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Main Dish: Mushroom Risotto Beef Paillards

Dessert: Coffee Custard Charlotte

Wine Cellar: Beautiful Bellinis

Centerpiece: Yards of Candles

Music: Billie Holiday, Jazz ‘Round Midnight

Sparkling
   New Year's

Resurrect old-world elegance with an Art Deco palette of white, black and silver. To jazz up the evening, slip in Billie Holiday’s Jazz ‘Round Midnight CD and dress the table in a white tablecloth, fashionably topped with a square of silver lamé. You don't even need to hem the lamé – just unravel the raw edges to make fringe. Slide silver chargers under white dinnerware and cluster Yards of Candles down the table, alternating black top hats and rhinestone tiaras in front of each place setting. For a menu as glamorous as the décor, serve Mushroom Risotto Beef Paillards, followed by a cosmopolitan Coffee Custard Charlotte. Give champagne a fruity kick with a strawberry garnish or add a hint of peach with Beautiful Bellinis (see recipe below).

Beautiful Bellinis

Serves 6

INGREDIENTS:
2	cups peach juice, Kerns®, or 2 cans of peaches, Dole®, or 2 cups peach liqueur, Marie Brizard®
4	cups chilled sparkling wine, Cook’s®

Prep Time: 3 minutes

PREPARATION:

• Pour peach juice, undrained peaches or peach liqueur into a blender. Puree until smooth. Refrigerate until well-chilled.
• To serve, fill a champagne flute 1/3 full of peach puree. Slowly pour in sparkling wine until the glass is filled.
• Serve immediately.