Published December 30, 2020, 8:00 PM
A guide to having a no-stress and delicious spread to welcome the new year
Food and tradition are vital ingredients to a Filipino celebration that’s always with a pinch of a deep, abiding love for country and family, a dash of our fascination with world culture, and a generous sprinkling of our will to celebrate despite all that we have had to endure individually as well as collectively.
We have various
fiestas,
Noche Buena for Christmas, and perhaps the most important meal marking the year’s end and the start of a new one, the
Media Noche. It’s an Hispanic influence, the Spanish term meaning
Ingredients:
2 cups grated mozzarella
1 100g red bell pepper
1 100g green bell pepper
Mashed potato
½ tbsp iodized fine salt
¼ tsp pepper
¼ cup Magnolia Gold Butter unsalted
Procedure:
2. Chop the
caldereta meat into 1/2-inch squares. Transfer into a pan and simmer until the sauce has thickened. Set aside.
3. Mash the potatoes and set aside. In a pan, combine salt, pepper, cream, and butter over low
heat. When the butter has melted, mix into the mashed potatoes.
4. In an 8 x 4 x 4 heat-proof loaf pan, place the
caldereta evenly. Top with the mashed potatoes and bake for 30 minutes or until the top has browned.