Gathering friends and family for a New Year’s Eve party is the best way to give a warm welcome to 2020. Whether you’re hosting a big bash or an intimate gathering. Del Monte have best New Year’s Eve recipes which you can add to your menu and impress your guests with! So, what are you waiting for? Just read on to find them out!

Tomato Onion Bruschetta with Mint Mayo

Ingredients:       

                       

• 1 loaf of baguette or Italian bread roll
• 2 onion, finely chopped
• 2 tomato, finely chopped
• 1 cup Delmonte Mint Mayo
• 8 basil leaves, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon pepper powder
• 2 tablespoon butter
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Finely chop the tomatoes.
• Take a tissue paper and press it over the chopped tomatoes. Ensure that all the liquid from the tomatoes is absorbed.
• In a mixing bowl add tomato, onion, basil leaves, olive oil, pepper powder and salt.
• Refrigerate the onion and tomato mixture for 20 minutes.
• Slice the bread diagonally into 1/2 inch thick slices.
• Apply butter on both sides of bread slices.
• For this, heat a tava and toast the slices till they turn brownish.
• Once the slices cool, arrange them on a plate.
• Top the toasted slices with 1-2 tablespoon mint mayo.
• Top this with 2 tablespoon of onion tomato mixture and serve.

Corn Fritters

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Servings: 3 to 4

Ingredients:

• 1 can, sweet corn, drained completely
• 1 cup, all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon, cream
• 1 medium egg, beaten
• 3 tablespoons, coriander leaves, finely chopped
• 1 green chili, finely chopped
• ½ teaspoon, garlic cloves, finely chopped
• ½ teaspoon, baking powder
• ½ teaspoon, garam masala powder
• ½ teaspoon, lemon juice
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Oil for frying

Method:

• In a bowl, combine drained sweet corn, coriander leaves, green chili, garlic cloves, garam masala powder, lemon juice and cream.
• Add egg and mix.  Add baking powder and all-purpose flour, mix to form a dough like mixture. You may feel the mixture is sticky but that’s absolutely fine.
• Heat oil in a wide mouthed heavy bottom pan.  Grease your palms with some oil and take a portion of the mixture to form a patty.  Fry the patty on both the sides until golden brown and crisp.  Repeat the same for the whole mixture.
• Take out the fried patty onto an absorbent towel. 

Serve the corn fritters with sour cream and tomato ketchup.

Cherry Eton Mess

Ingredients:

• 2 egg whites

• 1 tsp lemon juice

• 1 cup castor sugar

• 1 cup Del Monte cherries

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

• 1 cup whipped cream

Method:

• In an electric mixer on high speed, beat egg whites with lemon juice until they double in volume.

• With the mixer on high speed, add 1 tablespoon of castor sugar at a time. Beat until stiff peaks form.

• Pipe the meringue on a lined baking sheet and bake at 100C for 1 hour to make meringue kisses.

• In a saucepan over medium heat, cook cherries with granulated sugar until the cherries become juicy. Let it cool.

• In a dessert glass, layer whipped cream, cherries and crushed meringue kisses.

 What have you been waiting for…. Christmas? So are we! It’s the favorite time of the year that is absolutely incomplete without good food. After waiting the whole long year, Christmas is around the corner and so are the celebrations. If you too have a weakness for sweets then do not head to the bakery to get your favorite chocolate desserts. Del Monte brings to you some innovative Dessert menu for that perfect feast that can be prepared at home this Christmas !

1. Chocolate Banana Prune Muffins

Ingredients:-

• 1½ cup, all-purpose flour
• 2 nos, ripened big bananas, mashed
• 1 cup, Del Monte  prunes, chopped
• 175 grams, dark chocolate, melted
• ½ cup, butter at room temperature
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup, sugar
• 1 teaspoon, vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon, baking powder
• ½ teaspoon, soda bicarb
• ¼ teaspoon, salt

Method:-

• Preheat the oven at 170 degrees C.
• Sift together our, salt, baking powder and soda.
• Cream together butter and sugar
•  Add 1 egg and beat until incorporated well
• Add another egg and beat again
• Add vanilla essence and mix
• Now add melted chocolate and mix
• Add our mixture in 3 batches and fold it until mixed
• Add prunes and fold
• Fill the muffin pans, lined with the muffin liners. Bake them in the preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until skewers come out clean.

2. Cherry Waffles

Ingredients:-

•    2 cups Maida (all purpose flour)
•    2 tsp baking powder
•    Zest of one orange
•    4 tbsp castor sugar
•    2 eggs
•    ½ cup vegetable oil
•    1 +1/2 cup milk
•    1 tsp vanilla essence
•    8-10 Del Monte cherries, drained and chopped 
•    2 tbsp sugar

8-10 Del Monte cherries, to top

1/2 cup sugar

Method:-

•    Heat the waffle iron
•    Combine flour, baking powder, orange zest and sugar.
•    In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, oil and vanilla.
•    Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix only until well combined. Fold in the chopped Del Monte cherries.
•    Pour mixture in hot waffle iron and let cook until both sides are golden brown.
•    Meanwhile, in a sauce pan, cook the cherries and sugar until it starts to become juicy.
•    Pour the fruit on the cooked waffles.

3. Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients:-

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1/2 cup flavorless oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 Cup Del Monte Blueberries

Method:-

• Preheat oven to 400F degrees and line standard muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
• To make the muffins in a large bowl stir together our, baking powder and salt and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs and granulated sugar until combined. Whisk in yogurt, oil, and vanilla extract (mixture should be pale and yellow)
• Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix everything together using a spatula.
• Fold the blueberries in the batter.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling about 2/3 of each cup. 
• Place them in the oven and reduce the heat at 375F, bake about 18-20 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then remove muffins and cool on a wire rack.
  
  
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Indian street foods with their complementing chutneys from various cities are well-known for their taste and  variety. Every region has its own specialty and India leads the charts in terms of street food. Yet, as far as street food hygiene is concerned, there are very poor standards. People who consume street food more often, have been reported to suffer from foodborne diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid fever and food poisoning.

Mother's Recipe, a leading FMCG brand, has introduced a range of street-styled authentic chaat chutneys in an all-new attractive and convenient spout pack. Manufactured in it’s state-of-the-art plant in Pune under strict hygienic conditions, these chutneys are available in 5 variants like Delhi Chat Chutney, Bhelpuri Chutney, Red Chilli Garlic Chutney, Samosa Chutney, and Tamarind Date Chutney. Attractively packed in the all-new easy to pour spout pack, it will surely enhance the taste of everyday homemade snacks in the most chat patta way.

Commenting on the new range of chutneys, Ms. Sanjana Desai, Executive Director, Mother’s Recipe – Desai Foods Pvt Ltd said, “Mother’s Recipe is committed to delivering products, which satisfy palates and are appropriate for the Indian consumer. Our home-style range of chutneys is the result of extensive research and consumer insight which are made from fresh ingredients to deliver the authentic taste of home-cooked food. We have consciously introduced these delicious chutneys in a more convenient and easy to pour spout pack to inculcate the habit of eating good and quality food at home. With the launch of so many chutney variants, everyone can enjoy their favourite street food and snacks anytime.” 

The products are available in all hypermarkets, exclusive Mother’s Recipe outlets and local retail stores across Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad and on e-commerce portals like Bigbasket.

Mother’s Recipe products are category leaders in Pickles and Paste categories and market shares vary from 25% to 40%. In pickles, Mother’s Recipe dominates the category and is the only National Brand available across with more than 64 variants. Other than pickles, the product range consists of Ready to Cook (RTC) Spice Mixes, Condiments, Papads, Appalams, Instant Mixes and now Chutneys.

“Chutney’s, sauces and pastes as a category in India have witnessed consistent growth over the past few years. According to the report by World Food India this category has maintained the momentum with double-digit growth during the period 2016-21. This growth can be attributed to employee affluence and growing millennial customers along with a rise in working women's population. The demands of the FMCG segment are evolving everyday and consumers are seeking convenience, hygiene, authenticity and better-packaged products. As a result, we need to continuously innovate in line with the growing consumer expectations while providing our customers with only the best quality & tastiest of products, go ahead and try one chutney. ” Sanjana concluded.

Product	Price
Red Chilli Garlic Chutney	200 g; MRP Rs. 50/-
Delhi Chaat Chutney
Bhelpuri Chutney
Samosa Chutney
Tamarind Date Chutney