What food does Paris eat on Christmas?

Lobster and turkey are traditional main meals during a Christmas feast in France. Not everyone, however, has the budget to cater these dishes to a large group of people, and so the tradition has shifted to wildfowl over the years. Much cheaper than lobster, wildfowl are guinea fowl, pheasant, goose, and quail.

What is a traditional French Christmas meal?

Just like turkey is to Thanksgiving, a French Christmas main dish is almost always a large roasted “dinde” (turkey). A French Christmas turkey is traditionally made with a chestnut stuffing, and served with roasted potatoes, chestnuts and sometimes cooked apples around it.

What is the most popular festive dish in France?

Dessert Course No French meal would be complete without some of their famous pastry, and the Christmas choice is a no-brainer: bûche de Noël or Yule Log. This delicacy is made by rolling baked and cooled genoise around a buttercream frosting and then, as the cake’s name suggests, decorating it to resemble a log.

What are the 13 desserts of Christmas in France?

The Thirteen Desserts

  • Dates (perhaps stuffed with marzipan) representing the foods of the region where Christ lived and died.
  • Dried plums from Brignoles.
  • Calisson d’aix en Provence – a marzipan-like candy made from almond paste and candied melon.
  • Quince fruit paste or jam.
  • Candied melons.
  • Casse-dents of Allauch – a biscuit.

What do France people eat on Christmas Eve?

The main Christmas meal, called ‘Réveillon’, is eaten on Christmas Eve/early Christmas morning after people have returned from the midnight Church Service. Dishes might include roast turkey with chestnuts or roast goose, oysters, foie gras, lobster, venison and cheeses.

What do French people eat on Xmas Eve?

The dishes that make a real French Christmas feast

  • CAVIAR.
  • OYSTERS.
  • LOBSTER.
  • FOIE GRAS.
  • ESCARGOTS.
  • COQUILLES SAINT JACQUES.
  • ROAST TURKEY WITH CHESTNUT STUFFING.
  • ALL KINDS OF BIRDS AND WILD FOWL.

What do the French eat for dessert on Christmas?

Le dessert. No French Christmas dinner is complete without “la buche”, which is a yule log-shaped sponge cake filled with a butter cream. The Yule log was a Christmas tradition even before it became a dessert.

What is the most famous French dessert?

crème brûlée
The most popular dessert in France would have to be its national dessert: crème brûlée. This sweet and creamy dish can be found all over the world but it was first made in France during the 1600s! It’s made with a rich custard base underneath a hard, thin top layer of caramelized sugar.