf of bread

2 tablespoons of milk

50g sugar

2 eggs

1 tablespoon of soluble coffee

Vanilla essence

Oil.

500 ml of milk

1 lemon peel

80g sugar

2 egg yolks

15 g cornstarch

1 teaspoon of butter

Cut the bread into slices.

Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat the milk with the sugar and vanilla; When it starts to boil, remove from the heat and let it warm.

Bread the bread slices in the vanilla milk. If the bread is hard, it is convenient to leave them to soak for 10 minutes; then, they are passed through beaten egg and fried in a pan with plenty of hot oil; afterwards, they are removed, left to drain on absorbent paper and set aside in the heat.

The half liter of milk is boiled with the lemon peel, sugar and butter.

The anise is mixed with the egg yolks and cornstarch, beating until completely dissolved; Then, the milk is removed from the heat, the lemon peel is removed and it is poured over the mixture of the yolks.

Mix everything together and cook, stirring without stopping, until it thickens; at that point, remove from the heat and let it warm.

The torrijas are served plated covered with custard.

3. Chocolate log

250 g of chopped walnuts

2 eggs

200 g of soft chocolate

1 lemon

1.5 cups of sugar

1 glass of liquid cream

Powdered sugar

Butter

Butter a long mold.

In a large bowl, beat 250 grams of butter and sugar.

Add the yolks, lemon juice and walnuts.

Mix everything well and add the beaten egg whites until stiff, stirring carefully so that they do not fall.

The cream obtained is poured over the reserved mold and put in the freezer to harden.

Meanwhile, put the chopped chocolate in a bowl and cook in the microwave at 100% power for six minutes. When it has melted, add the cream and mix both ingredients well.

Once the dough has hardened in the freezer, it is removed from the mold on a long serving dish. The best way to do this is by soaking the mold for a few moments in hot water. The chocolate cream is spread over the trunk, grooves are made in it with a fork and sprinkled with a little sugar.

4. ‘Panettone’

Yeast

A cup of flour

Milk

4 eggs

2 yolks

150 gr of butter

Raisins

Chocolate chips

Orange zest

Nuts

Sugar

Put warm water in a bowl, add an envelope of yeast and stir until dissolved.

Add a cup of flour, mix well and let it rest for 30 minutes.

We put warm milk in another bowl and add another envelope of yeast. Mix and let it rest for ten minutes.

In a large bowl, beat four eggs and two yolks with sugar. Add the milk and yeast mixture and stir until integrated.

Cut 150 grams of butter into small cubes, put them in a large bowl with flour and a teaspoon of salt and knead. Add the egg mixture and continue kneading until the mixture is homogeneous.

Add the first yeast mixture and knead until you get an elastic dough.

Add chocolate chips, orange zest, dried fruit and raisins and knead again. V

Pour the dough into a buttered bowl and let it rest for two hours.

Spread a mold with butter, pour the dough, cover with a cloth and let it rest for about an hour.

Preheat the oven to 210 degrees, paint the surface of the dough with the whipped cream and the remaining yolk, sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake for 15 minutes.

Lower the oven to 170 degrees and cook for another 45 minutes.

5. ‘Banana Split’ ice cream cups

4 bananas

4 scoops of vanilla ice cream

4 scoops of strawberry ice cream

Nata montada

Liquid candy

Put four dessert glasses in the freezer so that they are very cold.

Put the whipped cream in a piping bag with a curly tip.