New Year's Eve is fast approaching, and with it, the chance to bid farewell to the old year and welcome 2025 with style and flavor. The Harena Restaurant, located on Via degli Oleandri 1 in San Benedetto del Tronto, has crafted a Christmas menu in the style of 007, which is truly a celebration of haute cuisine. This exclusive experience is perfect for those wishing to enjoy a unique evening at one of the region's most renowned establishments.
A Starry Menu for the Most Anticipated Night of the Year
The New Year's Eve dinner on December 31, 2024, is a gastronomic path meant to highlight authentic flavors blended with creativity and luxury.
Entrée: Elegance and Refinement— Saffron sheets with foie gras and pears—a sophisticated starter combining sweetness and intensity. Crackers with caviar, which symbolize luxury and good fortune.
Appetizers: The Art of Diversity in Flavors include variations of Wagyu beef: three unique preparations, with sour cherries, buffalo cream, and served naturally to highlight the exquisite Japanese meat. Raw Mazzara shrimp with green tomato and squid ink wafer, is another explosion of the sea and freshness. Tempura zucchini flowers with scampiCotechino with lentils brings luck.
Main Course: A Sublime Experience features patanegra tortelloni with truffle—a tempting fusion of rich and precious flavors. The excellence of meat
The meal is rounded off with dessert: Bacchus, Tobacco, and Venus 2, promising a sensory travel through intense aromas and delicate flavors.
A Magical and Unforgettable Atmosphere
Beyond the refinement of the dishes, Harena Restaurant offers a warm and elegant atmosphere, perfect for a special evening. Every detail is managed to guarantee guests an unforgettable experience, from impeccable welcoming to attentive professional service. Book Now for Your New Year's Eve Celebration! Don’t miss out on the chance to experience an exclusive New Year's Eve at Harena Restaurant. Reserve your spot and indulge in a menu celebrating cuisine as an art form. 📞 For reservations and information: call 366 765 3107 🌐 Visit the official website: www.harena.it Celebrate the end of 2024 with flavor and refinement at Harena Restaurant—an unmissable event to start the new year off right!
Meanwhile, as the new year draws near, Genoa prepares for its festive dinners with menus blending family traditions and innovative recipes featuring local Ligurian ingredients. Special attention is being paid to table settings decorated with the colors of red, gold, and silver, with homemade garlands of berries and fir branches adorning the space, complemented by candles to create a cozy atmosphere.
One cannot overlook the silver carousel adorned with angels and the flame to ignite—small details contribute to making the gathering welcoming and pleasing. Guests will enjoy drinks standing up, sampling tartines with butter and salmon, star-shaped snacks, and small croissants filled with sausages paired with fine bubbly to open the evening's dialogue.
A show-stopping star-shaped savory cake, easy to prepare and stuffed with cold cuts or vegetables, can also be served. Buying ready-made gastronomic panettone, filled with salami and cheese cream, from local bakeries is always practical. Chef Marco Visciola from Marin Restaurant proposes his special seafood panettone stuffed with his restaurant’s unique cold cuts (squid lard, tiny squid mortadella, tuna, spicy swordfish ‘nduja, amberjack ham, bonito salami) layered with citrus mayonnaise, spiced butter, green sauces, and chives.
For the first course, traditional family recipes, including simple flavors, are suggested. At home, we believe in the delicate tuna sauce absorbed by bronze-drawn spaghetti, though for those eager for novelty, there are ready-made blue crab sauces available to match with linguine and fine white Ligurian wine, such as Pigato. Culinary creativity can extend to choosing local catch, such as branzino, orata, and dentice, enhanced by baking them wrapped or with salt crusts flavored with herbs (like thyme and bay).
Golden roasted potatoes with rosemary and garlic make for perfect accompaniments along with the lentils, reminiscent of ancient Roman beliefs for future prosperity, traditionally gifted as bags with hopes for wealth. The option to prepare cappon magro simply is also available, historically made by sailors from leftover fish, vegetables, and shellfish, using specialty sailor's galettes found at shops like Paolin or Maccarini.
A refreshing lemon sorbet will serve as a palate cleanser before the New Year; shops like Maurizio Tonelli’s offer delightful alternatives like pineapple or moscato sorbets. For toasting the New Year, Genoese panettone of preferred flavors simplifies delightful traditional indulgence, or why not attempt making homemade cakes like chocolate or paradise cake, decorated with icing and clock numerals icing for sweetly savoring the minutes before midnight.
Finally, don’t forget the symbolically uplifting dried fruits, including stuffed dates, figs, hazelnuts, peanuts, almonds, raisins, and walnuts. Adding red pomegranates and little mandarins not only enhances the table but embodies abundance too. With these small rituals, the time will glide pleasantly, leading all to 2025 filled with good intentions and curiosity: Happy New Year to everyone!
